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Many DJs, gigging musicians, and electronic music producers understand how to play their instruments or make music on the computer, but they lack the basic knowledge of music theory needed to take their music-making to the next level and compose truly professional tracks. Beneath all the enormously different styles of modern electronic music lie certain fundamentals of the musical language that are exactly the same no matter what kind of music you write. It is very important to acquire an understanding of these fundamentals if you are to develop as a musician and music producer. Put simply, you need to know what you are doing with regard to the music that you are writing. Music Theory for Computer Musicians explains these music theory fundamentals in the most simple and accessible way possible. Concepts are taught using the MIDI keyboard environment and today's computer composing and recording software. By reading this book and following the exercises contained within it, you, the aspiring music producer/computer musician, will find yourself making great progress toward understanding and using these fundamentals of the music language. The result will be a great improvement in your ability to write and produce your own original music!

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Dr. Michael Hewitt was born in South Wales in the United Kingdom. He earned his bachelor of music degree at London University and a master's degree and doctorate at the University of North Wales, Bangor, where he specialized in musical composition. He is a classically trained musician, composer, lecturer, and author on musical subjects. He also writes classical scores as well as soundtracks for various television productions both at home and abroad. He is currently working as a music technology tutor at Coleg Harlech in North Wales.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Course Technology PTR; 1st edition (April 2, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1598635034
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1598635034
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.56 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.37 x 0.89 x 9.06 inches

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Michael Hewitt is a composer, author and lecturer currently living in North Wales. He earned a bachelor of music degree from the University of London and a masters degree and doctorate from the University of North Wales, Bangor. He is author of numerous books on music including the very popular series of books for computer musicians. These include Music Theory, Composition and Harmony for Computer Musicians.

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Daria Bar

Good content but...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 25, 2023

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The content in itself is good, well explained and appropriate for music beginners.
However, because the book is old, all the Track examples are on a CD and no digital files are available (I don't have a CD player, as most laptops don't have those these days).
Also the website for the exercises solutions is not available anymore.
So basically it's not possible for me to enjoy 100% of the content of some of it is not available.

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DJ Exquiz

A Good Foundational Book!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2013

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I bought this book after reading the reviews saying it was basic and only good for beginners, etc! Well as someone who is not a complete beginner on music theory, having taking lessons and playing keyboard for years, this book is still very useful in reviewing topics that you may already know but need a refresher on. The fact that it does cover this using some examples of using a music Digital Audio Workstation (DAW for short) software's Piano Roll interface, there are examples from versions of various software and this book is NOT software specific, to me is a plus. No not every example is laid out in Piano Roll format like one reviewer suggested, and the writer does use most of the examples with traditional treble $ bass clef music notation. But if you are a complete beginner he does do a great job explaining how the piano roll layout in software translates to traditional treble & bass staff notation, and it even includes a introduction section on sound and synthesis.

Why 4 stars instead of five? For me this book is a solid basic music theory book, and has some very good examples and review exercises, so far I really like the sections on the cycle of fifths, the chapter on the different modes of music (different types of scales), and the section on the pentatonic scale (which is essential reading), however I was a little disappointed on the chapter on appregiation (splitting notes of chords in music melodies) and while it is good, hoped it would come with more examples since this is used extensively in most of today's dance music. Also a good basic section on drums, drum roll notation would have been nice, even though I know that's not covered in most music theory books, but this is a book for computer musicians and most using any DAW sequencer will have drums, opposed to someone who is just learning how to play the piano/keyboard or a guitar. It also does have guitar tab notation which is a plus, and there is a good section on rhythm, tempo, and note length. For me personally I think this book is a great introduction to music theory, a generally good reference, and the fact that it comes with an Audio CD of examples is a big plus. I wouldn't recommend it for someone who is looking for advanced examples, chord progressions, or techniques that are used in specific modern pop songs or songs of specific genre say R&B or Club Music, and I think this book would go well with others that cover some of its chapters in more detail. Some I think might be a good supplement to this book are:
1) Basic Chord Progressions (Alfred Handy Guide) , 2) Chord Progressions For Songwriters , 3) The Complete Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios and Cadences: Includes All the Major, Minor (Natural, Harmonic, Melodic) & Chromatic Scales - Plus Additional
4) Keyboard Chords & Scales Book (Fasttrack Series) Instructions on Music Fundamentals]] ,
and for keyboard specific players 5) ,
and for keyboard specific players 5) The Piano Handbook: A Complete Guide for Mastering Piano
and for drums 6) Drum Programming: A Complete Guide to Program and Think Like a Drummer
for R&B and Hip Hop specific (which also translates to many dance styles) 7) RandB Soul Keyboards: The Complete Guide (Musicians Institute Press)

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I took music theory in junior high, again in high school, and finally again in college. Still--that was a long time ago and I knew that scales and chords were my weak subject. With my shiny new music gear all set up, I knew I would need a refresher before I started composing my first great masterpiece. This book is exactly what I was looking for.

Whether you play keyboards, guitar, or just know where to click in your music software, this book tries to speak your language. There are plenty of examples of all three, although you will be increasingly encouraged to get a MIDI keyboard over the course of the book. I already owned one and a smattering of self-taught piano lessons, so I was fine with that.

About midway through the book, it dives into scales and keys, and for me that was where the real value was. It slowly introduces concepts and theory, beginning with major and minor scales, and progresses to some really wild and exotic musical structures. I will continue to use it as a reference book when I'm thinking about which key to use in my next composition and provides great inspiration for experimenting with some really unusual-sounding scales.

I also really appreciate the exercises at the end of each chapter. I was able to sit down at my computer and try many of the concepts discussed and hear them for myself. It really enforced the information and the learning experience. I saved copies of the results from my exercises in my music software to use for sampling different keys and looking for inspiration.

I bought the physical book with the audio CD, so let me just say that if you already know music theory and are just looking for a refresher, save yourself some money and get the Kindle edition. There is nothing on that disk that is going to change your world; do the exercises and you'll hear what you need to hear. However, if you're coming to music theory as a complete neophyte and don't have any previous experience in music, I would spend the extra money to get the CD. I loaded my copy on my iPod so that I could easily listen to each track as it was referenced in the text.

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Fire Angel

A densly packed and well structured book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 27, 2012

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This book was recommended by a college music lecturer as ideal for beginners like me, and since I started working through it I have been highly impressed. It starts off slowly by introducing pitch, duration, intervals and notes, and works slowly into scales, chords and more complex matters. It really fired me up, and I like the exercises and the fact that you can download the answers, but not find them in the book (too easy to kid yourself and cheat). You can also download an MP3 version of the included CD so you can keep everything close to hand when working in Logic or whatever music software you're using; it works with most of them and deliberately references at least six different DAW titles with screen shots. There's a lot of information packed into it and I think it may take several passes of working through the book to absorb it, but it's a seriously good text for helping you start to learn the theoretical foundations of music.

The early part of the book has a lot of grammatical or semantic errors, which was distracting at times while trying to study; the author's editor let him down I'd say. Fortunately each time a little thought enabled me to work out what the author meant; it's a minor niggle in a book which has so much to offer. I'd recommend this book for anyone starting out in music theory who is willing to work hard studying it; music is a complicated subject so there's no easy route to learning about it, but this does smooth the path a fair bit.

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Mr E Manchester

I love this book and you will too!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 20, 2017

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Love this book as it is exactly what it says on the tin. I especially love the translation to piano roll which is what most computer musicians work with 90%+ of the time.

The style of writing makes what is often dull reading interesting and engaging.

Worth every penny!

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Mr. D. L. Swain

A must for the budding producers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 22, 2019

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Love this book, only just starting up bedroom producing and this book has given me confidence and conviction from to off.
The music audio files to accompany the book are free online and it comes with a CD inside the book for help with sound examples. And by a Welsh man.....Nuff said!

RaylanReturns

Excellent Book for Mathematically Minded Musicians

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 20, 2020

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Very direct style and clearly explains the fundamentals for budding musicians

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Very useful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 26, 2018

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Very useful book and in depth. The disc that comes with it is a nice little bonus . Only downside is it is quite expensive

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