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Title: An Understandable Guide to Music Theory: The Most Useful Aspects of Theory for Rock, Jazz & Blues Musicians by Chaz Bufe, Charles Q. Bufe ISBN: 1-884365-00-0 Publisher: See Sharp Press Pub. Date: July, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.83 (6 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: excellent little book -- bizarre reviews
Comment: I picked this up on a lark at the local bookstore. Its perfect if you want to make music yourself and need to learn the really useful parts of music theory. The author discusses examples from many styles (Bartok, Allman Bros., Devo, etc.) and he does not waste your time with anything unimportant or pedantic. I really appreciated his efforts to guide the reader away from overworked musical ideas, and his clear presentation. As to the spelling of quartal/cuartal, what could possibly matter less?

Rating: 1
Summary: A waste of time.
Comment: Poorly written and not edited. It will confuse you more that help you.

Rating: 1
Summary: thumbs down
Comment: I've docked this book a star for its awkward, unprofessional prose and another star for its frequent mangling of musical matter. For that matter, it doesn't seem to know who or what it's for. Its tone is patronizing. It contains no original thought or substance. If you are content with abbreviated, non-contextual (and therefore, in my opinion, virtually meaningless) explanations, you'll be happier with a pocket music dictionary Prefer music books written--with the television set off--by practicing musicians.

(By the way, it appears that this book has not been edited. Among its typographical errors appears this curiosity: "quartal" is misspelled as "cuartal" throughout. Hmm...well, "cuartel"--with an "e"--is Spanish for "quarter"....)