Hooktheory is a system for learning how to write songs and understand music. Watch a video.

Meet Hooktheory's Music Editor

Follow three simple steps to write Twinkle Twinkle Little Star




Everthing you create with the Music Editor can be saved, exported to sheet music or MIDI, shared, or embedded on the web. You can also view your song with instruments next to it to learn how to play what you write (in any key)!




Hooktheory for iPad


Ever wonder how to write a song like the ones you listen to everyday? Our iPad smartbook Hooktheory interactively teaches the rules and structure behind chord progressions, melody, and their relationship to one another, to help musicians understand the how and why behind great music.


Click here from an iPad to preview the first chapter today for free! [16 Mb]
Don't have an iPad? Click here for a PDF version [8 Mb]

The full book is nearing completion and will be available on the App Store soon.





Hooktheory Song Analyses

Analyses of popular songs that anyone can create and edit. Learn and play all your favorites - or contribute!