Teach Yourself Music Theory

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Series : You Can Teach Yourself Number of pages : 136 A creative self-teaching text, which provides a through grounding in the fundamentals of music, this book is essential reading for beginning instrumentalists and vocalists providing a comprehensive musical dictionary, self- instructional theory lessons designed to motivate, and a wealth of historical information.

You Can Teach Yourself Piano is a revolutionary concept in piano instruction. No other piano method comes close to matching this book's scope in teaching not only basic music reading skills but also the essential techniqueand theory for playing in all contemporary keyboard styles. Central to the philosophy of the You Can Teach Yourself series this beginner's book is written to give the serious adult student a solid foundation while studying ontheir own without the advantage of having a private teacher; it will show you all you need to know to get an authoritative start on the instrument presenting technical and theoretical concepts as needed while offering carefullygraded challenging material to hold your interest. In addition to the incalculable assets of ear training and development of taste in modern harmony upon completion of this method the student will be fully prepared to handle thedemands of modern piano music. This DVD is the companion to the book and accompanies teaches and reinforces many of the concepts also found there.

Learn the nuances of music notation and create professional looking scores. This reference presents a comprehensive look at contemporary music notation. You will learn the meaning and stylistic practices for many types of notation that are currently in common use from traditional staffs to lead sheets to guitar tablature. It discusses hundreds of notation symbols as well as general guidelines for writing music.Berklee College of Music brings together teachers and students from all over the world and we use notation in a great variety of ways. This book presents our perspectives on notation: what we have found to be the most commonly used practices in today'smusic industry and what seems to be serving our community best. It includes a foreword by Matthew Nicholl who was a long-time chair of Berklee's Contemporary Writing and Production Department.Whether you find yourself in a Nashville recording studio Hollywood sound stage grand concert hall worship choir loft or elementary school auditorium this book will help you to create readable professional publication-quality notation. Beyond understanding the standard rules and definitions you will learn to make appropriate choices for your own work and generally how to achieve clarity and consistency in your notation so that it best serves your music.

Theory teaching material-Contains all of the Specimen Aural Tests for Trinity Guildhall examinations from 2007. Covers Initial-Grade 5 examinations. This helpful book is designed for use in lessons or at home and includes: Information about the test pieces What the examiner will do What each question is for What candidates will be asked to do Hints for candidates Information for teachers Wide range of sample tests Answer booklet with 'check yourself' sample answers 2 CDs of practice examples.

Description You Can Teach Yourself Piano is a revolutionary concept in piano instruction. No other method comes close to matching this book's scope in teaching not only basic music reading skills, but also the essential technique and theory for playing in all contemporary keyboard styles. Central to the philosophy of the You Can Teach Yourself series, this beginner's book is written to give the serious adult student a solid foundation while studying on their own without the advantage of having a private teacher; it will show you all you need to know to get an authoritative start on the instrument, presenting technical and theoretical concepts as needed while offering carefully graded, challenging material to hold your interest. In addition to the incalculable assets of ear training and development of taste in modern harmony, upon completion of this method the student will be fully prepared to handle the demands of modern piano music.

This book is a must for those starting the guitar or wanting to brush up on the rudimentary princples. In a step-by-step approach the fundamentals; such as chord building and scales; are all covered clearly and concisely in Tablature and simple diagrams. All the music theory fundamentals needed by guitar players. Explains the different guitar types and the basics of sound production. Provides a step-by-step description of how to build scales and chords. Entertaining and practical puzzles riddles and quizzes. Fingerboard chart and Chromatic wheel diagram.

You Can Teach Yourself Piano is a revolutionary concept in piano instruction. No other piano method comes close to matching this book's scope in teaching not only basic music reading skills but also the essential technique andtheory for playing in all con- temporary keyboard styles. Central to the philosophy of the You Can Teach Yourself series this beginner's book is written to give the serious adult student a solid foundation while studying on theirown without the advantage of having a private teacher; it will show you all you need to know to get an authoritative start on the instrument presenting technical and theoretical concepts as needed while offering carefully graded challenging material to hold your interest. In addition to the incalculable assets of ear training and development of taste in modern harmony upon completion of this method the student will be fully prepared to handle the demandsof modern piano music.

The exciting sound of the Blues born in America finds its way into all styles of music heard around the world. These days everyone hears that familiar colour in rock pop folk classical and other jazz styles. Thiseasy-to-follow and complete programmed course teaches you to create your own Blues music at the Piano.Explanations and examples are given and become even more advanced. This book will work more easily for you when youalready know a little about reading Piano music. Playing the Blues teaches you essential music theory in a fun hands-on way so a Piano teacher can include this as a part of regular lessons.All the elements of basic Bluesare here. This is a guide a textbook and a teacher. If you study music and want to know how to play the Blues style this is the book for you! The accompanying online audio contains 26 of the exercises and examples from thebook.

You Can Teach Yourself Piano Chords combines regular music notation with visual illustrations to give a clear picture of how to voice basic piano chords.The first part of the book introduces the student to basic triadsand dominant seventh chords in all the inversions. After mastering this concept material such as Maj7th min7th diminished augmented and suspended chords are introduced followed by alternate bass note addition of the 9th andcommon chord progressions.Regardless of skill level the student will quickly be able to play an accompaniment by using only chord symbols. The appendix section will give the student a clear understanding in basic musictheory. When using this book as a lesson book it's very helpful to refer to the appendix section while chords are being learned. The book can be used both for lessons and reference. Includes access to online video.