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Title: Harmony and Theory : A Comprehensive Source for All Musicians by Keith Wyatt and Carl Schroeder ISBN: 0-7935-7991-0 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Exactly what I needed!
Comment: I spent 12 years studying classical piano and I have always had a good ear for music (which means I can't sight-read ...). When I went off to college, a group of people were jamming in the big room, so I sat down at the piano figuring I'd join in. Well, despite my thinking I was such a great ear-player I hadn't the slightest idea what they were doing. It sounded like the 1-4-5 boogie woogie I learned in sixth grade, but it wasn't. They told me to stop playing because I was doing it wrong, so I slinked off in humiliation.
25 years later, my husband gave me this book. He was tired of having to explain what he thought was fairly standard chord notation, and I was frustrated that despite my years of study, I had no idea what he was talking about. I read the book through and I was back in that dorm social room... and I figured out what they were jamming on!!!!
This book explained it all, chord substitutions, variations, which keys go with others and why, what works, what doesn't, and what to call it so you can talk to other musicians. I realize the typical reader would be someone who can play but can't read or write music, but don't count yourself out just because you can. If, like me, you came from the classical world but never learned to talk rock or jazz theory, this is a great book for you. It really was a Rosetta Stone for me. And now I know what a flat-five substitution is and when to do it.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is great
Comment: This book is great. Others have tried to teach me these concepts but just couldn't explain things very well (at least for me). Reading this book was a big eye opener for me. I loved the exercises with the answers in the back so you could test yourself to see if you really learned the subject matter. The first reviewer (Harry Clark) stated that he didn't like it and it was not good software. THERE IS NO SOFTWARE WITH THIS TITLE. There is no program. There is no CD-ROM. This reviewer has mistaken this book for something else. Ignore his review and look at everyone else that loved it.
Good Luck.
Rating: 1
Summary: Harmony & Theory gets nowhere fast
Comment: Out of the products I have researched, this was one of the least favorites of theory software. Although the cover and the graphics inside the program are nice, there is not near enough material to be learned. The method of learning is not very interactive either. This course might be better on a small book than on a CD-ROM.
My students were intrigued at first, but they had a hard time learning from the material. It is very limited in its coverage of music, sticking only to modern-day music.
Although it will not hurt to buy it at this low price, it is pretty much a waste of time.
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory by Michael Miller ISBN: 0028643771 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 11 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Composing Music: A New Approach by William Russo, Jeffrey Ainis, David Stevenson, Jeffrey Aines ISBN: 0226732169 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: December, 1988 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Practical Theory Complete: A Self-Instruction Music Theory Course by Sandy Feldstein ISBN: 0882842250 Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company Pub. Date: June, 1982 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Music Theory Made Easy by David Harp ISBN: 0918321999 Publisher: Musical Idiot Press Pub. Date: 20 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: All About Chords: A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Contemporary Chordal Structures and Progressions Through Solid Drills in Suggested Study by Elvo S. D'Amante ISBN: 0962094102 Publisher: Encore Music Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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