The Everything Reading Music Book: A Step-By-Step Introduction To Understanding Music Notation And Theory (Everything: Sports and Hobbies) [Paperback]

Marc Schonbrun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2005 | Series: Everything: Sports and Hobbies

Music is a wonderfully creative outlet as well as a great hobby and profession. Regardless of your skill level, everyone starts in the same place with the same understanding of music theory. Perfect for the beginner or the musicologist who wants to brush up on the skills and techniques to understanding music, The Everything Reading Music Book takes the mystery out of how music works, how music is created and why you should love it.

You'll learn about:

Clefs and bars

Octaves and notes

Reading music

Music theory

With its accompanying CD, The Everything Reading Music Book is a valuable resource that provides the information you need to comprehend music. Written by an accomplished musician-teacher, this text will guide you through the notes, chords, and tones and will have you jammin' in no time.

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About the Author

Marc Schonbrun is a musician, author, educator, and engineer. He has been produced and engineered music for the Sundance Film Festival and is actively involved with recording and music technology, as well as working with the leaders in music software as a clinician and lecturer. Schonbrun is also the author of The Everything Rock and Blues Guitar Book and The Everything Home Recording Book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (July 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593373244
• ISBN-13: 978-1593373245
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, September 13, 2005

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Musician (Austin, TX.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Everything Reading Music Book: A Step-By-Step Introduction To Understanding Music Notation And Theory (Everything: Sports and Hobbies) (Paperback)

I really hate wading through reviews on Amazon. Some folks come to wax for no reason at all. This is actually my first ever review, so here goes. This book is perfect. It's a book on learning how to read music. It starts very basic so that any Joe can learn it. Once the author gets you started with the basics of notes and rhythm, you get some music theory. It's not a hardcore theory bok, but the author does go into enough detail to get you through just about any situation you may encounter. What I think is more important toa dd is that once you're done with the book, you can go to ANY other higher level theory book and learn there. So many books simply start TOO hard for the average user. The book is very approachable and the explanations are great. I can't reccomend this one enough!

I looked up the author, who has a few other book on Amazon, and according to his website, there will be a Music Theory book for this same company -- I can only suppose it will take off where this book left off.

The book reads very clean and the many musical examples make the book a pleasure to look at (as i think written music is beautiful). There is an audio CD, which is also excellent.

I hope this helps someone get a grasp on what this book is about. I have bought a few theory type books over the years to help with my piano playing (self taught). This is simply the only book that has started at a spot where I can "jump right in". Well done!

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best, October 18, 2006

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Harlow Pinson "hpinson2" - See all my reviews
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I've never seen the difficult subject of learning to read music so clearly explained. If you are interested in learning to read music, and then moving beyond the basics into music theory, this is the book. Most other books that I have seen on this subject, including the are just terrible; too complicated or not clearly written. This one provides lucid writing and clear visual examples. Highly recommended!

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Music Newbie Got Needed Help, January 5, 2007

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R. Wright "Linux dude" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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I am new to learning music, but have the desire. WHat I needed was a book that would cover the very basics and ramp up from there without insulting my inteligence. This is exactly what I got! A great book for someone who essentially knows nothing about music. It starts out with notes and scales and builds from there. The book is easy to read, has plenty of diagrams, etc, plus came with a very helpful CD so not only do you see the musical notations, but you get to hear what those notations sound like.

It won't be the last music book I buy, but it certainly is a great place to start!