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The Online Guitar Store - Understanding the Formula of Music
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List Price: $39.95
Our Price: $39.95
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Musicians Workshop
Starring: Dan Huckabee
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0687141703894
Format: AC-3
Label: Musicians Workshop
Manufacturer: Musicians Workshop
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Musicians Workshop
Release Date: 2003-01-13
Running Time: 120
Studio: Musicians Workshop
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Editorial Reviews:
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Learn how music really works! Can you hear music? If your answer is no...you can learn! "Whenever I hear a new song on the radio, I already know how to play it the moment I hear it!" It's as easy as watching TV! Music is as simple as first grade math, but a lot more fun! Sounds magic—but the truth is, all good musicians can do that! And so can you, after we've shown you what to listen for. Watching this video will make you musically enlightened! Most of us start by taking a few lessons on an instrument, or by trying to figure out how to play on our own. You will gain an ear for harmony & melody, plus knowledge of the mechanics, as well as the language of musical terms. Everything is laid out in the most logical order, with the easiest examples to practice on. The best thing about it is that it's so much fun, you'll forget you're studying! Be that guy who everyone thinks is a natural-born talent! Now you can learn on your own without being at the mercy of teachers & books. You'll have music in you coming out your ears! Learn ear training, the Nashville Numbering System, Perfect Pitch, history of the formula, voicing, how to figure out the chords to any song, how to recognize intervals, tempered scale, circles of 4ths & 5ths, and much more! It will give you the understanding that the pros have! It's really just 4 years of college music theory condensed down into 2-hours of just watching TV. Find out why those great musicians are so talented and join 'em yourself! It's not such a mystery if you know what you're doing. Split screen close ups & video graphics put it right in your lap! No matter what instrument you are learning, this video Will HELP!!!
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Summary: Thumbs up; learned a lot!
Comment: Though this guy's not Mr. Entertainment, that's not the point. If one is interested in learning, he's a good teacher. He knows his subject. I found this DVD valuable and helpful.
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Summary: Clear, simple and to the point!
Comment: Pay no attention to the review with the narration commments, I almost didn't buy this DVD becuause of it.
I'm really glad I did. The delivery is fine *and,* this is as user friendly and clear as you are likely to get .
It starts with a simple, step-by-step approach with enough review that you start to get it after a few minutes.
It's shot in split screen so you see keyboard and guitar examples as he's playing them.
Just have your keyboard or guitar there with you as you watch and hit pause when you want to practice a bit.
The basics are presented in keys and numbers so you see the relationship between chords, notes and keys easily.
This is a very thorough DVD. Moving from the basics to pitch, harmonies 4ths and 5ths...and it will definitely spice up your playing and create new ideas for songs.
I am not a professional musician, but this was a huge help for me in understanding how to become a better songwriter, and what to look for when trying to learn new songs.
Also, I got a keyboard for Christmas but didn't know how to play it. Though this is not a "how to play piano" dvd, I am learning enough to hack my way through a song.
The only critism I could give is that the song examples are not exactly current material. I assume this is to avoid copyright and royalty issues.
Regardless, the melodies are clear enough and the instruction is straight forward and to the point enough that you will understand music theory and if you play any instrument it will help your playing tremendously.
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Summary: very concentrated stuff, yet explained in a simple way
Comment: Goes trough alot of stuff in a intuitive, practical way. I have never seen such an approach anywhere else. It's worth it, if you are beginner to intermediate. Nice.
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Summary: Narrator kills, absolutely kills this
Comment: A good narrator is essential for tutorial videos like this. Unfortunately, this narrator 'teaches' this course with the passion of a 95-year-old pensioner on double dose sleeping pills. Really, I've never seen such a wooden delivery, with monotone voice throughout, strained smiles as he gets to the point in his detailed script where, presumably, it tells him to smile. And, worst of all, how irritating is it to have a narrator looking at you, but in fact looking a few inches below screen level reading (and I do mean reading - you can follow his reading almost with finger on the page) a script. Did he have to read word by word? Couldn't he have improvised and been a bit more spontaneous?
I honestly can't say much about the content, because I was sooooo put off by this dreadful, dreadful narrator.
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Summary: Huckabee on the art of music
Comment: I've been playing guitar and banjo for just about a year now. I own more than a half dozen instructional videos. Besides this Huckabee dvd, I have others by Kaufman, Grossman, Sokolow, Keith, and Star. Although I have found them all to be helpful, I would have to say that the most valuable of the lot is "The Formula of Music."
This set of lessons is very well thought out and executed. Huckabee emphasizes the fundamentals of music theory rather than providing tabs of particular songs. He shows how listening and discerning the orderly structure of music is critical to the development of a good musical understanding. Because his approach is truly foundational, it adds leverage to all one's other efforts to learn an instrument. By teaching the art of music rather than simply presenting particular songs, Huckabee fosters independence in his students.
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