Photos & Diagrams for 2,600 Guitar Chords! The most comprehensive guitar chord resource ever! Beginning with helpful notes on how to use the book, how to choose the best voicings and how to construct chords, this extensive 272 page source for all playing styles and levels features five easy-to-play voicings of 44 chord qualities for each of the twelve musical keys -- 2,640 chords in all! For each, there is a clearly illustrated chord frame, as well as AN ACTUAL PHOTO of the chord being played! Includes info on basic fingering principles, open chords and barre chords, partial chords and broken-set forms, and more. Great for all guitarists! ©2000, 272 pages.

Contains all you need to know about melodic and harmonic intervals, major and minor key signatures; tempo and dynamic markings; chord charts and lead sheets; ornaments, accents, and articulations; meter and time signature. ©2000, 200 pages.

A compact, comprehensive guide to music. All of the important music terms clearly defined, including the language of music notation, music theory, signs and abbreviations, famous composers dates, and more. Includes a special section on how to copyright music. ©1999, 200 pages.

This handy pocket-sized book is the most contemporary music theory book on the market! A step-by-step guide to harmony and theory for every musician, t includes thorough, yet to easy-to-understand analysis of: intervals, rhythms, scales, chords, key signatures, transposition, chord inversion, key centers, harmonizing the major and minor scales, extended chords, modulation and much more. Packed with info from the Harmony & Theory course at Musicians Institute! ©2002, 240 pages.

84 self-study lessons on music theory in workbook format for the beginning music student. Starting with an explanation of the staff and ending with "Composing a Melody in Minor" this is a logical and well-planned guide to music theory, structure and terms. ©1982, 96 pages.

A Self-Teaching Course for All Musicians and All Instruments. Sight Reading Rhythm was originally used as a tool to help drummers improve their sight reading skills. It soon became apparent that other musicians were also interested in improving their rhythmic sight reading. This book covers the breaking down and reading of rhythm patterns and sight reading. Zimmerman explains how to get around “charts” using “Road Maps” and how to apply melody to rhythm exercises. Highlights include a CD containing all of the exercises and special metronome tracks for practice, a section especially for drummers and plenty of supplementary exercises. ©2006, Book & CD.

Sight Reading: The Rhythm Book is a graded workbook for instrumentalists and vocalists designed to develop sight reading and rhythmic skills by presenting a course of progressive lessons and studies specifically aimed at these areas. Many different rhythmic groupings and writing styles and clearly presented and analyzed. This book will provide invaluable assistance to all musicians and lead to a greater understanding of the fundamentals of rhythm. Through the development of the counting method employed in this book and the analysis of rhythmic structure-identification of the various notes, rests, groups and signs used-the student will attain greater ease and facility when approaching sight reading material. 88 pages.

Learn how to sight-read any rhythm instantly! Wouldn't you like to look at a complicated rhythmic figure and instantly know how it sounds? If so, then this book is for you. You'll discover: how to memorize the sound of each commonly occurring, one-beat note combination · the difference between duple and triple time, simple and compound time, and 6/4 time and 3/2 time · the true meaning of 'cut' time · how to instantly play odd groupings (triplets, quintuplets, etc.) · and much more. ©2002, 56 pages.

Whether you are an instrumentalist, singer, or composer, you can take a giant leap forward by learning to read music from the printed page. This book will provide you with everything you need to know to read music -- and to communicate effectively with other musicians about standard music notation. By following this proven, step-by-step method, you can quickly master the basics of sightreading -- from the fundamentals of melody and rhythm to the subtleties of musical expression and ornamentation. ©1992, 62 pages.