# Best Open Music Theory alternatives

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1. **The Complete Musician** (score 89.0): Undergraduate theory text combining harmony, analysis and performance. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/the-complete-musician
2. **Tonal Harmony** (score 88.0): Standard undergraduate text on common-practice tonal harmony. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/tonal-harmony
3. **The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis** (score 87.5): Textbook on tonal theory and analysis, with online exercises. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/the-musicians-guide-to-theory-and-analysis
4. **Harmony and Voice Leading** (score 86.5): Analysis-oriented textbook on tonal harmony and voice leading. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/harmony-and-voice-leading
5. **The Jazz Theory Book** (score 85.0): Book on jazz harmony, scales and chord-scale theory. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/the-jazz-theory-book
6. **Music in Theory and Practice** (score 84.5): Textbook surveying musical styles from the Renaissance to today. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/music-in-theory-and-practice
7. **A Geometry of Music** (score 83.0): Advanced book on voice leading and scales across styles. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/a-geometry-of-music
8. **Berklee Music Theory Book 1** (score 82.0): Beginner-to-intermediate music theory fundamentals with exercises. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/berklee-music-theory-book-1
9. **Music Theory for Dummies** (score 81.0): Introductory guide to the basics of music theory. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/music-theory-for-dummies
10. **Music Theory for Computer Musicians** (score 80.5): Music theory for people who write music with software and MIDI. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/music-theory-for-computer-musicians
11. **Music Theory*** (score 72.0): Ebook edition of the musics.name guide to music theory. Paid | PDF. https://listme.name/books/music-theory-book

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