For beginner musicians. Covers all areas of music theory in a progressive manner. Includes staves, clefs, time signatures, key signatures, note and rest values, chords and scales.

For young music players. This course makes learning theory fun! Introduces the essentials of music reading, along with puzzles and games. Also demonstrates the sounds of various instruments, with entertaining illustrations that accompany all songs and musical examples.

In this book, the glory days of progressive rock are relived in a series of insightful essays about the key bands, songwriters and songs that made prog-rock such an innovative style.

Designed for today's undergraduate music students, Music Theory Remixed: A Blended Approach for the Practicing Musician presents tonal music theory through a dual lens of works from the Western canon and examples from popular music, including rock, jazz, techno, film soundtracks, and world music. With exceptional clarity, it balances the study of traditional part-writing with the development of essential skills like score analysis and identification of historical style. Each chapter contains guided activities involving analysis, composition, and improvisation, offering a perfect blend of learned material and practical application. Visit the book's free, open-access Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/holm-hudson for additional student resources, including an online workbook and complete Spotify playlists for all examples.

Contains more than 90 Rock riffs, grooves, runs, scales, turnarounds & progressions. Includes 12 bar Blues, off beat rhythms, hammer-ons, Blues Rock progressions, double stops, slapping & tapping. All techniques & theory are introduced in an easy and clear manner.

(Instructional). The author of the critically acclaimed "bible" of contemporary keyboard playing, The Contemporary Keyboardist , now brings students 86 studies that cover 17 contemporary keyboard styles jazz, rock, funk, Latin, country, stride, blues, pop, gospel, and many more. This pack includes notes on playing, and both a CD and a General MIDI disk featuring recordings of each etude for the student to play along with.

Popular Music Theory and Analysis: A Research and Information Guide uncovers the wealth of scholarly works dealing with the theory and analysis of popular music. This annotated bibliography is an exhaustive catalog of music-theoretical and musicological works that is searchable by subject, genre, and song title. It will support emerging scholarship and inquiry for future research on popular music.