A practical guide to essential knowledge for today's musician. A full course covering everything from the fundamentals of sound and music notation to popular song forms and chord scales for improvisation.
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Review of Theory and Harmony for the Comtemporary Musician,
This review is from: Contemporary Theory And Harmony - Berle (Paperback)
This book takes you all the way from the beginner's level up to the advanced level. If you're looking to polish up your theory, and learn to use altered chords, this is the book for you. Arnie has kept this book simple to read, chapters are short and thorough, a must for every contemporary musician.
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Solid Basic Overview of Music Theory,
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This review is from: Contemporary Theory And Harmony - Berle (Paperback)
This book is a very well written overview of music theory for any kind of instrument. The answers to the "homework" assignments should have been added to the back of the book, but overall it is concise and thorough presentation.
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Great book for my way of thinking,
This review is from: Contemporary Theory And Harmony - Berle (Paperback)
I was familiar with a lot of the stuff at the beginning of the book, but there is definitely mucho here even for the advanced player toward the end. The holy grail of what scales sound good (great) over which chords in different situations is addressed here, and if you play you know that those ideas are as good as gold. For example he suggests C Lydian scale (C scale with an F sharp over a CMaj7; and a C Lydian flat 7 over a C Dom7; and many other useful ideas. Further the book was written in a very readable way. This book was perfect for my stage of development.
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Before we begin our study of music theory and harmony, it is important that we have an understanding of a basic ingredient of music; that is, sound. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jazz minor scale, revised progression, harmonized harmonic minor scale, embellishing chord, minor sixth chord, original progression, instrumental exercises, upper tetrachord, chord whose root, harmonized scale, diminished scale, substitute chord, diminished seventh chord, original chord, altered notes, dominant seventh chord, enharmonic equivalent, seventh chords, major scale, harmonic interest, natural minor scale, blues progression, major intervals, augmented triad, melodic minor scale New!
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Before we begin our study of music theory and harmony, it is important that we have an understanding of a basic ingredient of music; that is, sound. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jazz minor scale, revised progression, harmonized harmonic minor scale, embellishing chord, minor sixth chord, original progression, instrumental exercises, upper tetrachord, chord whose root, harmonized scale, diminished scale, substitute chord, diminished seventh chord, original chord, altered notes, dominant seventh chord, enharmonic equivalent, seventh chords, major scale, harmonic interest, natural minor scale, blues progression, major intervals, augmented triad, melodic minor scale New!
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