Integrated Musicianship: A Theory and Aural Skills Method are open-source, interactive, online textbooks for college-level music courses written by Sean Butterfield and Miranda Wilson. It was developed with support of the Think Open Fellowship and Evan Williamson from the University of Idaho Library.
The textbook is designed to maximize flexibility and support an inquiry-based model of instruction. For a simple explanation of this model as well as how to best utilize this textbook’s structure, please view About.
Integrated Musicianship makes use of abcjs to present interactive musical examples throughout the text. Checkout the ABC Tutorial to get started with ABC Notation. Note: the full functionality of abcjs works best on up-to-date Chrome or Firefox browsers.
If you have questions about this textbook or curriculum, please feel free to contact Sean Butterfield via email: