Editorial policy

What we publish

Explanatory writing about music theory, ear training, practice technique, and instrument fundamentals, aimed at adult learners. We do not publish news, artist interviews, sponsored posts, or press-release coverage.

How claims are checked

• Theory concepts are checked against standard reference texts, not against other websites. Principally Aldwell & Schachter, Kostka & Payne, Piston, and Karpinski.
• Claims about how people learn, including anything about practice, memory, or perception, are attributed to a named source where they go beyond common teaching practice.
• Where evidence is weak or contested, we say so in the text rather than picking the more marketable side.
• Historical and biographical claims are avoided unless they are directly relevant and independently verifiable.

Where citations appear

Cited claims are set apart from the body text with the source given inline. We cite where a claim is specific, contestable, or likely to be repeated. We do not cite that a major scale has seven notes.

Commercial independence

• We do not accept payment for placement. No brand can buy a mention, a position in a list, or a link.
• We do not rank by commission rate. Where two products are compared, the ordering reflects our view of which is better for a learner.
• We publish negative assessments of products we have affiliate relationships with where that is our honest view.
• Affiliate links are limited to one per essay, never on tool or download pages, and always disclosed. See the affiliate disclosure.
• Advertising is not editorially involved. Display ads are served programmatically. Advertisers have no input into what we write and no advance sight of it.

AI and authorship

We use software tools in drafting and editing. Every page is reviewed by a person before publication, and factual claims are verified against the sources named above rather than accepted from a generated draft. We do not publish generated biographical content about real people.

Review cycle

• Every essay is reviewed for factual accuracy at least every twelve months.
• Gear recommendations are reviewed more often, because products are discontinued and replaced.
• Pages that make claims about exams or syllabuses are checked against the awarding body annually, and readers are told to confirm current-year details themselves.

Corrections

Factual errors are corrected as soon as we are aware of them. Substantive corrections, meaning anything that changes the advice given, are noted on the page rather than made silently. Typographical and formatting fixes are made without notice.

To report an error, use the contact page. Please include the page and, where you can, the source you believe is correct.

What we will not do

• Gate a download behind an email address.
• Publish a sponsored post, however labelled.
• Overstate what a product, course, or method can achieve.
• Claim adults can reliably acquire absolute pitch, or anything else the evidence does not support.