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Resource Library · The Woodshed

The Practice Room

Talent is practice with a good map. Every resource in this room is a complete education that used to cost tuition — theory, ears, technique, and the sheet music of the entire pre-copyright canon.

Theory & ears

musictheory.netFree

The classic free theory course — clean interactive lessons and exercises from notes to chords to keys.

TeoriaFree

Deep ear-training and theory drills — intervals, chords, rhythm dictation — free for decades.

Hooktheory TheoryTabFree tier

Learn theory from actual hit songs — see the chords and melodies of records you already love.

Technique & repertoire

JustinGuitarFree

The most respected free guitar education on earth — complete structured courses from first chord to advanced.

Ultimate GuitarFree tier

The giant tab and chord archive — free versions of nearly every song ever asked for at a campfire.

IMSLPFree

The Petrucci Music Library — hundreds of thousands of public-domain scores, the entire classical canon free to print.

MusopenFree

Public-domain recordings and sheet music — copyright-free classical music to study, perform, or sample.

Keep time

Metronome OnlineFree

A metronome in a browser tab, no app needed — and in a pinch, typing 'metronome' into Google opens one right in the search page.

The two-tool habit: ten minutes of Teoria ear training, then practice with the metronome actually on. Boring advice, undefeated results.

This page is part of the No-Money Music Resource Library — free, working links for every corner of a music career, checked by hand.

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