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Rough Reading Music Tipbook 1 (Rough Guide Tipbooks)

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... I just finished reading this little book. ... Yeah, I've come across some of this stuff before in my life: during music class in grade, middle, and high school; while taking guitar lessons at age 11 for a few weeks; while taking piano lessons at age 13 for a few months; while trying to teach myself guitar with books at age 14; while taking drum lessons for a few months at age 20; as well as what you come across while reading music magazines, music books, or jamming with your buddies. ... Compared to ALL of that combined exposure, I learned MORE from reading this little book than I did from all of my previous lessons in music. That's saying a LOT for a little book.

... Look, I'm a DRUMMER. I don't REALLY need to know all this THEORY stuff. But let me tell you: the next time I get together and jam with my friends, for the first time in my life, I am going to have at least SOME understanding of what the hell the guitar players and keyboardists are talking about. Yeah, allright, you might play by ear like Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix, too - as do I. ... But if you want to UNDERSTAND what Zappa KNEW like the back of his hand, then you NEED to know some Music Theory. You can start with this cool litle book! It makes a handy reference, especially when you can brag to your Music Major friends that NIRVANA were the masters of the art of "Fortepiano" ( "Loud, immediately followed by soft." ) ... YOWZA! - The Aeolian Kid

I already had experience with some music but I was never really all too good at the reading and theory aspects. This book, while it looks small, is in fact quite informative and laid it in a very easy-to-understand format. It is neither too simple nor too complex, the important part is that if you read it with interest a few times, you will in fact gain a lot of knowledge of music theory. If you're planning to take up an instrument, I definietly reccomend picking this up, or borrowing it from a library, before you do, so you're well versed in theory that otherwise would have made you waste quite a bit of time in your lessons with.