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Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory: A Complete Self-Study Course for All Musicians (Book & 2 CDs) (Essentials of Music Theory)

Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory: A Complete Self-Study Course for All Musicians (Book & 2 CDs) (Essentials of Music Theory)
By Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, Morton Manus

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This practical, easy-to-use self-study course is perfect for pianists, guitarists, instrumentalists, vocalists, songwriters, arrangers and composers, and includes ear training CDs to help develop your musical ear. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn the essentials of music through 75 concise lessons, practice your music reading and writing skills in the exercises, improve your listening skills with the enclosed ear training CDs, and test your knowledge with a review that completes each of the 18 units. Answers are included in the back of the book for all exercises, ear training and review.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #16979 in Books
  • Published on: 2004-08
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 152 pages

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Essentials of music theory is a good book.5
Watch out for the 2 cds they are not firmly attached and I lost one.

MUSIC THEORY BY ALFRED5
I 'VE JUST START LEARNING TO PLAY INSTRUMENT SINCE JANUARY 2007.MOST OF MY FRIENDS AND MY TEACHER TOLD ME TO BUY A MUSIC THEORY IF I WANT TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE MY SKILLS BY READING MUSIC....SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THIS BOOK,MY KNOWLEDGES IN MUSIC HAVE IMPROVED AND I DON'T HAVE NO MORE PROBLEM TO WRITE MY SONG ON MUSIC SHEET.IF YOUR A BEGINNER AS I,PLEASE PURCHASE THIS BOOK AND THE COST IS WORTHLESS.I WILL KEEP THIS BOOK FOR GOOD AND PASS IT TO MY KIDS.....EVERYTHING IS CLEAR AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND....

Good workbook-style resource4
I wrote a review of this and several other books for an upcoming article in Classical Singer Magazine. This is a good workbook-style resource for getting a headstart on your theory; goes from basic to early advanced topics. The only thing I would have liked to see in it was more composition exercises, but that's my bias as a composer.