Music Theory For Dummies makes music theory easy to understand with a friendly unintimidating overview of everything you need to know to become fluent at knocking out beats reading musical scores and learning to anticipate where a song should gowhether you're reading someone else's music or writing your own. Whether you're a music student or a music lover you'll learn to read write and understand music with this informative guide. With expert instruction you'll put it all together as you compose arrange and create original melodies harmonies and chords of your own with helpful tips for performing your pieces in front of an audience. This new third edition presents the most current teaching techniques the newest music genres and examples and updated information on all aspects of understanding creating and performing music.
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