A Fun & Simple Guide to Understanding Music-If you wish there was a fun and engaging way to help you understand the fundamentals of music then All About Music Theory is it. Whether it's learning to read music understanding chords and scales musical forms or improvising and composing this enjoyable guide will help you to finally start understanding the structure and design of music. This fun-filled easy-to-use guide includes:   Music notation Scales and modes Melody harmonization and counterpoint Chord progressions Song form and structure Listen and learn with over 90 tracks to download online including over 50popular songs such as Beauty and the Beast Candle in the Wind Imagine In the Air Tonight Killing Me Softly with His Song Let It Be Message in a Bottle and many more.  

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.

Includes CD-ROM-A Study Guide for Developing Soloists - 260+ page Spiral Bound Book and 3 CD's. By George Bouchard. New expanded edition.All aspiring jazz players find themselves at a point in their development where they are ready to go from playing 'right notes' to actually playing meaningful solos. Making this transition can be as frustrating as it is essential. Intermediate Jazz Improvisation is for everyone wishing to bridge the gap between playing scales chords and licks to playing realistic flowing jazz lines! It's specifically designed to build upon the knowledge you already have and to improve your understanding and skills as a soloist.The 2Play-A-Long CD's include selected tracks from Aebersold Play-A-Longs coordinated with exercises and solo examples played on a separate channel and notated in the book. All parts in the book are transposed for all instruments. Useful for both private and classroom settings. Expanded version includes a 3rd CD (CD ROM) with PDFs of over 150 pages of additional transcribed solos from the CD's transposed for C Bb Eb and bass clef instruments. This popular book has become a classic! Testimonials are many about how this book is helping musicians who feel they're on a 'plateau' in their development! Highly recommended.