This book is the logical continuation of Music Theory for Self-Taught Musicians: Level 1: The Basics. While the previous volume focuses on simply introducing and defining all the main tools and notions essential to understand music theory, this book explains how to use these notions to understand harmony, composition, and improvisation.
When the Hits Hit the Fan is the songwriting class you always wish you'd taken. It's a deep dive into the heart of questions songwriters of all levels ask, laid out along the timeline of a song's completion. For years, inspiring students on campuses including Yale, Wesleyan, The New School, Berklee, Oberlin, Hofstra, and NYU.
This text presents a pragmatic, accessible approach to music theory by emphasizing melody and counterpoint. Starting with a single melodic line and gradually adding voices in counterpoint, the book drills part-writing while also explaining functionality, first with scale degrees and then with harmony. Workbook sections follow each chapter.
Helps readers discover their own path to the natural, transcendent fulfilment of making music. Drawing on experience, psychological insight, and wisdom ancient and modern, this work shows how to trust yourself and set your own musicality free. It is aimed at teachers, professionals, and students of any instrument.
An Attempt to View Musical Subjects in the Light of Spiritual Science
The unique scholarship and artstc sensitvity of Prof. Dr Hermann Beckh (1875–1937) is in the process of being rediscovered. The great linguist, Orientalist and Chris1an priest – an ac1ve music-lover who also composed – penned pioneer works on our musical system that are respected by musicians and musicologists.
This fully updated and complete guide takes you inside the world of creating music for film, television, and—unique to this third edition—video games. Industry expert Jeff Rona addresses a wide range of topics including musical aesthetics, cutting-edge technology and techniques, and current business aspects.
A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students
The guidance of a skilled music producer will always be a key factor in producing a great recording, and this is no small matter in an age when the recording industry is undergoing its most radical change in over half a century. Music Production: A Manual for Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students, Third Edition serves as a ......
An expert explains and analyzes the beloved art form An iconic symbol of Spain, flamenco has become a global phenomenon. Peter Manuel offers English-language readers a rare portrait of the music's history, styles, and cultural impact. Beginning with flamenco's Moorish and Roma influences, Manuel follows the music's evolution through its ......