I'd like some recs on some good music theory books. I'm talking good ones. Ones that encompass everything but also one that is top notch in clarity
Good books on theory
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viewerfromnihil
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viewerfromnihil
Vein-Marbled Tower
I can read music well enough. I played piano for about 5 years, so my music reading ability is adequate.
viewerfromnihil
Vein-Marbled Tower
well, the best books for practicing that aspect of theory is the real book (the legalized fake book). it's filled with old jazz tunes but to use it to its full potential, you should be able to site read. however this is a very hard book and you would have to work your way up to it. u also have to know all (and i mean all) of your chords. also, this book is for guitar
I just need something that encompasses shit like chord extensions, modes, circle of fifths, etc. Something I would learn in a basic music theory course
viewerfromnihil
Vein-Marbled Tower
The Guitar Grimoire would be perfect for you then but you would have to buy multiple ones. actually, you could also check out this myspace group called metal in theory...
http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm...en=CF9FDA7F-F1DD-4FA9-A93F5CE9D9E81EDD6213996
i think they have threads on every thing you need
http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm...en=CF9FDA7F-F1DD-4FA9-A93F5CE9D9E81EDD6213996
i think they have threads on every thing you need
Eligos
Problem Yet to be Solved
I saw one that had a name parodying The Black Book of Satan. It was called The Black Book of Bass Guitar or something along those lines, and was incredibly thick, but had a red paper cover. It was like $30.00 US.
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Symbiant
"Too Punish And Enslave"
Dead Winter
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Harmony and Theory by Musicians Institute.
Trust me. It starts from the most basic and explains in layman's terms everything you need to know about basic theory and harmony. You can even download it on Soulseek or Emule if you want. My guitar teacher teaches at music academies and conservatories and he told me to get it to help with my instruction, and we go over it together.
I've got the Guitar Grimoire, but it's just basically a book of every scale and mode known to man without much instruction. I mean, there's a LITTLE at the beginning, but it's basically a practice book, not instruction.
Trust me. It starts from the most basic and explains in layman's terms everything you need to know about basic theory and harmony. You can even download it on Soulseek or Emule if you want. My guitar teacher teaches at music academies and conservatories and he told me to get it to help with my instruction, and we go over it together.
I've got the Guitar Grimoire, but it's just basically a book of every scale and mode known to man without much instruction. I mean, there's a LITTLE at the beginning, but it's basically a practice book, not instruction.
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