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Essential Reading for Student and Professional MusiciansStandard Notation237 Pages
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| Height | 9 Inches |
| Length | 6 Inches |
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| Release date | October 1984 |
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My suggestion is to learn on your own, and if you choose to go to college, pursue a major that has more profitable career options. Minor in music theory and invest your free time in practicing your instrument. Here is a reading list I recommend to start getting into serious music study and guitar playing:
That was a fucking wall of text. Hopefully I didn't come off like a negative asshole or bore you to death. If you have any questions or complaints, let me know!
Alright, let me give you a rundown of my personal library.
Beginner:
Intermediate:
Advanced:
I'm sure others will disagree with my ranking, and obviously my library is rather genre specific. But it's a lot of quality material that will definitely improve your playing no matter the style.
The library.
Seriously, if you have a University nearby go to that library. They will have tons of great books on basic theory, harmony and other such things.
For actual books I recommend Paul Hindemith's Elementary Training for Musicians or Arnold Schoenberg's Theory of Harmony, there is also a workbook for the harmony book, but I can't find the link.
Both of these composers were seen as avant garde at the time and some of schoenberg's stuff is difficult to listen to (12 tone), but they both were incredibly influencial writers and educators and their books are pretty much the standard for learning theory that encompasses all of classical music history.
Go to your library, if they have it great! Otherwise interlibrary loan both books and read them. Play your instrument with them and write out some of the things on music manuscript paper for you to remember.
https://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Training-Musicians-Paul-Hindemith/dp/0901938165
Everything you need to know
A counter argument to Solfege is contained in this book: http://www.amazon.ca/Elementary-Training-Musicians-Paul-Hindemith/dp/0901938165.
In my experience though, Solfege has been invaluable. It was probably one of the best things I worked on for my ears. But Hindemith was a really smart guy and I was already "corrupted" before I started his book.
Good advice--but if you are interested in music theory, have a look at Paul Hindemith's Elementary Training for Musicians:
>Paul Hindemith was one of the 20th Century's preeminent composers, and was also known as a superb teacher. This book is not a textbook on harmony or composition. Rather, it is a collection of exercises intended to develop basic musicianship skills, including note-reading, and rhythmic and melodic sight-singing and dictation. The exercises start off deceptively simple and increase rapidly in difficulty. For example, a typical rhythmic exercise might have two separate rhythmic lines to be performed by each hand tapping, or by singing one of the lines and clapping or tapping the other. Melodic exercises are often accompanied by a contrasting rhythm line. Exercises are presented in alto and tenor clefs as well as the more usual bass and treble. Determination is the key to success with this book. Many of the exercises must be practiced assiduously--slowly at first, then faster as skill improves. Anyone who completes at least half the book will have improved his or her musicianship level significantly.
Another fun, painless way to practice reading music again is to watch Youtube videos with sheet music graphics. The more you practice, the more you'll see in them--choose the pieces you like best, and work entirely at your own pace. Good luck and happy listening!
i was in the same boat as you
havent played since elementary school and just started up again at 21 last November.
i started off pretty slow in the beginning not even being able to play scales or do the most basic music for the first month
but the general plan that I've taken
i've used
http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Training-Musicians-2nd-Edition/dp/0901938165/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395538406&sr=8-1&keywords=hindemith (this might not be as necessary if you're really good with rhythms?)
http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Classics-Moderns-Music-Millions/dp/0825640172
after doing about 5 of those pieces from that i moved on to beethoven sonata 49, then i moved on to eyes on me (http://ffmusic.ffshrine.org/ff8sheet/ff8-sheet-music.php), suteki da ne (http://ffmusic.ffshrine.org/ff10sheet/ff10-sheet-music.php), and then debussy's arabesque
so if you were looking for a timeline thats how I've been progressing so far with a teacher;
what was kind of helpful for me was just to go in with the mindset that each new piece you're gonna improve on reading and technique so that the next piece will be easier and to pick pieces that helped me; for example, i really wanted to play debussy's arabesque which involves a lot of polyrhythms and arpeggios in the left hand; while i definitely couldn't play it right after playing the sonata, the two songs i played before it was really helpful; eyes on me was great for the arps in the left hand and suteki da ne was great for the polyrhythms