A Player's Guide to Chords and Harmony: Music Theory for Real-World Musicians (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780879307981)

If you'd like to know about music theory but don't want to get bogged down in a stuffy college-level textbook, this guide was written just for you! It's a practical, no-nonsense book ideal for: young musicians learning guitar so they can play rock, folk or blues; DJs who've started recording their own tracks and need to know how chord progressions work; anyone who wants to play from the chord symbols in sheet music; classical musicians who want to do more than just read the dots and countless others. Covers: intervals, scales, modes, triads and advanced voicings; interpreting chord symbols and reading sheet music; voice leading, chord progressions and basic song forms; classical, jazz & pop; and more, with helpful quizzes and answers.

Author: Jim Aikin
ISBN-10: 0879307986
ISBN-13: 9780879307981
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2004
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 10.84h x 8.40w x 0.52d