Introduction

Welcome to "Lady Gaga Teaches Music Theory"!

This is a collection of lessons on Music Theory topics that you might find in a first-year course, where each lesson contains an example from Lady Gaga's The Fame or The Fame Monster. You can learn modulations from "Paparazzi" or Picardy thirds from "So Happy I Could Die"; just click one of the links on the left.

The goal for this site is to create an entire teach-yourself-Theory course using Gaga's music as a guide. Our writers are all AP Music Theory students who want to help beginners learn music theory in a present-day context. We discuss more than just Gaga's examples, of course, so that the course gives a complete foundation in music theory.

Learning music theory helps to make you a far better composer, instrumentalist, singer, and music lover. We hope that you learn a lot from our site!