Berklee Music Theory Book 1 – 2nd Edition Book/Online Audio

Berkley Music Theory Book 1-2 Fantastic!
Excellent Music Theory Book!

Great intro to music theory!
I figured if there is any go to source for music theory, Berklee would be it. This book was tough, but ANYTHING worthwhile is NOT easy! Not knowing scale degrees really stumped me but now I feel really confident in all keys. I always had nagging doubts concerning theory, but this book was a godsend. I learned more from this book than all my previous schooling/training etc. And I have been playing guitar for 47 years!I HIGHLY recommend though that you 1. Have a keyboard handy and 2. Have a Circle of Fifths handy. This will make life much easier!

Very good course workbook – now includes answer key
Berklee has been in the business of teaching music to a diverse population of students for decades. They are experienced professionals at this. So there should be no surprise that the instruction in their music theory books is clear, concise, complete, well organized, and well-sequenced. The instruction is specifically targeted to piano/keyboards; even so, guitar players may also benefit from this training.This book was designed to be used in a class at a music college, with a music teacher. As a student workbook for such a course, this book would deserve a five star rating. I gave it a four star rating because it does not include the explanations that the instructor would (perhaps) normally provide. It would probably be best if you went through these music theory books with a music teacher (perhaps two or three chapters per week) as an integrated part of instrument instruction. Because of the lack of detailed explanations, I doubt that a self-studier could learn this material.Book 1 focuses on learning how to read and write music notation, as well as the major and minor scales. Book 2 focuses on harmony, including chords (triads, seventh chords, etc.), inversions, and voice leading. Each book develops listening, reading, and writing skills through exercises and “ear training” (included on audio CD).By way of contrast, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory, 2nd Edition is much better at providing detailed explanations (with an easy-to-read narrative). I would highly recommend reading the Idiot’s Guide before starting the Berklee Music Theory books.List of lessons: Pulse and meter; notes; rests; eigth notes and rests; beaming eighth notes; dots and ties; rhythmic notation guidelines; eighth-note and eighth-rest placement; other time signatures; pitch notation; the treble clef; the bass cleff; the grand staff; accidentals; enharmonic equivalents; half steps and whole steps; the chromatic scale; the whole-tone scale; the major scale; scale degrees; major scales using sharps; major scales using flats; the natural minor scale; the relative major/minor scale relationship; minor scale syllable names; the harmonic minor scale; the ascending melodic minor scale; the descending melodic minor scale; minor scale key signatures; interval naming; perfect and major intervals; major vs. minor; perfect and diminished intervals; augmented intervals; compound intervals.My book came with an answer key. A great number of people have given this product a lower rating because they were mad that their book did not have an answer key. If you obtain an older edition without an answer key, simply contact Berklee (at berkleemusic dot com slash contact) and ask for the answer keys to Music Theory 1 and Music Theory 2.For a (literally) heavier book on music theory, take a look at Tonal Harmony by Kostka and Payne. This is a textbook that is intended to support a music college classroom/lab course with a music teacher. I really doubt if anyone could self-study their way through this book. You might want to try to get your public library to buy one, so you can take a look before buying. (It is rather expensive.)

Acoustic Design
Since I knew nothing about audio studio design or listening area design these were all new to me. They do a nice job of treating the subject with both history, math, and physics. Those are the things that make up acoustics and what you have to learn. So they get five stars. These books all overlap but each is a refresher and builds on the next. So none of them are a waist. You could do with just one or two but I don’t honestly know which ones I would pick.

Schmeling’s theory book makes learning music theory great fun.

Nice tutorial, explains some basic concepts, also some advanced topics, gives a good idea what’s important to know in Music.

Compro estos libros para tener material para las clases, aunque este libro recoge poco temario esta muy bien distribuidos los ejercicios con la teoria, ademas por fin un libro de teoria lleva un cd para que escuchemos la musica que escribimos.