The Everything Essential Music Theory Book: A Guide to the Fundamentals of Reading, Writing, and Understanding Music

Master musical skills quickly and easily!

From classical music to new age, hard rock, and pop, music has always played an important role in everyday life. Whether you're an intermediate musician or an aspiring music major, The Everything Essential Music Theory Book is a guide to mastering one of the most important tools for every musician: musical understanding. This compact, portable volume covers all the basics, including:

• The construction of chords and scales
• How to understand rhythm and time signatures
• How keys are identified and organized
• Creating harmonization and melody

With each clear and easy-to-understand chapter, musician and educator Marc Schonbrun takes you through the essentials of music theory--the very glue that holds music together.

Author: Marc Schonbrun
Publisher: Everything
Published: 09/05/2014
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.49h x 6.05w x 0.78d
ISBN13: 9781440583391
ISBN10: 1440583390
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Instruction & Study | Theory
- Music | Reference

About the Author

Marc Schonbrun is an educator, writer, and performer. Marc's musical resume ranges from classical guitar concertos to jazz trios and rock concerts. He is a lecturer on guitar and music technology, and the author of several books, including The Everything Music Theory Book with CD and The Everything Guitar Chords Book with CD.