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Introduction to Music Theory

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Complete Idiots Guide To Music Theory 2ND Edition CD
Complete Idiots Guide To Music Theory 2ND Edition CD
by Michael Miller
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"A music theory book that hits the high note" This updated and expanded edition of "The Complete Idiots Guide to Music Theory" breaks down a difficult subject in a simple wayeven for those who think they have no rhythm or consider themselves tone deaf.... (read more)

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The Basic Guide to How to Read Music with DVD
The Basic Guide to How to Read Music with DVD
by Helen Cooper
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Even if you have never read a note of music before, this fifty-one minute full color DVD will teach you how. It is excellent, too, as a refresher course if you could read music once but have forgotten how. The book guides the reader through rhythm... (read more)

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Lies My Music Teacher Told Me : Music Theory for Grownups (2ND 05 Edition)
Lies My Music Teacher Told Me : Music Theory for Grownups (2ND 05 Edition)
by Gerald Eskelin
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A number of musical misconceptions are explored and exploded in this humorous and lucid discussion of the relation between the human perception of music and traditional systems of music education. Drawing on his extensive background in the music world... (read more)

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Music Theory: A Practical Guide for All Musicians
Music Theory: A Practical Guide for All Musicians
by Barrett Tagliarino
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Musicians from every style and instrument will learn the language of music From the world's leading music educator, all budding musicians can get the rock-solid fundamentals of rhythm, pitch and harmony with this easy-to-use book and CD. Regardless of... (read more)

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Encyclopedia of Reading Rhythms
Encyclopedia of Reading Rhythms
by Gary Hess
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A comprehensive guide to: notes, rests, counting, subdividing, time signatures, triplets, ties, dotted notes and rests, cut time, compound time, swing, shuffle, rhythm studies, counting systems, road maps and more! "Provides a Britannica-like benefit to... (read more)

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Teach Yourself Music Theory with CD (Audio)
Teach Yourself Music Theory with CD (Audio)
by Margaret Richer
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Based on a highly successful approach to music education used at some of today's most progressive learning institutions, Teach Yourself Music Theory offers beginners a practical, creative approach to learning the fundamentals of music theory. Rather than... (read more)

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Music Theory
Music Theory
by Barrett Tagliarino
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Get the rock-solid fundamentals of rhythm, 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. With... (read more)

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Developing Musical Intuitions: A Project-Based Introduction to Making and Understanding Music
Developing Musical Intuitions: A Project-Based Introduction to Making and Understanding Music
by Jeanne Bamberger
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This book and its package components are designed to help readers become active and engaged music makers -- listeners, performers, and creators -- by teaching them to reflect and build upon their own powerful musical intuitions and their existing... (read more)

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Music Theory for Dummies with CDROM (For Dummies)
Music Theory for Dummies with CDROM (For Dummies)
by Michael Pilhofer
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Helpful hints on melodies, chords, and music development The fun and easy way to read, write, and perform any style of music Need to grasp music theory? This hands-on guide explains the concepts in plain English — from scales, intervals, and tempos... (read more)

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The Basic Guide to How to Read Music
The Basic Guide to How to Read Music
by Helen Cooper
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Even if you have never read a note of music before, this book will teach you how--easily and quickly. If you could once read music but have forgotten how, this book will quickly refresh your memory. Reading music will come easy to you once again... (read more)

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How To Read Music
How To Read Music
by Roger Evans
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A basic primer for anyone without musical training who wishes to learn to read musical scores when singing or taking up an instrument. The book explains how notes are named and written; how to read melody, interpret time signatures, keys, sharps, flats... (read more)

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You Are Your Instrument : Definitive Musician's Guide To Practice and Performance (92 Edition)
You Are Your Instrument : Definitive Musician's Guide To Practice and Performance (92 Edition)
by Julie Lyonn Lieberman
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This unique guide helps all musicians: open up new avenues of expression through a pain-free, healthy, fluid approach to music-making; overcome performance anxiety, general tension, and muscular injury; and increase learning skills and facilitate more... (read more)

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Music Theory Made Easy with CD (Audio)
Music Theory Made Easy with CD (Audio)
by David Harp
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This extensively revised third edition of David Harp's best-selling Music Theory Made Easy is an easy to follow treatment of a difficult subject. Without requiring the reader to know standard notation, the guide uses pictures, diagrams, and simple... (read more)

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Basic Guide to How to Read Music
Basic Guide to How to Read Music
by Helen Cooper
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Even if you have never read a note of music before, this book will teach you how--easily and quickly. If you could once read music but have forgotten how, this book will quickly refresh your memory. Reading music will come easy to you once again... (read more)

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An ABC of Music (Oxford Paperback Reference)
An ABC of Music (Oxford Paperback Reference)
by Imogen Holst
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"Learning to read music, and learning its grammar, need not be dull or too much trouble," writes Benjamin Britten in his Foreword to this book. An introduction to the language of music, designed for the amateur musician, An ABC of Music surveys all the... (read more)

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Music and Conceptualization
Music and Conceptualization
by Mark Debellis
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This book is a philosophical study of the relations between hearing and thinking about music. The central problem it addresses is: how is it possible to talk about what a listener perceives in terms that the listener does not recognize? By applying the... (read more)

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Rhythmic Training
Rhythmic Training
by Robert Starer
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A continuation of Basic Rhythmic Training, this collection of progressive rhythmic drills is designed to increase a music student's proficiency in executing and understanding Rhythm. The exercises begin very simply and proceed to more complex meters... (read more)

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You Can Teach Yourself about Music: A Complete Guide to Music
You Can Teach Yourself about Music: A Complete Guide to Music
by L Dean Bye
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"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... (read more)

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Pocket Manual Guides: How to Read Music (Pocket Manual)
Pocket Manual Guides: How to Read Music (Pocket Manual)
by Leonard Vogler
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Contains all you need to know about melodic and harmonic intervals, major and minor key signatures, tempo and dynamic markings, chord charts and lead sheets, ornaments accents and articulations, meter and time signatures.... (read more)

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An Understandable Guide to Music Theory: The Most Useful Aspects of Theory for Rock, Jazz, and Blues Musicians
An Understandable Guide to Music Theory: The Most Useful Aspects of Theory for Rock, Jazz, and Blues Musicians
by Chaz Bufe
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This guide explains the most useful aspects of theory in clear, nontechnical language. Areas covered include scales (major, minor, modal, synthetic), chord formation, chord progression, melody, song forms, useful devices, (ostinato, mirrors, hocket, etc.)... (read more)

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