LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER) by Subject: Music

Music OERs

Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context, v5 (n.d., UNG, CC BY-SA)
Understanding Music Theory (2013, CSN-OpenStax, CC BY 2.0) (Understanding Music Theory Available from CNX through 8/2022, then content will be migrated to Internet Archive.)
Open Music Theory (2021, Gotham et al., CC BY-SA 4.0)
Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom (2017, Hutchinson, GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2)
Fundamentals, Function, and Form (2009, Mount, CC BY-NC)

Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer (public Domain, Available to download through 12/31/2024)

Free Music Archive (FMA) (Carious CC licenses) Download royalty-free music
Understanding Basic Music Theory Short introductory course covering "the bare essentials."
Sound Reasoning: A New Way to Listen (OpenStax). Designed to help students listen, this course by Prof. Anthony Brandt encourages students to be self-reliant--to get up close to the music, without mediation or interference.