Rock And Pop Theory : The Essential Guide WINTERSON JULIA / HARRIS PAUL

Description :

Rock and Pop Theory: the essential guide offers musicians of all ages and levels a practical and relevant guide to music theory today.
With a special focus on popular music, 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, applying these specifically to rock and pop music
- 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
- 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.