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 | The Diatonic Cycle - Emile De Cosmo, Emile and Laura De Cosmo Renowned jazz educators Emile and Laura De Cosmo provide more than 300 exercises to help improvisors tackle one of music's most common progressions: the diatonic cycle. This book is guaranteed to refine technique, enhance improvisational fluency, and improve sight-reading! ©2004, 344 pages. |
 | The Jazz Theory Book - Mark Levine The most comprehensive jazz theory book ever published. It contains over 500 pages of text and over 750 musical examples. Written in the language of the working jazz musician, this book is easy to read and user-friendly. At the same time, it is the most comprehensive study of jazz harmony and theory every published. Mark Levine has worked with Bobby Hutcherson, Cal Tjader, Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, and many other jazz greats.
500 pages. |
 | The Little Book of Music Theory Ideal for anyone learning to read music. All aspects are explained, with chapters devoted to rhythm, intervals and scales and chord construction. A perfect companion to the Little Book of Musical Terms (MS627). ©2001, 64 pages. |
 | The Twelve Notes of Music - Mark John Sternal There are only 12 notes in the musical alphabet, when you have mastered them you have mastered music. Take an in depth look at each individual note and learn how it associates with other notes, giving you a full understanding of the tonal structure of melodies, harmonies, and chords. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced musician you will gain a world of insight by learning our twelve musical tones! |
 | The Musician's Guide to Reading & Writing Music, 2nd Edition Learning musical notation can be intimidating. But regardless of instrument or proficiency in reading music, there's hope and help for all musicians in this practical guide. Writing in a friendly manner that puts readers at ease, author Dave Stewart starts with the basics: staves, clefs, and how to find the notes. He then advances step-by-step through rhythm, key signatures, chords and intervals, and how to write is all down. This book is useful for novices, seasoned players who never learned to read music, and pros seeking a refresher course. ©1999, 110 pages. |
 | The Musician's Ultimate Picture Chord Encyclopedia This comprehensive reference work illustrates chords in all common forms from basic major to 13-flat-5-flat-9, grouped by root note and presented alphabetically. Each page in the encyclopedia contains one chord displayed at different positions on the guitar. | Large, clear photographs show each chord position from the player's point of view, creating a comfortable familiar perspective conducive to recognition and comprehension. Each page also features large guitar fretboard diagrams, a keyboard layout graphic, and a diatonic grid depicting roots, thirds, fifths, sevenths, ninths, elevenths, and thirteenths used for that particular chord. The combination of all of these components creates a cross-reference to which all the members of the band can relate, helping them communicate musically. 336 pages. |
 | The New Harmony Book - Frank Haunschild This workbook for all musicians gets down to the rudiments of music right from the start. Notation is dealt with in depth and in an easily understandable way, as are the harmonic series and the various intervals and triads as well. There are step-by-step explanations of how to use chord symbols, with the relationships of the chords to each other being demonstrated as well. In addition there is close examination of the circle of fifths and the circle of fourths, the chord-scale systems of the major scales, and the harmonic and melodic minors, as well as pentatonic scales, symmetrical scales and blues scales. Numerous illustrations and examples, exercises and solutions, commentaries and analyses make a decisive contribution to a better understanding of the rudiments of music. |
 | Theory & Harmony for the Contemporary Musician - Arnie Berle From the fundamentals to advanced concepts, Arnie Berle guides today's musician to a working knowledge of music theory and harmony. Here you will find answers to all of your questions about intervals, scales, chords, progressions, chord embellishments and substitution, song forms, and much, much more. 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. 110 pages. |
 | Theory and Harmony Wall Chart Theory and Harmony Wall Chart presents a graphical overview of the most important elements of musical harmony: the circle of fifths, the essential scales and modes, chords and their inversions, key signatures, and the diatonic chords in C Major, as well as an easy to understand diagram of chord symbols. Whether at home or in the studio, this wall chart is an indispensable tool for all musicians. 24" x 35". |
 | Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns - Nicolas Slonimsky Great musicians and composers of all genres -- from Arnold Schoenberg to John Coltrane and Freddie Hubbard -- have sworn by this comprehensive vocabulary of melodic patterns for composition and improvisation . 256 pages. |
 | Ultimate Fretted Tuning Chart This chart contains 87 tunings (47 for guitar) for various common and hard to find instruments. The accompanying CD has all the tunings played on the actual instruments. Many tunings are offered for most instruments. Instruments include guitar, mandolin, banjo, dulcimer, bass, harp guitar, balalaika, oud, charrango, bouzouki, tres, ukulele, bajo sexto, dobro/lap steel, vihuela and requinto. Included are the most common tunings as well as many exotic tunings, especially for guitar. 4 pages, Booklet & CD. |
 | Ultimate Learning Method for Musicians - Laszlo Vasko The first book of its type to specifically address the musician. Unleash your hidden learning capacities and improve the quantity and quality of your inspiration and creativity. Using proven, easy-to-accomplish breathing and meditative techniques, you can learn to focus your mind and achieve new musical heights. ©1994, 61 pages. |
 | Understanding The Language of Music - Daniel Abrams A Beginner's Guide To Musical History, Theory and Structure. In a lively and humorous way, a renowned concert pianist delves into the theory and history of Western music to teach how to listen with a new ear and play with deeper understanding. Includes numerous musical examples. Six Audio CDs. |
 | Voggy's ABC of Music - Martina Holtz Basic Music Theory for Kids. The ideal supplement to any music lessons taken at home or at school, Little Voggy explains the basics of music in a child-friendly manner. Through well-known children songs, the young readers can review and practice what they have just learned. | The second part of Voggy's ABC of Music introduces the main and most popular musical instruments with pictures as well as sound. Not only does the included audio CD contain modern arrangements of these children songs, but also provides audio examples of the main instruments, thus music theory remains a fascinating subject easily understandable for children. Learning is sure to always be fun! ©2005, Book & CD, 112 pages. |
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