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Music Theory Books

Much more than just dull theory! - our large selection of practice-oriented specialist literature offers you - whether amateur musician or professional - a number of books on general music theory and harmony, from classical and jazz to rock / pop, rhythm, ear training, sight reading, improvisation, arranging for small and large instrumental line-ups, composition and conducting.
Rayburn Wright

This acclaimed text reveals the writing secrets of jazz greats Thad Jones, Sammy Nestico, and Bob Brookmeyer! It presents detailed examinations of 8 of their best charts by analyzing voicings, melodic...

This acclaimed text reveals the writing secrets of jazz greats Thad Jones, Sammy Nestico, and Bob Brookmeyer! It presents detailed examinations of 8 of their best charts by analyzing voicings, melodic...

  • Arranging
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  • Kendor Music
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Florian Ross
The Swiss Army Knife for Jazz Composers

Essential guide for aspiring and experienced composers wishing to refine their creative process in composition. This guide goes beyond examining harmonization, scales, modes, and voicings; instead, it...

Essential guide for aspiring and experienced composers wishing to refine their creative process in composition. This guide goes beyond examining harmonization, scales, modes, and voicings; instead, it...

  • Composition
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  • AMA Verlag
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John Coltrane
Eb

43 jazz solo transcriptions as played by the legendary John Coltrane, including: Blue Train (Blue Trane) - Countdown - Cousin Mary - Giant Steps - Impressions - Lazy Bird - Lush Life - Mr. P. C. - Mom...

43 jazz solo transcriptions as played by the legendary John Coltrane, including: Blue Train (Blue Trane) - Countdown - Cousin Mary - Giant Steps - Impressions - Lazy Bird - Lush Life - Mr. P. C. - Mom...

  • Improvisation
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Barry Finnerty
The Harmonic Approach

Starting where his Serious Jazz Practice Book left off, guitar legend Barry Finnerty has created another woodshed classic for all jazz soloists, showing how to become a better improviser by melodicall...

Starting where his Serious Jazz Practice Book left off, guitar legend Barry Finnerty has created another woodshed classic for all jazz soloists, showing how to become a better improviser by melodicall...

  • Improvisation
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  • Sher Music Co.
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Walt Weiskopf

Expanding on his last book - Around The Horn, author and recording artist Walt Weiskopf has raised the bar again with Beyond The Horn, a new book co-authored by saxophonist Ed Rosenberg. Beyond The Ho...

Expanding on his last book - Around The Horn, author and recording artist Walt Weiskopf has raised the bar again with Beyond The Horn, a new book co-authored by saxophonist Ed Rosenberg. Beyond The Ho...

  • Improvisation
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  • Jamey Aebersold Jazz
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Sure - everybody has an opinion on how to play 'outside'. But until now, no one has made an in-depth exploration of the commonalities and differences in how the greatest jazz players on the planet hav...

Sure - everybody has an opinion on how to play 'outside'. But until now, no one has made an in-depth exploration of the commonalities and differences in how the greatest jazz players on the planet hav...

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Ralph & Mich. Colicchio
Treble Clef

Patterns und technische Etüden zur Improvisation

Patterns und technische Etüden zur Improvisation

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Greg Fishman
and Other Analogies for Jazz Improvisation

The Lobster Theory is a groundbreaking new approach to learning the language of jazz. It's a book of musical concepts brought to life through the use of clever analogies, illustrated by New Yorker Mag...

The Lobster Theory is a groundbreaking new approach to learning the language of jazz. It's a book of musical concepts brought to life through the use of clever analogies, illustrated by New Yorker Mag...

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  • Music Minus One (MMO)
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This book provides a handy study, practice and resource guide for all musicians who are seeking to improve their music-making abilities. Though written by a drummer, the text exercises and etudes in t...

This book provides a handy study, practice and resource guide for all musicians who are seeking to improve their music-making abilities. Though written by a drummer, the text exercises and etudes in t...

  • Rhythm
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  • Alfred Publishing
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A comprehensive, step-by-step book with video that systematically takes the musician through a proven curriculum from the very beginning to the very advanced—in a logical and easy to follow methodolog...

A comprehensive, step-by-step book with video that systematically takes the musician through a proven curriculum from the very beginning to the very advanced—in a logical and easy to follow methodolog...

  • Rhythm
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  • Hudson Publishing Inc.
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Heinrich Creuzburg
A book of exercises in four volumes

This book is planned to meet a demand which I, as conductor as well as teacher, have encountered. It is to provide practical material for all who are concerned with scores in order to enable them to r...

This book is planned to meet a demand which I, as conductor as well as teacher, have encountered. It is to provide practical material for all who are concerned with scores in order to enable them to r...

  • Sight Reading
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  • Schott Musik
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Heinrich Creuzburg
A book of exercises in four volumes

Diese Übungen und Beispiele dienen dem Erwerb und der Vervollkommnung einer für das Partiturspiel unerlässlichen Fähigkeit, die wegen ihrer Wichtigkeit gepflegt werden muss.

Diese Übungen und Beispiele dienen dem Erwerb und der Vervollkommnung einer für das Partiturspiel unerlässlichen Fähigkeit, die wegen ihrer Wichtigkeit gepflegt werden muss.

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Alexandra Fink
Rätselheft zum Ausfüllen von Noten-Kreuzworträsteln
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Alexandra Fink
Noch mehr Notenrätsel

Mit 50 Notenwitzen zum Notenleseprofi' hat eine Fortsetzung! Noch mehr Notenrätsel Rätsellösen macht allen Kindern Spass - und für den Musikunterricht gibt es dafür seit jeher die Noten-Kreuzworträtse...

Mit 50 Notenwitzen zum Notenleseprofi' hat eine Fortsetzung! Noch mehr Notenrätsel Rätsellösen macht allen Kindern Spass - und für den Musikunterricht gibt es dafür seit jeher die Noten-Kreuzworträtse...

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  • Nepomuk Musik Verlag
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Noch mehr Notenrätsel Rätsellösen macht allen Kindern Spaß - und für den Musikunterricht gibt es dafür seit jeher die Noten-Kreuzworträtsel (MN 12065) und die Notenwitze (MN 12061a/b) von Alexandra Fi...

Noch mehr Notenrätsel Rätsellösen macht allen Kindern Spaß - und für den Musikunterricht gibt es dafür seit jeher die Noten-Kreuzworträtsel (MN 12065) und die Notenwitze (MN 12061a/b) von Alexandra Fi...

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  • Nepomuk Musik Verlag
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Alfred Pfortner

Noten lesen und Noten schreiben leicht verständlich. Für den Selbstunterricht bestens geeignet. Nur wer die Notenschrift mit ihren gesamten Zeichen wirklich beherrscht, sollte mit dem Erlernen eines M...

Noten lesen und Noten schreiben leicht verständlich. Für den Selbstunterricht bestens geeignet. Nur wer die Notenschrift mit ihren gesamten Zeichen wirklich beherrscht, sollte mit dem Erlernen eines M...

  • Sight Reading
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  • Siebenhüner Musikverlag
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Eric Allen
The Evolution of a Tenor Saxophone Standard

For all serious jazz musicians! From Coleman Hawkins to Chris Potter, the evolution of jazz style and harmony is carefully examined and clearly explained in this monumental work centered around iconic...

For all serious jazz musicians! From Coleman Hawkins to Chris Potter, the evolution of jazz style and harmony is carefully examined and clearly explained in this monumental work centered around iconic...

  • General Music Theory
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  • Jamey Aebersold Jazz
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Die Tonleitern aller Tonarten im Violin und Bass Schlüssel in Dur und Moll (BC und TC).

Die Tonleitern aller Tonarten im Violin und Bass Schlüssel in Dur und Moll (BC und TC).

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Eine unkonventionelle Formenlehre, die Musik nicht in Schemata presst, sondern die Formideen und die Gestaltungsprinzipien selbst in ihrem geschichtlichen Wandel und in ihren konkreten Erscheinungsfor...

Eine unkonventionelle Formenlehre, die Musik nicht in Schemata presst, sondern die Formideen und die Gestaltungsprinzipien selbst in ihrem geschichtlichen Wandel und in ihren konkreten Erscheinungsfor...

  • General Music Theory
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  • Bärenreiter Verlag
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Diether de la Motte

Diese Ausgabe beleuchtet neun unterschiedliche musikgeschichtliche Situationen - von 1600 bis ins 20. Jahrhundert - und deren Harmoniesprache. Die historisch begrenzt gültigen Regeln werden aus einer...

Diese Ausgabe beleuchtet neun unterschiedliche musikgeschichtliche Situationen - von 1600 bis ins 20. Jahrhundert - und deren Harmoniesprache. Die historisch begrenzt gültigen Regeln werden aus einer...

  • General Music Theory
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  • Bärenreiter Verlag
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Franz Josef Stoiber
Ein Übungsbuch

Im Instrumentalunterricht geht es nicht nur um Technik, sondern besonders um ein Sich-Zuhören-Lernen, ein Hinhören auf das, was der Körper ausführt, um dann Intonation und Klangqualität zu verbessern....

Im Instrumentalunterricht geht es nicht nur um Technik, sondern besonders um ein Sich-Zuhören-Lernen, ein Hinhören auf das, was der Körper ausführt, um dann Intonation und Klangqualität zu verbessern....

  • General Music Theory
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  • ConBrio Verlagsgesellschaft
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Das ABC der Musik in Unterricht und Selbststudium Musiklehre für Fortgeschrittene

Das ABC der Musik in Unterricht und Selbststudium Musiklehre für Fortgeschrittene

  • General Music Theory
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Das ABC der Musik in Unterricht und Selbststudium. Musiklehre für Fortgeschrittene.

Das ABC der Musik in Unterricht und Selbststudium. Musiklehre für Fortgeschrittene.

  • General Music Theory
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Wieland Ziegenrücker
Allgemeine Musiklehre (Großdruck-Ausgabe 2009)

446 Lehr- und Lernsätze (Großdruck-Ausgabe) - Neufassung 2009 Ziegenrücker hat sein Grundlagenbuch gründlich durchgesehen, aktualisiert und leicht erweitert.

446 Lehr- und Lernsätze (Großdruck-Ausgabe) - Neufassung 2009 Ziegenrücker hat sein Grundlagenbuch gründlich durchgesehen, aktualisiert und leicht erweitert.

  • General Music Theory
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  • Breitkopf & Härtel KG
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Handbuch der gebräuchlichsten Akkorde in Griffbildern und Noten

Handbuch der gebräuchlichsten Akkorde in Griffbildern und Noten

  • General Music Theory
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  • Sikorski Musikverlag
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Music Theory

Music theory: The foundation of your musical understanding

Learning to Understand the World of Music Theory

Music theory is the key to a deeper understanding of music. It decodes the secrets of harmony, rhythm, form, and counterpoint, forming the basis for interpretation, composition, and improvisation in all genres. Whether you want to analyze the structures of classical masterpieces or understand the harmonies in jazz – solid knowledge opens up new dimensions of music-making. Renowned publishers such as Bärenreiter, Breitkopf & Härtel, or Schott Music offer comprehensive standard works on this subject.

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In our vast selection of over 1,000,000 items, you will find a wide range of books on music theory: from general music teachings to specific treatises on harmony, counterpoint, and form, to exercise books for ear training. We carry works for various levels, from accessible introductions for beginners to detailed academic literature for students and professional musicians, to deepen your knowledge purposefully.

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