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Hal Leonard Pocket Music Theory: A Comprehensive and Convenient Source for All Musicians | 
 enlarge | Authors: Keith Wyatt, Carl Schroeder
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Category: Book
List Price: $4.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 66928
Media: Paperback
Edition: Min
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 3.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 063404771X
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
UPC: 073999309683
EAN: 9780634047718
ASIN: 063404771X
Publication Date: September 1, 2002
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Product Description
Following in the footsteps of the popular Hal Leonard Pocket Music Dictionary, this handy pocket-sized book is the most contemporary music theory book on the market! A step-by-step guide to harmony and theory for every musician, it includes thorough, yet to easy-to-understand analysis of: intervals, rhythms, scales, chords, key signatures, transposition, chord inversion, key centers, harmonizing the major and minor scales, extended chords, modulation and much more.Packed with info from the Harmony and Theory course at Musicians Institute!
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 LOVE this reference book!! July 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am 35 yo woman JUST learning piano and music theory..cant tell you how wonderfully easy and helpful this little book has been...I bought this one and the Complete Idiots Guide to Music Theory...I use this one more or as often as the idiots guide..this one doesnt have extra info you dont want or need and thus makes it a handy reference and I love how small it is to carry around. I read it whenever I have to WAIT in line or in a drs office or DMV or other horrible place to sit around and wait. Well put together and easy to read. Would definately buy again, and would definately recommend.
 Very Disapointing December 10, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is too simplistic. Every issue is approached superficially. If you are a beginner with very few knowledge about music theory then this book might be appropriate for you since I have detected no mistakes. Otherwise if you're looking for specifics and depth don't get it...
Everything you'll ever need to know, clearly written, ridiculously low price June 22, 2005
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
I've always liked learning new things about music theory. But most of the books on the market only teach you so much. I found this little book in a music store one day, and decided to buy it. I've bought lots of other general music theory books before, but I've NEVER seen so much packed into such a small volume. On top of that, the book is written so precisely with the performer in mind, and with practicality as its main focus.
I gave 5 stars to another book called "Music Theory Made Easy", and while I don't regret giving it that rating for its own reasons, "Pocket Music Theory" is about the same price yet covers three times as much material, including how all of it relates to the formal structure of sheet music notation. It also swiftly addresses the bogus argument that so many rock musicians use an excuse: the myth that learning music theory will limit your creativity. On the contrary, music theory facilitates communication and lets you better express the creative ideas you have in mind.
Whether you're a beginner or advanced when it comes to music theory, you're bound to pick up something from this book. It starts with the most basic fundamentals of sound, and gradually builds off each previous section until coming to composition methods you might learn in a second or even third year course at a music college. For me, I already long-since knew my scales and modes, but I was still curious about why progressions that go beyond one scale could still sound "right". Why do we use a blues scale over dominant seventh chords? Why do those chord progressions of Beatles songs sound so good even though they go outside of the scale? This book analyzed the situations and answered those types of questions, and more.
This little book is such an incredible reference manual, and no matter what instrument or what kind of music you play, you're bound to pick up something. I'm buying extra copies to give to the guys in my band. Regardless of whatever I reviewed before picking up this book, PLEASE - if you only buy one music theory book in your life, make it this one! $4.95 is an incredibly small price to pay for becoming a more knowledgeable musician!
Simplified! May 7, 2003
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
In few words, this book can thoroughly explain some of the most important fundamentals of music composition. I have been searching for a while for a book like this -- this one is great! Cheap and pocket-sized too!
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