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Posted by henryv on Feb-22-2009 01:01:

Music Theory Books

I feel like my productions have been lacking when it comes to melody's & chord progressions. Time for some change.

music theory books? Let's get some recommendations going.

Posted by Subtle on Feb-22-2009 01:28:

http://www.musictheory.net/

Posted by cryophonik on Feb-22-2009 02:15:

I haven't read it, but I've heard good things about Hearing and Writing Music: Professional Training for Today's Musician by Ron Gorow. When purchasing a theory book, you probably want to make sure that it also relates the lessons to composition, rather than just teaching you how to analyze music. This book supposedly does that and more, and even goes pretty extensively into ear training.

Posted by daeus on Feb-23-2009 11:04:

How about a good interactive music theory tutorial that teaches you via your own keyboard?

Posted by yates on Feb-23-2009 11:19:

here is another good link,

http://www.scribd.com/doc/5220863/R...Music-Theory-06

Posted by Terrence Parker on Feb-23-2009 12:15:

http://www.howmusicreallyworks.com/...troduction.html

Posted by Acton on Feb-23-2009 13:08:

As seen above, there isn't much need to splash out on a book as virtually all the info is freely available on the internet.

Posted by henryv on Feb-25-2009 22:30:

Thank you for all of the replies! much help indeed!

Posted by cryophonik on Feb-25-2009 23:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Acton
As seen above, there isn't much need to splash out on a book as virtually all the info is freely available on the internet.

Virtually all of the misinformation and poorly explained info is also freely available on the web. Speaking as a guy with a BA in Music Theory, I don't find it very surprising that most people struggle with music theory after seeing how much "freely available" crap and misinformation is out there. My advice to the OP is to stick with your original plan: get a good book and save yourself the trouble of trying to figure out which websites are just one person's ill-informed ramblings.

Posted by SoundMagus on Feb-26-2009 19:09:

Check out Music Therory for Computer Musicians.

I am working my way through it now and i have to say its most excellent

Mark