Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory: A Complete Self-Study Course for All Musicians (Book & 2 CDs) Paperback – August 1, 2004

I’ve played classical guitar for over 15 years, and this is the first time the theory has really started to click. Got a great deal on a used like new copy. Overall an excellent purchase, and I only wish I’d ordered it sooner.

Very informative. Just what I wanted.

Got this once I started vocal lessons. Got me back into learning music. Would 100% recommend.

Overall a pretty good study book. There is a couple errors that are really irrelevant, but when looking at the answer area you should notice them. They are pretty minor and wont affect your studies, but perhaps give you a quick questionable thought. When doing the exercises there often isnt enough room to fill in the answers, due to the offset nature of where items are placed in the exercise area. Of course they are perfectly aligned in the answers section. I imagine this is so u have to think more and you arent readily handed a bunch of clues. Although i can understand why this was done this way, it is quite annoying and would probably be better off balanced and accuratrly spaced. All in all just look pass those shortcomings or slight irratations which myself and a few others i talked to hindered their learning. Im sure doing that might not bother some, but as i just mentioned it bothered me and a few other mates. However you feel about that though, you should just look past it as this book is still worthwhile and can greatly enhance your knowledge of music theory when completed. I also have the software which for some reason no longer works and the flash cards. The software issue im sure can be fixed through customet service. All in all, i would get the complete set of the series, as im sure you will find it meets or exceeds your expectations when all said and done for the level of training you will receive.

This title taught me all of the basics I'd forgotten. I like anything published by Alfred, good company.If you're sincere about playing the piano or guitar or guitars :-), no matter if you're amateur/novice or professional, this bit of software could be for you and enable you to eventually help you to play like a pro, the easier way!EZ KEYS by: ToontrackEZ Keys should help revolutionize the music business. Why? If you can tap out the melody of a song, you can essentially write beautiful music. Indeed, it's just a matter of time until the major DAW's add this important feature to their software. AlthoughEZ seamlessly integrates and works well within all of the major programs and hardware.Don't just take my word for it, uh Forrest:-) Google it and see what you find. I can tell you now, it's gonna be good!EZ Keys as like having a gifted college music professor sitting beside you everyday as you write and compose your tunes daily, while slowly but surely learning how to write and play. This college music professor is with you everyday while you play, correcting you and helping you to superstardom. or, maybe just stardom. Everyone doesn't want to be a superstar. The beauty of it all is that you don't have to go online to do all this. Learning this way bends the learning curve to shorten the time it takes to become professionally proficient at the keyboard. I love this type of on the job training. Hours go by so quickly...........Lot's of times I start writing and toying around with this program, look up at the clock and two hours have gone by. What seemed like thirty minutes was actually two hours. I love this program. All you have to do is write or play whatever you can mainly create the melody with your right hand, then compile it, then EZ automatically creates the left hand chords for you. If you want to you can also change those first few notes you've chicken pecked out (that's how I do it everyday) and alter them to triad 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths,... on up to 13ths..... and more. Realistically, rarely do you have to go over 7ths.After that Keys pops up a circle of 4ths and 5ths and let's to toy around with it to see and hear what the neighboring chords look and sound like, then you write some more then compile again, then repeat, then after doing this a dozen or so times, you've got a complete song that sounds way above your current level of play. These compositions actually makes us sound like we really can play the piano:-) And the best thing, it really does sounds good! It doesn't sound amateurish or hokey like those songs we played out of the music books with the finger numbers over and under the notes, telling us which fingers to use when playing a song. Trust me! It don't get no easier kid:-)You can play a shoestring, if you're sincere.---John Coltrane---

A good resource who are passionate about music theory.

Excellent for beginners.

Great music theory book! Lots of information!