Music Theory Books

Beyond Functional Harmony presents a system that creates melody and harmony and allows them to function outside of the normal dependencies governing the principles of diatonic harmony, melody and form...

Dieses Werk, von Arnold Schönberg in englischer Sprache verfasst, jedoch nicht gänzlich vollendet, wurde erst nach Schönbergs Tod von Gerald Strang, einem Schüler und Mitarbeiter, vervollständigt und...

The Omnibook has become the book to turn to when you want to master the Bird. Includes 60 solos such as Anthropology - Au Privave (Nos. 1 and 2) - Billie's Bounce - Blues for Alice - Chi Chi - Confirm...

The Omnibook has become the book to turn to when you want to master the Bird. Includes 60 solos such as Anthropology - Au Privave (Nos. 1 and 2) - Billie's Bounce - Blues for Alice - Chi Chi - Confirm...

This book presents 1,001 melodic gems played over dozens of the most important chord progressions heard in jazz. This is the ideal book for beginners seeking a well-organized, easy-to-follow encyclope...

The first book to teach students to start soloing using rhythms instead of scales and chords. In a step-by-step fashion, Rhythm First! builds up the student's library of rhythmic figures and has them...

This book/audio set presents a clear, comprehensive, one-step-at-a-time method for learning how to accompany an improvised jazz solo. As a sequel to Hal Crook's text "How to Improvise", "How to Comp"...

What exactly are the steps that lead to ability? In which order should they been taken? What will be required to master each one? These are questions the author has explored in this book, resulting in...

Band 1 des Improvisations-Workshops, mit Erarbeitung von Solos anhand verschiedener Patterns, alle Playalong-Stücke in 2 Tempi, für alle Instrumente. This is the first in a series of books and audio/v...

Many of the great modern players have pentatonics at their command and melodic disposal. The book provides a practical yet creative approach to assimilating pentatonics into your melodic musical reser...

This classic 282 page spiral-bound book, with a wealth of patterns, licks, and ideas, has been popular among jazz players for a long time. Often referred to as a jazz version of Slonimski's classic bo...

Practicing out of this book by just reading the melodies has changed and expanded my playing,' says Jerry Bergonzi. He offers a number of suggested uses and applications for this intervallic system in...

Studies and Etudes for the Modern Player by Walt Weiskopf. From the esteemed author of 'Intervalic Improvisation - The Modern Sound,' AROUND THE HORN is the most thorough and exhaustive study of scal...

Large, spiral bound book based on the tonal concept of 'tension and release' that will provide students, teachers and pros with important principles of improvising melodic ideas, culminating in a crea...

After 25 years of teaching, Dan has made available this wonderful pocket sized resource detailing the materials and techniques needed to play jazz. Includes chapters on chords & chord symbols, voicing...

This long awaited 104 page book is THE defining treatise on the diminished scale. It explains everything you need to know about this versatile scale and how/where to use it in your solos. Includes 12...

Subtitled 'A Player's Guide - A Step Beyond Linear Improvisation', Walt Weiskopf presents the simple technique of 'triad pairs' (using only two triads) to create long, exciting phrases for all improvi...

A three volume series that includes the scales, chords and modes necessary to play bebop music. A great introduction to a style that is most influential in today's music. The first volume includes sca...

A three volume series that includes the scales, chords and modes necessary to play bebop music. A great introduction to a style that is most influential in today's music. The first volume includes sca...

Techniques for learning and utilizing Bebop tunes.

Book by Colin and Bower. A wide variety of common jazz rhythms, many in etude form, designed to give the performer instant recognition and accurate response when you run across them in a real playing...

A complete book of jazz technique studies and exercises for all instrumentalists. This text deals with many technique issues jazz musicians encounter in the real world, including chord scale exercises...

Lehrmaterial zum Experimentieren in Unterricht, Ensemble und Selbststudium für alle Instrumente, inklusive Mitspiel-CDs (in 415 und 440 Hz). Endlich erscheint eine Improvisationsschule der Renaissance...

Jazz Improvisation & Pentatonic by Adelhard Roidinger is a comprehensive guide to scales and related chords, offering practical advice on how they may be used in jazz improvisation. The accompanying C...

You are the music is a collection of information-bearing songs with teach and encourage the future musician not only to learn, but to become the music. The series proposes a synthesis of body-mind-voi...