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<p>For those who want to learn the inner workings of music without, as author Dave Stewart notes, "getting bogged down in a lot of fearsome technicalities," this is an enlightening exploration of the theory and practice of music. Picking up where The Musician's Guide to Reading and Writing Music leaves off, Stewart uses the same amusing style, clear examples, and practical advice to encourage readers not just to read music, but to write some of their own. The book sheds light on tonality, chord sequences, scales and modes, tempo, rhythm, improvisation and composition, chords and chord voicings, MIDI, and more. 128 pages, 6 1/8 inch. x 9 1/4 inch.</p> <h3>Acoustic Guitar - Gary Joyner</h3> <p>Instrumentalist, composer, and magazine columnist Dave Stewart makes the basics of harmony, composition, and improvisation easy to understand. The humorous 121-page volume includes a surprising amount of material and makes the murky depths of theory palatable for even novice musicians. Half of the book is dedicated to chord-voicing instruction and is generously illustrated with standard notation, chord symbols, and guitar chord diagrams. The chapters on rhythm address polyrhythms, rhythmic cycl

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Author
Stewart, Dave
Publisher
Backbeat Books ; Distributed to the Book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Publisher's Group West ; Distributed to the music trade in the U.S. and Canada by Hal Leonard
Published
1999
Language
EN
ISBN
9780879306809
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Music, Technology, Arts
Rating
3.68 / 5 (22 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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