Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Finally, a complete harmony and theory method designed specifically for the pop and jazz musician! These books, used at the Grove School of Music, provide a sound and proven approach to theory. The Level One book completely derives and explains major and minor scales, keys and key signatures, all intervals, triads and four-part chords, modes, and more. Level Two covers five-part chords. II-V-I progressions, chord substitutions, harmonic analysis of tunes, voiceleading, and more. Each theory book includes hundreds of exercises with all the answers provided!
Synopsis
(Piano). The Music Theory series is designed from the ground-up to explain the terminology and musical structures needed for modern applications. Level One is an introductory course which covers music notation, key signatures, basic scales, intervals, modes, diatonic relationships and 3-and 4-part chords. Level Two is an intermediate-level course covering larger chord forms, definitive chords in major and minor keys, substitutions, analysis of key centers in tunes, upper structure chords, voiceleading, and pentatonic and blues scale applications, a complete glossary of terms, and hundreds of written theory exercises with answers.