How to Read Music
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
If you want to learn how to read and write music, this is the book you have been waiting for! Written in plain English and using a minimum of jargon, it’s supplemented by audio material and other extras all available at hybridpublications.com
This means that you get lots of examples of how things should sound plus many online bonuses, all clearly flagged on the relevant page in the book. Regular worksheets at the chapter ends make sure you have understood the key points before moving on, and again auxiliary material is available online.
Learning to read and write music is not some abstract theory, it is a practical skill that can be learnt. For the first time there is a book plus a website dedicated to teaching you how! If you’ve failed before, it’s probably because you never had a unique product like How to Read Music!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Think of a song that resonates deep down in your being. Now imagine sitting down with someone who was there when the song was recorded and can tell you how that series of sounds was committed to tape, and who can also explain why that particular combination of rhythms, timbres and pitches has lodged in your memory, making your pulse race and your heart swell every time you hear it. Remarkably, Levitin does all this and more, interrogating the basic nature of hearing and of music making (this is likely the only book whose jacket sports blurbs from both Oliver Sacks and Stevie Wonder), without losing an affectionate appreciation for the songs he's reducing to neural impulses. Levitin is the ideal guide to this material: he enjoyed a successful career as a rock musician and studio producer before turning to cognitive neuroscience, earning a Ph.D. and becoming a top researcher into how our brains interpret music. Though the book starts off a little dryly (the first chapter is a crash course in music theory), Levitin's snappy prose and relaxed style quickly win one over and will leave readers thinking about the contents of their iPods in an entirely new way.
