What Music Theory Book should I buy? 

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You're right I didn't cover that much. The biggest reason I like the Complete Musician books is that it covers counterpoint before 4 part harmony. The rules of 4 part harmony make a lot more sense when you have written some 2 part counterpoint. I also like the variety of exercises. They present exercises from a lot of different angles.

Glad you found it useful.

Music is a big puzzle. Figuring it out is so fun.

@@FrazierPianoStudio ye but most don’t tell u how to fill in the pieces inside

@@FinnDhaHuman learning music from a theory book is like learning a language from a grammar book. 90% of you time should be spent immersed in the language.

The Tonal Harmony books are the standard text books used at a lot of universities. I feel they move really fast and skip a bunch of steps. The information in them isn't bad, I just feel it's sequenced a bit poorly. I like the complete musician books much better. They are more expensive though. You can find lots of used Tonal Harmony books for pretty cheap.

Absolutely, I got most of my books from college professors cleaning out their offices. Also garage sales and 2nd hand stores.

I like the "a new approach to sight singing" by Berkowitz, Frontrier,...,Smaldone. I especially like the duets and play and sing. Do them with a partner. It's fun and keeps you honest.

@@FrazierPianoStudio Nice! Thank you very much, greetings from Bolivia :D

That is a tough question to address in a small youtube comment. With kids the biggest thing is keeping them engaged and don't get too bogged down in theory. Get them through a large volume of music and keep it engaging. I don't teach theory on its own in piano lessons, but point it out in the pieces they are learning. A big thing I do is have students play tunes and harmonize by ear. This single activity will teach students more about theory than most college students know after 1 semester of theory class. If a student can play "It's a small world after all" with secondary dominants and cadence patterns they already get an intuitive sense of why theory is useful and how it helps them to play.

The Complete Musician workbook. There are 2 volumes.

I have found transcribing bass players immensely helpful like Ray Brown or Paul Chambers. I also love Dave Mckenna's bass line stuff that he does on the piano. There are probably some books out there but I'm not familiar with them.

Building walking basslines are nice

Yes the university textbook market is a scam. I have another video about books < $10 that will get you just about as far. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lhqwLmURpLU.html

All valid feedback. I have another video on beginner theory books. The website I "plug" is absolutely free with step by step videos explaining each concepts with drills.

I've never used the online resources. You can buy used old editions of these books pretty cheap.

Thanks for the reply, will look around. The online resources.. not needed, or you already had some knowledge to help you along. @@FrazierPianoStudio

@@FrazierPianoStudio Hi would seriously appreciate some advice here. For someone who has never had a formal education, is the book by itself enough or do I need to use the official online resources as well. I am planning to get Complete Musician and am asking because there is a bit of a cost involved (60$ per 180 days). Subscribed already btw.

I would do without it. There's a lot of great free resources online.

There's also cheaper options. I made another video on cheap theory books.

I love quartal harmony. Maybe I'll do a video on it. Here are some listening suggestions. Do you have any other examples? Classical quartal harmony: Copland, Ives, Britten, Scriabin Jazz quartal harmony: McCoy Tyner and friends

@@FrazierPianoStudio Wow. Thank you so much. More than I asked for.

If you want something free use my app at knowyourtheory.com that will help you drilling basic concepts. If you want a structured book have a look at openmusictheory.com/ It's pretty thorough.

Try the Robert Starer book "Rhythmic Training"

Not these books. These are quite academic. The Keith Snell books are solid and cheap. I go through them in this video -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lhqwLmURpLU.htmlsi=-uw7wuUAqXvfuHcq

I haven't had much luck teaching theory from method book theory books like Alfred, Bastien, Faber ... I really like the Keith Snell Piano Theory books published by Kjos. I think there are 8 books that start very easy and then get into more advanced topics. They are about $8 a book.

The app is not in any app store. However if you go to the site on your phone and then open the browser settings and select "add to home" you will have the app on your phone. Everything works without an internet connection except for the videos.

Me too. Art, math, live performance all in one medium.

@@Joemakatozi1776 solving maths problem is what that glitters my mind too,I love it.

I'm not selling any of these books.

Buddy, would you call reading books in English class an ad lol? They're useful books you can learn a lot from

Yeah I kind of agree. College textbooks are a money racket.

@@FrazierPianoStudio ebenezer prouts treatises are thorough and free, I recommend you check them out and that you share them with others when you've gone through them, they are by and large, the best textbooks on theory ever produced, they were written during the late 19th century and early 20th century by a person who could actually compose music, rather than the hacks who rule the scene in the modern day.

I have another video of great cheap alternatives under $10. I have several of those treatises and they are a bit tedious to go through. It's like learning English grammar from an 18th century primer. (Edited typo)

@@FrazierPianoStudio the one I recommended was rereleased multiple times until around 1940, so they are quite modern language wise, it's no trouble reading them.

@@Whatismusic123 What is the title and author?

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There is a lot of free public domain music available at imslp.org To get good at sight reading you need to go through and read a lot of music.

Thx sir for replying

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Sounds rough. That's what I've noticed too. It can be particularly hard for vocal majors that first semester of theory class.

@@FrazierPianoStudio Oh, all assignments were either pass or fail. If you didn't execute them perfectly, you were given an "F." And this was at a Community College!