Idiot's Guides: Music Theory, Third Edition [Audio]

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 Many people find music theory a tough subject-- but it doesn't have to be! The best-selling Idiot's Guides: Music Theory, Third Edition, is a concise and clear guide that teaches any budding musician (and even more experienced ones) how to read musical notation by navigating the basics of reading and composing music. This book covers: - 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. - Exercises at the end of each chapter, and an answer key appendix. - All-new coverage of genres, composing, and arranging. - Expanded online ear-training and transcribing exercise content. pt. 1. Tones. Pitches and clefs ; Intervals ; Scales ; Major and minor keys pt. 2. Rhythms. Note values and basic notation ; Time signatures ; Tempo, dynamics, and navigation pt. 3. Tunes. Melodies ; Chords ; Chord progressions ; Phrases and form pt. 4. Accompanying. Transcribing what you hear ; Accompanying melodies ; Transposing to other keys pt. 5. Embellishing. Harmony and counterpoint ; Chord substitutions and turnarounds ; Special notation pt. 6. Composing and arranging. Musical genres and forms ; Composing your own music ; Arranging for voices and instruments ; Lead sheets and scores Appendix A. Glossary Appendix B. Music theory ear training course Appendix C. Answers to chapter exercises. "This helpful guide breaks down all the complicated concepts and teaches you music theory in easy-to-understand terms with lots of examples and over 100 practice excercises."-- Provided by publisher Breaks down complicated concepts and teaches music theory in easy-to-understand terms with many examples and over 100 practice exercises.