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Whether you′re a student of music or a music lover, Music Theory For Dummies presents you with essential information on how to read, write, and understand music, as well as helpful hints on composing, arranging, and creating original melodies, harmonies, and chords.
Music Theory For Dummies gives you a friendly, unintimidating overview of the material covered in a typical college–level course and makes music theory easy to understand. It includes updated information on current teaching techniques; the newest music examples and genres; information on mastering major and minor scales, using intervals, and recognizing pitches and clefs; the lowdown on rhythms, tempo, dynamics, and navigation; how to transcribe the music you hear and transposing it to other keys; harmonizing and accompanying melodies; composing and arranging for voices and instruments; performing your own music; and much more.
- Audio CD includes musical excerpts played on a variety of instruments
- Makes learning music theory as enjoyable as it is useful
- Tracks to a typical college–level music theory course
Don′t get discouraged by the seemingly complicated written structure of musical theory. With Music Theory For Dummies, understanding music has never been easier!
CD–ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e–book file, but are available for download after purchase.
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Whether you′re a student of music or a music lover, Music Theory For Dummies presents you with essential information on how to read, write, and understand music, as well as helpful hints on composing, arranging, and creating original melodies, harmonies, and chords. Don′t get discouraged by the seemingly complicated subject of musical theory. With Music Theory For Dummies, understanding music has never been easier!
Find your rhythm — discover the rhyme and reason of rhythm — the most basic component of any type of music — and understand how it can make or break a performer
Take note — get plain–English guidance on how to read notes, mnemonics to help remember the order of notes on the grand staff, and basic chord progressions and musical cadences
Start making some noise — find out how to put it all together to read and play a variety of music, from classical fugues and sonatas to blues, rock, and pop
Open the book and find:
The birth of music and theory
A look at notes, rests, staves, time, and beat
How to read music notes
Ways to master the major and minor scales
Information on chords and chord progressions
The building blocks of musical form
Ways to create sound through tempo and dynamics
Music theorists you should know about
Valuable resources to add to your library
Bonus CD Includes
Tracks of example notes, chords, melodies, and more that are discussed in the book
Learn to:
Compose, deconstruct, and comprehend music
Play with musical forms and genres
Follow alongside musical excerpts on the audio CD
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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So if you want to know the difference between an imperfect and plagal cadence; between a Rondo and a Sonata or the contribution to music of Pythagoras, this 336 page book has it all and for these reasons, I can recommend it to anybody that wants to study music theory from beginners to intermediate level.
The only word of criticism is that it is American and as a result doesn't consider that terminology such as semibreve, crotchet, quaver, semi-quaver even exist. Minim is mentioned but the others are not. Having said that the terms note, half-note, quarter-note etc. are more easily understood - however a little addendum would have helped even if in part of the history section.
It also comes with a CD that has a fantastic array of examples and concepts to listen to.
I have yet to work my way through the more complex parts of the book but I'm sure that it will provide me with the answers to questions that have puzzled me for years. I fully recommend buying it to anyone.
I've been collecting different books on Theory, and this is by far the most approachable, and indeed the most useful. Typically for the series, it is set out in a readable, logical format, focussing on history of theory, and then moving from the staff to intervals, then scales and finally form. I do love their attempt to make theory relevant, with the information on important theorists. Also, the CD is hugely useful, in the days of multimedia learning.
A must.
It seems to be thorough and I feel it is good value for the £11-12 I paid for it.
CONTEMPLATING A STUDY OF THIS SUBJECT THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU.
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