Music Theory For Dummies, with Audio CD-ROM
by Michael Pilhofer, Holly Day
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Author: Holly Day, Michael PilhoferEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-02
ISBN: 0764578383
Number of pages: 360
Publisher: For Dummies
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Book Review: A bunch of careless errors, but clearer than any regular textbook
Summary: 3 Stars
I have to agree with David C. that this book is filled with careless errors. The authors and editor should be ashamed of this sloppy work.
That being said, if you overlook the mistakes (mostly in charts and tables) the book actually does do a good job of explaining music theory. I read "The Idiot's Guide to Music Theory" first, and it left several issues unclear as well as lacking some practical application to keyboard and guitar fretboard positions, but the Dummies book cleared up some of the foggy issues as well as provided some good starter info for guitar scales. The circle of fifths discussion in the "Idiot's" book was practically useless, while the "Dummies" book gave a clear and useful presentation of the topic. If I had to recommend one or the other, I would have to say that this Dummies book does a better job, overall, of getting the ideas across. If you have the inclination, reading both books would provide a more complete introduction to music theory.
By the way, the "Idiot's" book also has its share of errors, but at least the author has posted a table of corrections on his web site. Apparently the authors of the Dummies book just don't give a damn about the mistakes, as I cannot locate any kind of errata or corrections listing for this book.
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