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  • Music Theory Note by Note: Your Guide to How Music Works-From Notes and Rhythms to Complete Compositions by Michael Miller book cover
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Music Theory Note by Note: Your Guide to How Music Works-From Notes and Rhythms to Complete Compositions

by Michael Miller

A practical route from notation to composition

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A practical route from notation to composition

Michael Miller’s guide connects the fundamentals of reading music with the work of making it. Topics range from pitches, clefs, keys, rhythm, and time signatures to melodies, chords, phrases, and musical forms. Later sections address arranging for voices and instruments, working with scores, accompaniment, transcribing, and transposing music. Online ear-training and transcription exercises extend the book’s instruction beyond the page. The scope makes music theory concrete through linked skills: understanding notation, analyzing musical material, and applying that knowledge in original compositions and arrangements.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Musicians who play by ear and want to learn to read notation
  • Beginners seeking an introduction to music theory and composition
  • Learners interested in arranging, accompaniment, or transcription

Themes

Music notation and fundamentalsRhythm, melody, and harmonyComposition and arrangementEar training and transcription

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Book overview

Take note: You can enjoy music analysis.

This concise and clear guide to simplified music theory teaches readers who play music by ear how to read musical notation by guiding them through the basics of reading and composing music to share with others.

In this revised edition, renowned music author Michael Miller will help you learn:
  • The basics of tones, including pitches, clefs, and major and minor keys
  • The building blocks of rhythm, including basic notation, time signatures, and tempo
  • How to create tunes, starting with melodies, chords, chord progressions, and phrases and forms
  • Composing and arranging your own music, including coverage of musical genres and forms, arranging for voices and instruments, working with scores, and performing your music
  • The basics of accompaniment, including transcribing, accompanying melodies, and transposing to other keys

Michael will also share online ear training and transcribing exercises to help you better understand music analysis. If your goal is to learn how to read and compose music, Music Theory Note by Note will provide just what you need to become successful.
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