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Basic Music Theory, 4th Edition

How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

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By: Jonathan Harnum
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What do all those lines and squiggles and dots mean? Basic Music Theory takes you through the sometimes confusing world of written music with a clear, concise style that is at times funny and always friendly. The book is written by an experienced music teacher using methods refined over more than 30 years in schools and in his private teaching studio. Lessons are fun, well-paced, and enjoyable. Whether you're a beginner of any age, whether you're an experienced player who wants to bone up on your theory, or whether you teach music and need a fun way to do it, you'll find this book valuable and will refer to it again and again.

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Excellent Teaching Approach • Comprehensive Music Theory • Excellent Narrator • Helpful Review Sections
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loads of information very well presented and with a great focus on how to make it practical!!!

A great introduction!!

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No music was used in the making of this AUDIO book about MUSIC. Constantly referring to supplemental printed material but never uses any examples of actual music. Seems kinda silly.

Not particularly useful as just an audio book

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Thanks God I finded this book. It is very helpful, undestandable, practical and simple. Thanks.

A good intruduction and academic book.

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Even as an audio book, this is a great intro to many theory concepts for most amateurs like me. I knew just a little theory before reading this, but am confident enough to research more complex concepts.

Great intro and review of music theory

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For someone who is an intermediary guitar player , I have some familiarity with reading music , so this book will help me reframe , and remember stuff I forgot
Is amazing how the author was able to make a subject that is completely visual , and transcribe to audio
I really appreciate , thanks for the author , and audible making this available in audio format ,

Amazing

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the book continually references illustrations in the hardcopy version as well as material on the website, which makes it challenging if you are listening without access to those materials (walking along or driving in your car). i found it somewhat helpful. his other book, The Practice of Practice, is much better.

ok reference, hardcopy probably better

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I throughly enjoyed this audiobook. It gives an excellent intro to music theory and is presented in easy consumable blocks. There is not a lot of fluff here and the author is straight to the point. I also enjoyed the quizzes at the end of each section.

I also purchased the Kindle version for $7 which is a great way to read the concepts and practice them after being introduced the concepts from the audio version.

Highly recommend.

Really well thought out

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If you don’t know what a dominant 7 is, might be worth your time. If you do, you might not need this book.
Author very nice guy and informative. But you’ll need more if you’re serious about theory. He spent too much time on easy stuff, and only scratches the surface of the difficult stuff.

Helpful to build your library of concepts

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I greatly enjoyed this book. Music Theory has always been my weak point and I have been teaching music for years. I decided that I was going to commit to learning more about music theory and saw this book on audible. At first I thought there was no way to teach music theory through an audio book, but I was pleasantly surprised. This book not only helped me but will help my students for years to come.

Great book, wonderful performance, endepth knowledge, and a fantastic resource for years to come. Thank you!

Music Man

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An audio book should be able to be used via listening but this one requires you to read along on your phone or laptop. While it's very informative, it defeats it's own purpose and should be truly revised for audio. If I have to hold a phone or computer, I'm better off with a book.

Incredibly informational but also misleading.

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