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| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, Morton Manus, 1998 Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory is designed for students of any age, whether listeners or performers, who want to have a better understanding of the language of music. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn the essentials of music through concise lessons, practice your music reading and writing skills in the exercises, improve your listening skills with the available ear-training CDs (included), and test your knowledge with a review that completes each unit. The Student Complete Book includes Books 1-3 in a spiral-bound format. Book 1 (Lessons 1-25): Staff, Notes and Pitches * Treble & Bass Clefs * Grand Staff & Ledger Lines * Note Values * Measure, Bar Line and Double Bar * 2/4, 3/4 & 4/4 Time Signatures * Whole, Half & Quarter Notes/Rests * Dotted Half & Quarter Notes * Ties & Slurs * Repeat Sign, 1st & 2nd Endings * Eighth Notes & Rests * Dynamic Signs, Tempo Marks & Articulation * D.C., D.S., Coda & Fine * Flats, Sharps & Naturals * Whole & Half Step, Enharmonic Notes. Book 2 (Lessons 25-50): Tetrachords & Major Scales * Key Signatures * Chromatic Scale * Intervals, Circle of Fifths * Perfect, Major & Minor Intervals * Augmented & Diminished Intervals * Solfège & Transposition * Sixteenth Notes & Rests * Dotted Eighth Notes & Eighth Note Triplets * Common Time & Cut Time * 3/8 & 6/8 Time Signatures * Pick-up Notes & Syncopation * Primary & Major Triads * Scale Degree Names * Dominant 7th Chord. Book 3 (Lessons 51-75): 1st & 2nd Inversions of Triads * Inversions of V7 Chords * Figured Bass * Major Chord Progressions * Minor Scales, Minor Triads * Augmented & Diminished Triads * Primary Triads in Minor Keys * Minor Chord Progressions * Modes * Harmonizing a Melody in Major and Minor Keys * Broken Chords & Arpeggiated Accompaniments * Passing and Neighboring Tones * Composing a Melody in Major and Minor Keys * 12-Bar Blues Chord Progression & Blues Scale * Basic Forms of Music. The complete line of Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory includes Student Books, a Teacher's Answer Key, Ear-Training CDs, Double Bingo games, Flash Cards, Reproducible Teacher's Activity Kits, and interactive software for students and teachers in private study, studio and network environments. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, Morton Manus, 2006 Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory is designed for students of any age, whether listeners or performers, who want to have a better understanding of the language of music. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn the essentials of music through concise lessons, practice your music reading and writing skills in the exercises, improve your listening skills with the available ear-training CDs (sold separately), and test your knowledge with a review that completes each unit. The Teacher's Activity Kit Complete for Volumes 1-3 includes five reproducible activities and one test for each of the 18 units in Volumes 1-3 of the Student Books. The wide variety of activities includes Music Crossword Puzzles, Note Naming, Matching Games, Musical Math, Word Scrambles, and others for a total of 90 Activities and 18 Tests in all. There is also one Test per Unit that covers all the theory concepts introduced in that Unit. Each reproducible page includes scoring boxes to help the instructor grade the page. The complete line of Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory includes Student Books, a Teacher's Answer Key, Ear-Training CDs, Double Bingo games, Flash Cards, Reproducible Teacher's Activity Kits, and interactive software for students and teachers in private study, studio and network environments. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory, Bk 3 Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, Morton Manus, 2011-04 Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory is designed for students of any age, whether listeners or performers, who want to have a better understanding of the language of music. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn the essentials of music through concise lessons, practice your music reading and writing skills in the exercises, improve your listening skills with the available ear-training CDs (sold separately), and test your knowledge with a review that completes each unit. Computer software is also available with randomized drilling of the material and scorekeeping. Book 3 (Lessons 51-75): 1st & 2nd Inversions of Triads * Inversions of V7 Chords * Figured Bass * Major Chord Progressions * Minor Scales, Minor Triads * Augmented & Diminished Triads * Primary Triads in Minor Keys * Minor Chord Progressions * Modes * Harmonizing a Melody in Major and Minor Keys * Broken Chords & Arpeggiated Accompaniments * Passing and Neighboring Tones * Composing a Melody in Major and Minor Keys * 12-Bar Blues Chord Progression & Blues Scale * Basic Forms of Music. The complete line of Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory includes Student Books, a Teacher's Answer Key, Ear-Training CDs, Double Bingo games, Flash Cards, Reproducible Teacher's Activity Kits, and interactive software for students and teachers in private study, studio and network environments. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory, Bk 1 Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, Morton Manus, 1999-08 Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory is designed for students of any age, whether listeners or performers, who want to have a better understanding of the language of music. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn the essentials of music through concise lessons, practice your music reading and writing skills in the exercises, improve your listening skills with the available ear-training CDs (sold separately), and test your knowledge with a review that completes each unit. Computer software is also available with randomized drilling of the material and scorekeeping. This Alto Clef edition includes primarily alto clef examples, but also presents treble and bass clef examples. Book 1 (Lessons 1-25): Staff, Notes and Pitches * Treble & Bass Clefs * Grand Staff & Ledger Lines * Note Values * Measure, Bar Line and Double Bar * 2/4, 3/4 & 4/4 Time Signatures * Whole, Half & Quarter Notes/Rests * Dotted Half & Quarter Notes * Ties & Slurs * Repeat Sign, 1st & 2nd Endings * Eighth Notes & Rests * Dynamic Signs, Tempo Marks & Articulation * D.C., D.S., Coda & Fine * Flats, Sharps & Naturals * Whole & Half Step, Enharmonic Notes. The complete line of Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory includes Student Books, a Teacher's Answer Key, Ear-Training CDs, Double Bingo games, Flash Cards, Reproducible Teacher's Activity Kits, and interactive software for students and teachers in private study, studio and network environments. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory, Bk 2 Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, Morton Manus, 1999-08 Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory is designed for students of any age, whether listeners or performers, who want to have a better understanding of the language of music. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn the essentials of music through concise lessons, practice your music reading and writing skills in the exercises, improve your listening skills with the available ear-training CDs (sold separately), and test your knowledge with a review that completes each unit. Computer software is also available with randomized drilling of the material and scorekeeping. This Alto Clef edition includes primarily alto clef examples, but also presents treble and bass clef examples. Book 2 (Lessons 25-50): Tetrachords & Major Scales * Key Signatures * Chromatic Scale * Intervals, Circle of Fifths * Perfect, Major & Minor Intervals * Augmented & Diminished Intervals * Solfège & Transposition * Sixteenth Notes & Rests * Dotted Eighth Notes & Eighth Note Triplets * Common Time & Cut Time * 3/8 & 6/8 Time Signatures * Pick-up Notes & Syncopation * Primary & Major Triads * Scale Degree Names * Dominant 7th Chord. The complete line of Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory includes Student Books, a Teacher's Answer Key, Ear-Training CDs, Double Bingo games, Flash Cards, Reproducible Teacher's Activity Kits, and interactive software for students and teachers in private study, studio and network environments. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, Morton Manus, 2000 Thirty reproducible activities plus 6 tests in each volume. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Practical Theory, Complete Sandy Feldstein, A combination text and workbook in three volumes. All areas of music theory are covered in a concise and practical manner and each level contains 28 lessons. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory, Bk 3 Karen Farnum Surmani, Andrew Surmani, Morton Manus, 1999-08 Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory is designed for students of any age, whether listeners or performers, who want to have a better understanding of the language of music. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn the essentials of music through concise lessons, practice your music reading and writing skills in the exercises, improve your listening skills with the available ear-training CDs (sold separately), and test your knowledge with a review that completes each unit. Computer software is also available with randomized drilling of the material and scorekeeping. This Alto Clef edition includes primarily alto clef examples, but also presents treble and bass clef examples. Book 3 (Lessons 51-75): 1st & 2nd Inversions of Triads * Inversions of V7 Chords * Figured Bass * Major Chord Progressions * Minor Scales, Minor Triads * Augmented & Diminished Triads * Primary Triads in Minor Keys * Minor Chord Progressions * Modes * Harmonizing a Melody in Major and Minor Keys * Broken Chords & Arpeggiated Accompaniments * Passing and Neighboring Tones * Composing a Melody in Major and Minor Keys * 12-Bar Blues Chord Progression & Blues Scale * Basic Forms of Music. The complete line of Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory includes Student Books, a Teacher's Answer Key, Ear-Training CDs, Double Bingo games, Flash Cards, Reproducible Teacher's Activity Kits, and interactive software for students and teachers in private study, studio and network environments. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's premier piano course Dennis Alexander, Gayle Kowalchyk, E. L. Lancaster, Victoria McArthur, Martha Mier, 2006-02 The appealing repertoire with charming lyrics further reinforces and enhances the learning of new musical concepts introduced in the Lesson Book. Includes attractive music created by internationally acclaimed composers in a variety of styles, plus tips on how to perform more musically. Each piece on the CD was recorded at a performance tempo and a slower practice tempo The audio for this book is also available for download here The music from this book is available in the Piano Maestro app that's downloadable here. Learn more About JoyTunes, the maker of Piano Maestro here. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, Morton Manus, 2001 This exciting Flash Card set includes 60 note naming cards, containing 96 notes and rests in the alto, treble and bass clefs. It is organized into 4 progressive sets and may be used with any beginning music theory course. Correlated with Essentials of Music Theory, Book 1, and Volume 1 of the Computer Software. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Essentials of Music Theory: Elementary Carl E. Gardner, 2022-06-03 Carl E. Gardner was an American percussionist, drum maker, and method book author. source This book gives teachers and students a foundational understanding of music theory that they can implement when working on instrumental or vocal techniques. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: 60 Music Quizzes for Theory and Reading Jay Althouse, Just what the titles says: 60 one-page quizzes on a variety of subjects related to beginning music theory and reading. Includes sections on The Basics, Rhythm, Note Names, Key Signatures, Musical Symbols and Terms, Time Signatures, Keyboard Identification, and Musical Puzzles. Perfect for student assessment. * Recommended for grades 3 and up. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: The Complete Musician Steven G. Laitz, Susan De Ghize, Ian Sewell, 2019 A brief and musically oriented introduction to key music theory concepts-- |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Contemporary Music Theory - Level One Mark Harrison, 1999-01-01 (Piano). The Music Theory series is designed from the ground-up to explain the terminology and musical structures needed for modern applications. Level One is an introductory course which covers music notation, key signatures, basic scales, intervals, modes, diatonic relationships and 3-and 4-part chords. Includes reference appendices, a complete glossary of terms, and hundreds of written theory exercises with answers. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Essential Dictionary of Music Notation (Pocket Size Book) , This pocket-sized dictionary presents current and correct notation practices in an easy-to-use format. Generously illustrated and concise, this book is essential to any musician looking for a handy reference for the correct notation of music. A most welcome and beneficial source for every musician, whether using a pencil or a computer. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco, 1997-12 This book begins with an extensive review of the chords and keys previously studied, using fresh and interesting material that will provide enjoyment as well as reinforcement. Particularly noteworthy is the systematic presentation of chords in all positions in both hands. Titles: America the Beautiful * Arkansas Traveler * The Battle Hymn of the Republic * Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair * Brahms Lullaby * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Deep River * Down in the Valley * Farewell to Thee (Aloha Oe) * Fascination * A Festive Rondeau * Frankie and Johnnie * The Hokey-Pokey * The House of the Rising Sun * Introduction and Dance * La Cucaracha * La Donna E Mobile * La Raspa * Light and Blue * Loch Lomond * Lonesome Road * The Marriage of Figaro * Morning Has Broken * Musetta's Waltz * Musette * Night Song * Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen * Polyvetsian Dances * Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 * The Riddle * Rock-a My Soul * Roman Holiday * Sakura * Scherzo * Space Shuttle Blues * Swingin' Sevenths * Theme from Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky) * Tumbalalaika * Village Dance * Waves of the Danube * When Johnny Comes Marching Home * You're in My Heart |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Music Theory 101 Brian Boone, Marc Schonbrun, 2017-08-08 Covers everything novice musicians and lifelong learners need to know. Full of music trivia, music history, comprehensive instruction and visual aids, music symbols, and chords throughout. This is a crash course in music theory that even professionals will enjoy. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Essentials of Orchestration Dave Black, Tom Gerou, 2009 At last, a quick reference orchestration book tailor-made for the classroom musician on a budget. Any teacher, student or professional musician, whether a composer, orchestrator, arranger, performer or enthusiast will find this book full of the most needed information on over 150 instruments. Designed for quick and easy reference, Essentials of Orchestration includes those much-needed instrument ranges, general characteristics, tone quality descriptions, technical pitfalls, useful scoring tips and much more! |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Greatest Hits Book 1 E. L. Lancaster, Morton Manus, This series answers the often-expressed need for a variety of supplementary material in many different popular styles. What could be more fun for an adult than to play the music that everybody knows and loves? When the books in the Greatest Hits series are assigned in conjunction with the Lesson Books, these appealing pieces reinforce new concepts as they are introduced. In addition, the motivation the music provides could not be better. The emotional satisfaction students receive from mastering each popular song increases their enthusiasm to begin the next one. With the popular music available in the Greatest Hits series (Levels 1 and 2), the use of both books will significantly increase every adult's interest in piano study. Two selections from this book are featured on the Royal Conservatory of Music Popular Selection List (2007 Ed.): * The Rainbow Connection * Nadia's Theme |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Berklee Music Theory Paul Schmeling, 2011 Teaches the concepts of music theory based on the curriculum at Berklee College of Music. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: The Everything Essential Music Theory Book Marc Schonbrun, 2014-08-08 Master musical skills quickly and easily! From classical music to new age, hard rock, and pop, music has always played an important role in everyday life. Whether you're an intermediate musician or an aspiring music major, The Everything Essential Music Theory Book is a guide to mastering one of the most important tools for every musician: musical understanding. This compact, portable volume covers all the basics, including: The construction of chords and scales How to understand rhythm and time signatures How keys are identified and organized Creating harmonization and melody With each clear and easy-to-understand chapter, musician and educator Marc Schonbrun takes you through the essentials of music theory--the very glue that holds music together. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Music Theory and Composition Stephen C. Stone, 2018-01-26 Music Theory and Composition: A Practical Approachpresents a pragmatic, accessible approach to music theory through an emphasis on melody and counterpoint. This focus explains the “why” of musical construction more clearly than the traditional approach of beginning with chords. By starting with a single melodic line and gradually adding voices in counterpoint, the book drills part-writing while simultaneously explaining functionality, first with scale degrees and then with harmony. The text has students learn musical techniques and progressively build on their functions and importance to create their own compositions. With short, digestible chapters, Music Theory and Composition clearly presents otherwise complicated ideas not as strict rules, but as artistic ideals, encouraging the interactive creation of new compositions as a tool for learning. The textbook is versatile and easily customizable, suiting Different skill levels with species counterpoint providing a framework for the beginner while providing an interesting challenge for more experienced students Different curricular schedules with complete exercises in two, three, and four voices, allowing for an optional skip from two voices to four Different pedagogical approaches with species exercises encouraging students to consider harmonic choices and figured bass ensuring functional progressions Instructor Resources: Instructor’s Manual: The Instructor’s Manual includes sample syllabi and student handouts Test Bank: The test bank includes sample tests and answer keys in MS Word format. Student Resources: Companion Website with Downloadable Workbook Sections: http://textbooks.rowman.com/stone Additional Features: complete curriculum for first-year theory courses over 500 musical examples drawn from Common Practice Era compositions as well as more contemporary and popular pieces focus on active composition throughout the text and workbook sections large pop music section to expand student’s application of theory conversational tone to encourage student engagement Designed for first-year college music theory courses, but accessible enough for the interested lay reader or high school student, the text offers a true balance of counterpoint and harmony. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: All about Music Theory Mark Harrison, 2009-07-01 Describes the fundamentals of music, covering such topics as music notation, scales and modes, chord progression, and song form and structure. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, Morton Manus, 2007 Alfreds Essentials of Music Theory is designed for students of any age, whether listeners or performers, who want to have a better understanding of the language of music. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn the essentials of music through concise lessons, practice your music reading and writing skills in the exercises, improve your listening skills with the available ear-training CDs (included with this item), and test your knowledge with a review that completes each unit.This Alto Clef edition includes primarily alto clef examples, but also presents treble and bass clef examples. The Student Complete Book includes Books 1-3 in a spiral-bound format.Book 1 (Lessons 1-25): Staff, Notes and PitchesTreble & Bass ClefsGrad Staff & Ledger LinesNote ValuesMeasure, Bar Line and Double Bar2/4, 3/4 & 4/4 Time SignaturesWhole, Half & Quarter Notes/RestsDotted Half & Quarter NotesTies & SlursRepeat Sign, 1st & 2nd Endings |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Music Theory Nicolas Carter, 2018-03-17 Unique, Simple and Straightforward Way to Learn Music Theory and Become a Better Musician, Even if You're a Total Beginner! * Updated and massively Expanded edition with Audio examples, new Exercises, and over 150 pages of NEW content! * ** On a special promo price for a limited time! ** Have you ever wanted: To know how understanding music theory can make you a better player (on any instrument)? To unlock the mysteries of notes, intervals, music scales, modes, keys, circle of fifths, chords and chord progressions, and other important concepts in music, and how they all relate to one another? To get a deep understanding of scales, modes and chords, where they come from, what are the different types that exist, how they're built, and how to use any chord or scale in your playing? To learn how rhythm works and how to master your rhythm and time skills that will make you sound like a pro? To know what's the magic behind all the beautiful music that you love and how you can (re)create it? To get a broad perspective of tonal harmony, and how melody, harmony, and rhythm work together? Understand advanced concepts (such as modal playing, atonality, polytonality, free music, etc.) that usually only advanced jazz musicians use? But... Have you ever been put off by music theory or thought that it wasn't necessary, boring or too hard to learn? If you find yourself in any of this, then this book is what you need. It covers pretty much everything that anyone who plays or wants to play music, and wishes to become a better musician, should know. This is one of the most comprehensive and straightforward, evergreen books on music theory that you can find, and you will wish to study it often and keep it forever. The book is structured in a way that is very easy to follow and internalize all the concepts that are explained. You don't have to be a college degree music student in order to understand and use any of this - anyone can do it, even a total beginner! It also doesn't matter what instrument(s) you play nor what is your level of knowledge or playing ability, because music theory is universal and all about what sounds good together! It explains the WHY and HOW, and it is your roadmap, a skill and a tool - guided by your ears - for creating beautiful music This book will give you what is necessary to become a true expert in music theory without frustration and feeling overwhelmed in the process, and this in-turn will have immense benefits to your playing and musicianship! Just use the look inside feature by clicking on the book cover to get a sneak peak of what you'll learn inside... Get this book now and solve all your problems with music theory, and become proficient in this field! Pick up your copy by clicking on the BUY now button at the top of this page. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Music Theory, 3E Michael Miller, 2016-07-12 Music theory doesn’t need to be complicated, and this guide will show you how to make it simple. Idiot's Guides: Music Theory, Third Edition, is a concise and clear guide that teaches any budding musician or experienced musician how to read musical notation by navigating the basics of reading and composing music. Here’s what you’ll find: • The basics of tones, including pitches, clefs, scales, intervals, and major and minor keys • The building blocks of rhythm, including note values, basic notation, time signatures, and tempo, dynamics, and navigation • How tunes are created, starting with melodies, chords, chord progressions, and phrases and forms • The basics of accompaniment, including transcribing, accompanying melodies, and transposing to other keys • Composing and arranging, including coverage of musical genres and forms, how to compose your own music, arranging for voices and instruments, working with lead sheets and scores, and performing your music • Helpful reference appendixes, including a glossary, chord charts, and instrument ranges • Expanded online ear-training and transcribing exercise content, including exercises at the end of each chapter and an answer key appendix |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Essential Dictionary of Music Theory L. C. Harnsberger, This Essential Dictionary packs a wealth of information into our user-friendly Handy Guide format. Covering virtually every aspect of music theory, the volume includes everything from scales and modes to comprehensive ranges of woodwinds, brass, stringed instruments (with open-string pitches) and voices. Also includes tablature and guitar notation, and features written and sounding ranges for transposing instruments. A must-have for musicians of all levels! |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Basic Music Theory Jonathan Harnum, 2005 Basic Music Theory takes you through the sometimes confusing world of written music with a clear, concise style that is at times funny and always friendly. The book is written by an experienced teacher using methods refined over more than ten years in his private teaching studio and in schools. --from publisher description. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: The Everything Music Theory Book Marc Schonbrun, 2006-12-10 Includes audio compact disc (cd). |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 2 Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco, 2005-05-03 The Adult All-In-One Course combines all of the pages from the Lesson Books and selected pages from Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Theory, Solo and Technic Books (Finger Aerobics) into each of these concise volumes. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: My First Music Theory Book Lina Ng, 2008-09 A colorful, imaginative, and highly absorbing introduction to music theory for the younger student. Packed with exciting exercises and entertaining characters, this is the ideal introduction to theory for a young instrumentalist. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Music Theory Made Easy for Kids, Level 1 Lina Ng, 2008-10 Presents an introduction to music theory for young learners that includes colorful illustrations and exercises that teach such concepts as note types, names, and counts. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Music Theory Workbook for All Musicians Chris Bowman, 2013-01-01 (Music Instruction). A self-study course with illustrations & examples for you to write & check your answers. Topics include: major and minor scales; modes and other scales; harmony; intervals; chord structure; chord progressions and substitutions; and more. This workbook contains essential backbone concepts for working musicians. These are the things you must know. It may take a year to work through and thoroughly understand and memorize all that is in this book and a lifetime to perfect it. But that's okay: You'll always have this valuable resource as a handy reference now. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Rudiments of Music Perry Goldstein, 2021-08-30 Covers the basics of Western classical tonal music theory, though it is applicable to a broad range of other music as well. The book covers basic notation of pitch and rhythm, major and minor keys, intervals, chords, harmony, and other concepts essential to a fundamental understanding of tonal music. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Piano Book for Adult Beginners Andrea Paul, 2019-11-30 ★ Buy the Paperback Version and Get the Kindle Version for Free ★ The piano is a great instrument for anyone looking to learn a little more about music. It's arguably the easiest to learn and most straightforward when it comes to learning notes or reading music. Whatever brought you around to the idea of playing the piano, use that as fuel on your journey to becoming a great pianist. This book is an excellent resource for all adult beginners who aren't quite sure where to start the learning process. It's full of helpful tips, resources, and song suggestions that will help guide you through the initial stages of learning an instrument. It even gives an overview of basic music theory to get you started, and it includes a crash course on classical composers and music. Not everyone is a fan of the classics, but this book is still for you! It also includes some contemporary song suggestions and even some piano pop songs that are easy to learn at any level. You can use this book in a variety of ways based on your needs. If you're simply considering taking up the piano, then use this book as a peek behind the curtain of music. You can see what's required and what you'll need to learn. If you've decided that you want to learn, but aren't quite sure what's next, use this book as a guide to help you along your self-taught path to piano stardom. Learning piano as an adult can be much different than learning as a child, so don't do it alone! Pick up this book as your go-to resource for skills, techniques, and suggestions that can get you playing all of your favorite songs in no time. There's information for everyone in these pages and even tips on how to move past the beginner phase into the intermediate piano. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar Don J. MacLean, 2004 Just what you absolutely need to know! Change how you see music theory with the Absolute Essentials of Music Theory for Guitar. This easy to follow guide shows you all the need to know basics, demystified, chapter, by chapter. Discover how easy it is to understand: Reading music The fretboard Scales Intervals Chords Harmonized scales Rhythm Music theory has never been easier! Learn the basics of music theory at your own pace. All theoretical concepts are applied to the guitar. Perfect for the beginner to intermediate player. Test yourself answer key included. What are you waiting for? Your understanding of music theory starts here. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Theory and Transposing Guide Alfred Publishing Company, 2009-05 Music theory made easy These cards are the definitive charting, transposing and music theory tools for all musicians, no matter what their instrument. The Table of Keys is the best transposing tool ever made because it also shows how to write chord charts using The Nashville System of Roman Numerals to represent chords: I, IV, V etc. The Chord and Scale Table(tm) not only lists all the chords and scales (including the modes) used in popular music it also shows you which scales to play over which chords in the many styles of today's music. These two tables are indispensable for students, teachers, arrangers, composers, choir directors, band leaders and songwriters. As one music teacher told us: It's like having Juilliard on a card |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Music Theory Made Easy for Kids, Level 2 Lina Ng, 2008-10 This first introduction to music theory is perfect for children ages 4-7. Music Theory Made Easy for Kids is filled with colorful illustrations and fun musical sticker sheets in each book. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: Barron's AP Music Theory with MP3 CD Nancy Scoggin, 2014-02-01 In-depth preparation for the AP Music Theory exam features: Two full-length practice tests (both aural and non-aural sections included) All questions answered and explained Helpful strategies for test-taking success In-depth review chapters covering music fundamentals, harmonic organization, harmonic progression, melodic composition and dictation, harmonic dictation, visual score analysis and much more An included MP3 CD provides aural skill development prompts for both practice tests’ aural sections, as well as material that complements exercises and examples in the subject review chapters. |
| alfreds essentials of music theory: One-A-Day Warm-Ups for Orff Instruments , 2007-09-01 Playing instruments is one of the most favorite music classroom activities. Just as you would take time to warm up your voice, these simple traditional songs and patterns give students a chance to warm up their playing skills by investing 5-10 minutes each class period and by focusing on posture, technique and style. By using the Sing-Along Guide, you can easily choose from the 30 warm-ups (in specific keys, chord progressions and/or patterns) which you choose to develop and utilize as accompaniments to the 25 traditional songs (also included). Students who struggle with beat will greatly improve as they begin with simple one-chord patterns where they learn to feel and hear the pulse and gradually progress to adding body percussion, additional parts and then instruments. |
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