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.
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.
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.
Discover the power of song in James Campion's Take a Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of Hey Jude. Music columnist and podcast host Campion shows why the Beatles' epic 1968 single Hey Jude transcends time, taking readers through the song's riveting personal story, its importance during the fractious days of a pop culture phenomenon, and its impact ......
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 ......
