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| henryv |
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. |
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| cryophonik |
| 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. |
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| daeus |
| How about a good interactive music theory tutorial that teaches you via your own keyboard? |
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| 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. |
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| henryv |
| Thank you for all of the replies! much help indeed! |
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| cryophonik |
| 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. |
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| SoundMagus |
Check out Music Therory for Computer Musicians.
I am working my way through it now and i have to say its most excellent ;)
Mark |
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