Enjoy learning music theory from the very beginning. How To Blitz! Beginner Theory is the perfect introduction to theory for budding musicians of all ages. This book provides an easy-to-follow enjoyableguide to what is a dreaded topic for many students. How To Blitz! Beginner Theory is filled with simple exercises allowing you to actively participate in the learning process. There are also plenty of great gamesto make theory fun! This book contains all of the information you'll need to master the basics of theory covering topics such as semibreves minims and crotchets middle c lines and spaces rests treble and bass clefsand much more. How To Blitz! Beginner Theory works in conjunction with the blitzbooks.com website where you can download all sorts of free resources to help you with your study including games manuscript test papers and materials to help with practical exam preparation. Written by renowned educator and author Samantha Coates the BlitzBooks series has brought fun and laughter to the areas of musictheory instrumental technique and sight reading. Coates' engaging approach to theory and sight reading has already made BlitzBooks the most popular range of theory and sight reading books in Australia and they are nowfinally available in the UK. 

George Heussenstamm composer of more than 85 published works and author of The Norton Manual of Music Notation taught college-level theory for several decades. Unable to find what he considered a suitable text he wrote his own honing it through practical classroom experience. It is now published for the first time as Hal Leonard Harmony & Theory.This book is designed for anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of music theory whether beginner or more advanced. The first two chapters deal with music fundamentals and may be skipped by those with music reading experience. Each chapter contains many examples that clearly illustrate the conceptspresented. Written exercises at the end of each chapter allow the reader to test and apply their knowledge.Topics include: basic music-reading instruction; triads in root position; triads in inversion; cadences; non-harmonic tones; the dominant seventh chord; other seventh chords; and more.

Leila Fletcher. The most widely accepted theory papers in today's market. Simplify the beginner's problems in rhythm and notation.

1er Cycle-Théory Complète De La Musique by Jacques Chailley and Henri Challan is a really complete method for beginning musicians. This first volume of a series of two covers the nine first chapters of the method. It features: I. Different elements of music II. Music writing and symbols III. Rhythms IV. Intervals elements V. Intervals VI. Theory of Tonality [1/2] VII. Theory of Tonality [2/2] VIII. Tonality application IX. Additional music symbols Really focused on theory and including someexercises this book will be a better fit for mature music beginners.Henri Challan was a French composer and professor at the Paris Conservatoire who won the Grand Prix de Rome and who has wrote many music analysis. Jacques Chailley was a musician and Deputy Director of the Paris Conservatoire.

The Rhythm Changes Guide. The Rhythm Changes Guide takes the reader from the absolute essentials to advanced improvisational concepts, all supplemented with examples from legendary players. Includes 20 Etudes in all transpositions with backing tracks by a live NY rhythm section, exploring the rich tradition of Rhythm Changes and its harmonic possibilities. 70 pages of tradition-derived improvisation concepts and exercises, with dozens of examples from legendary players like John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Don Byas, Michael Brecker, and many others. Features strategies for both diatonic and chromatic improvisation and unexplored concepts for improvisation such as Schenkerian theory. Useful for beginners, intermediate-level performers, professionals, and musicians interested in diverse styles such as bebop, hardbop, modern contemporary, etc.

A complete guide to reading music for beginners-This tutor book and CD guides you through the basics from clefs to chord symbols and from time-signatures to tonality so in no time you will be able to read music from scratch. The audio CD makes the written music come alive and helps you understand the language of music. Easy to use and clearly written. Published by Boosey