Music Theory: The Essential Guide

Music Theory: the essential guide offers musicians of all ages and levels a practical and relevant guide to music theory today. Written and structured to make content as easily digestible as possible, this indispensable guide: - introduces key musical concepts such as pitch, tempo, rhythm, harmony, scales, instruments, musical forms and structure; - outlines the conventions governing music notation, demonstrating their relevance to the musical language of the twenty-first century; - provides interesting facts and real music examples to contextualise music theory; - offers practical tips on how to identify intervals, make up melodies and rhythms, set words to music and much more; - supports all aspects of the ABRSM Theory examinations (grades 1 to 5; - includes an introduction and theory in practice notes by renowned educationalist Paul Harris; - contains quick-reference tools including an appendix, list of further repertoire examples, table of instruments, periods of music history, table of scales and modes and summary keys and time signatures.