What powers 
musictheory.net?
Last seen Aug 2026 · 3 technologies across 3 categories
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Security
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AI Crawlers
No robots.txt, so all AI crawlers are allowed by default. Checked Sep 2026.
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| music theory | #1 | 15,000 |
| music theory | #3 | 4,800 |
| bass clef notes | #5 | 2,100 |
| chords | #5 | 2,100 |
| metronome | #75 | 2,100 |
| 7th | #18 | 1,800 |
| note identification | #1 | 1,600 |
| music notes | #15 | 1,500 |
| treble clef notes on staff | #1 | 1,500 |
| 7ths | #2 | 1,300 |
| bass clefs | #4 | 1,200 |
| staff notation | #2 | 1,100 |
| music staff notes treble clef | #2 | 1,100 |
| music staff notes | #1 | 1,000 |
| fretboard notes | #2 | 980 |
| music staff | #3 | 960 |
| treble clef staff notes | #2 | 880 |
| time signature | #4 | 800 |
| chord calculator | #1 | 730 |
| keyboard | #48 | 710 |
| music notation | #21 | 690 |
| two sharps key | #1 | 660 |
| key with 2 sharps | #1 | 660 |
| 2 sharps key | #1 | 660 |
| music notes | #55 | 630 |
The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.
Top backlinks
Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.
AI Crawlers
No robots.txt, all AI crawlers allowed
Audience
- 84% desktop
- 14% phone
- 2% tablet
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Australia
Italy
Where the site's Chrome visitors come from, largest estimated audience first.
Open Page Rank
6.73 / 10 · ranked #60,508 of all domains
771 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
120,300 est. monthly organic visits (US)
32,438 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 0.9 s |
| INP | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 |
| TTFB | 300 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026.
Page
- Language: English
- Weight: 0.2 MB · 17 requests
- Structured data: OpenGraph
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Sep 2026.
Infrastructure
- Registered Dec 1999 (26 years) via DreamHost, LLC, renews Dec 2026
- Hosted on Linode (Akamai) (66.175.219.138, IPv6)
- DNS: Linode
- Email: Fastmail
- Email security: SPF (hard fail), no DMARC record, CAA
- SSL: Let's Encrypt, RSA 2048, expires Oct 2026
- Common Crawl link graph: rank 26,990, 10 hosts
DNS records as swept Sep 2026, certificate as seen Sep 2026, registration from the registry's RDAP service. How the web is hosted
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| www.musictheory.net | 3 |
| 2015.musictheory.net | 1 |
| 2018.musictheory.net | 1 |
| classic.musictheory.net | 1 |
| www.classic.musictheory.net | 1 |