Guide to Music History

The MyMusicTheory Guide to music is a mini-series of blog posts covering each important musical era.

There are seven sections, covering the style, composers and instruments typical of each musical period from about 500 AD to the present day.
Each article contains some Youtube videos demonstrating each point, and where possible we’ve picked clips which show a score which you can follow along with as you listen!
Click on the links to go directly to any article, or start at the beginning and click your way through in order.

Comments welcomed!

1. Introduction

2. Medieval Music

3. Renaissance Music

4. Baroque Music

5. Classical Music

6. Romantic Music

7. Modern Music

and finally… The Quiz!