Hal-Leonard - Music Theory

A Fun & Simple Guide to Understanding Music-If you wish there was a fun and engaging way to help you understand the fundamentals of music then All About Music Theory is it. Whether it's learning to read music understanding chords and scales musical forms or improvising and composing this enjoyable guide will help you to finally start understanding the structure and design of music. This fun-filled easy-to-use guide includes:   Music notation Scales and modes Melody harmonization and counterpoint Chord progressions Song form and structure Listen and learn with over 90 tracks to download online including over 50popular songs such as Beauty and the Beast Candle in the Wind Imagine In the Air Tonight Killing Me Softly with His Song Let It Be Message in a Bottle and many more.  

This two-book series includes a wealth of material used to teach harmony and theory in college-level courses by George Heussenstamm author of the Norton Manual of Musical Notation.Hal Leonard Harmony & Theory - Part 2: Chromatic introduces readers to modulation and more advanced harmonies covering: secondary dominants; borrowed chords; the Neapolitan 6th chord; augmented 6th chords; 9th 11th and 13th chords; and more. In addition to text the book features many musical examples that illustrate the concepts and exercises that allow readers to test and apply their knowledge.

Jazz Theory Resources is a jazz theory text in two volumes. Volume I (HL00030458) includes: review of basic theory rhythm in jazz performance basic tonal materials triadic generalization diatonic harmonic progressions and harmonic analysis substitutions and turnarounds common melodic outlines and an overview of voicings.Volume II (HL00030459) includes: modes and modal frameworks quartal harmony other scales and colors extended tertian structures and triadic superimposition pentatonic applications coloring outside the lines and beyond analysis and expanding harmonic vocabulary.Appendices on chord/scale relationships elaborations ofstatic harmony endings composing tips and theory applications are also included.

Get the rock-solid fundamentals of rhythms pitch and harmony with this easy to use book. Learn the universal language used by all musicians regardless of instrument. Includes concise detailed explanations illustrations and written exercises.Construct scales cords and intervals.Identify major and minor key centers and common chord progressions.Accurately play various rhythm feels and figures.Learn the basic principles of form and compositional analysis.

Jazz Theory & Workbook is designed for all instrumentalists eager to understand how the jazz standards they play and improvise over are constructed. It is also a great resource for arrangers and composers seeking new writing tools. While some of the musical examples are Pianistic this book is not exclusively for Keyboard players.In this structured method every new concept is clearly presented and explained put in context with one or more musical examples and then consolidated with a set of written exercises. In addition the book is progressive beginning with a comprehensive presentation of intervals and culminating with an in-depthreview of the synthetic modes.Although jazz is based essentially on a vertical progression of chords linear mechanisms also determine this style of music and add to its musical expressivity. The aim of this book is to present these two complementary approaches in both a vertical and a horizontal study of jazz harmony.

In this groundbreaking book prize-winning Pianist and noted educator William Westney helps readers discover their own path to the natural transcendent fulfillment of making music. Drawing on experience psychological insight and wisdom ancient and modern Westney shows how to trust yourself and set your own musicality free. He offers healthy alternatives for lifelong learning and suggests significant change in the way music is taught. For example playing a wrong note can be constructive useful even enlightening. The creator of the acclaimed Un-Master Class workshop also explores the special potential of group work outlining the basics of his revelatory workshop that hastransformed the music experience for participants the world over. Practicing in Westney's view is a lively honest adventurous and spiritually rewarding enterprise and it can (and should) meet with daily success which empowers us to grow even more. Teachers professionals and students of any instrument will feel the benefit from this unique guide which brings artistic vitality freedom and confidence within everyone's reach.

The Internatonal Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is the standard source for phonetic notation. This product provides an easy-to-use format for understanding pronunciation for each letter in the alphabet in any placement within a word in Spanish Italian Latin French and German. Spiral bound.