- This Handy, Pocket-Sized Book Is the Most Contemporary Music Theory Book on the Market
- A Step-by-step Guide to Harmony and Theory for Every Musician
- Packed with Info from the Harmony & Theory Course at Musicians Institute
- Publisher: Hal Leonard
- 176 Pages
Product Description
Following in the footsteps of the popular Hal Leonard Pocket Music Dictionary, this handy pocket-sized book is the most contemporary music theory book on the market! A step-by-step guide to harmony and theory for every musician, it includes thorough, yet to easy-to-understand analysis of: intervals, rhythms, scales, chords, key signatures, transposition, chord inversion, key centers, harmonizing the major and minor scales, extended chords, modulation and much more.P… More >>
Hal Leonard Pocket Music Theory: A Comprehensive and Convenient Source for All Musicians
This book is too simplistic. Every issue is approached superficially. If you are a beginner with very few knowledge about music theory then this book might be appropriate for you since I have detected no mistakes. Otherwise if you’re looking for specifics and depth don’t get it…
Rating: 2 / 5
I am 35 yo woman JUST learning piano and music theory..cant tell you how wonderfully easy and helpful this little book has been…I bought this one and the Complete Idiots Guide to Music Theory…I use this one more or as often as the idiots guide..this one doesnt have extra info you dont want or need and thus makes it a handy reference and I love how small it is to carry around. I read it whenever I have to WAIT in line or in a drs office or DMV or other horrible place to sit around and wait. Well put together and easy to read. Would definately buy again, and would definately recommend.
Rating: 5 / 5
It has been nearly 25 years since I even touched music theory. This book – be forewarned – is not for the pure novice or the extremely rusty. In about 170 packed pages, you get everything from notation through harmonics, tonics, melodics, scales, deep seeded theory and application in jazz, blues, the Beatles and everything else. I will admit it was well over my head for the most part, and I really needed to get back to an Idiot or Dummy guide to rebuild the very old foundations of a quarter century ago. However, if you are up to snuff and are looking for a decent pocket guide, this will do just fine. I can see how other reviewers who have some of these basics down and are looking for a reference or augmentation resource would rate the book higher – and why a few have rated it low due to the “superficial” nature of some of the explanations. For the money – tough to beat. For the size – tough to beat.
Rating: 4 / 5
I wanted a concise book to look up things that I don’t remember. This is it.
It has been handy within days of receiving it.
If you already have some background in music theory and just need something to jog or expand your memory, this is the thing.
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is perfect for the musician. It clarifies concepts in music theory, and is the gift that keeps on giving. I gave it to my boyfriend for Christmas, and he literally carries it around with him.
Thanks.
Rating: 5 / 5