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The Online Guitar Store - Berklee Music Theory Book 1
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Manufacturer: Berklee Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9780876390467
ISBN: 0876390467
Label: Berklee Press
Manufacturer: Berklee Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 90
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Publisher: Berklee Press
Studio: Berklee Press
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Editorial Reviews:
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Pitch. Rhythm. Scales. Intervals. Chords. Harmony. If you're serious about music, these are fundamental concepts you need to understand and master. Music Theory 101 will set you on your way. After more than 40 years at Berklee, Professor Emeritus Paul Schmeling has helped countless students build a solid base of musical knowledge, learning skills such as how to read and write musical notation, play notes on a piano keyboard, use scales, intervals, and chords and write a melody. Paul is also a master pianist, interpreter, improviser, arranger and co-author of the Berklee Practice Method: Keyboard and Instant Keyboard.
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Summary: Berklee Music Theory Book 1 - ANSWER KEY NOW AVAILABLE!
Comment: When I researched this book and read reviews for it, I saw many complaints about there being no answer key included... And, furthermore, people who had contacted Berklee Music College to inquire about it had been told that there was no answer key available... and that to get the answers they would need to enroll in the course.
Well, I spoke with a Berklee College Student Advisor who connected me to someone who could help,
and I was sent an answer key via email that same day - so, as of now, there IS an answer key available - just contact the college to obtain it.
(None available yet, though, for Music Theory Book 2... hopefully soon, though)
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Summary: Incomplete!!!
Comment: Where are the answers to the exercises??? For a novice, the material seems to be what is needed, BUT there's no way to tell for sure if the lessons are being finished correctly. An answer key would be VERY helpful!
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Summary: Great Book with 1 HUGE Flaw
Comment: This book is very clear and concise in teaching the basics of music theory. Each chapter is followed with excercises to apply your knowledge and each group of 3 or so chapters has even more excercises reviewing the topics covered in the past 3 or so chapters. There was one HUGE problem however. NO ANSWER KEY!!! Why anyone would make a book like this and not give an answer key is beyond me. It's easy to learn from this book, but how do you know if you've mastered the material if you can't check your work? If you can find someone to check your work get this book, otherwise I would look elsewhere for a book with an answer key.
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Summary: Just "hope" your answers are correct. No answers provided within.
Comment: To enhance our studies some of us often learn the most by looking at an answer and reworking the question. If that were possible, my rating would be five stars for the presentation and content of this book, but until that is available, it gets a measly 3 stars from this critic. The book would seem daunting to any novice without some help from someone in the know. So be forewarned to use it with a teacher with a very solid foundation in college level music theory and composition. This appears to be a great book for anyone from the impression given by the back cover--a splashy description of how anyone can improve their skills with this manual in basic music theory. The actual content of the book and the rapidly moving accompanying audio CD is dandy along with a very logical sequence of exercises presented in the book. In fact the book is comprised of MOSTLY exercises...So, if you are on your own it may be rather nebulous and perplexing to the layperson, sans instructor. Could the answers be requested? Inquire with the publisher's customer service dept. and some sarcastic clerk will send you links to sign up for their $500 online class. Indeed! Not everyone who reads this book plans to attend Berklee College of Music in the flesh or online, so how is the layman using this as an introduction to Music Theory going to check their work without tangible answers listed at some point in the book? Nevertheless, I usually deem all publications I've purchased, thus far, from the Berklee Press with very high regard and will continue to trust their books, but will look a bit closer next time around. I imagine with enough requests from certain people, who bought this not knowing it is actually a "textbook" in disguise, they may eventually post the answers in an appendix by the next edition for the rest of us.
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Summary: Great
Comment: This book is great to get you started as an undergrad in music or even just to learn basic theory. I highly recommend it!
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