You Can Read Music (with Audio CD)
by Amy Appleby
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Author: Amy ApplebyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-06-01
ISBN: 0825615143
Number of pages: 83
Publisher: Music Sales America
Book Reviews of You Can Read Music (with Audio CD)
Book Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars
Already could read most music by sight, but occassionally found some kind of notation that I was not familiar with so bought this book.
Very good overall
The good -
- lots of examples make things easy to understand
- takes things very slow at the beginning - even someone with no experience in reading sheet music whatsoever should be able to pick up this book and learn everything in a few days
- overall, very complete guide, with lots of fairly esoteric notation included (not so much esoteric, but stuff you wouldn't see until very advanced pieces)
- pretty well organized, makes for a great quick reference
The bad -
- kind of pricey for 80 some pages
- included cd is nice but not terribly helpful
- book is sort of cumbersome - they try to keep it the same size as your other sheet music books might be, but i would rather be leafing through this in my spare time, instead of propping it up on my piano, so the size doesn't really make sense... should have been smaller
- sometimes too many examples on simple ideas, not enough on hard ideas
- some things are kind of breezed through and it sometimes seems like information is missed - for example, some accent marks that you might find occassionally are not listed in this book, which can be frustrating - this typically means that the mark can be written many ways, and one of the ways *is* in the book, but unless you know all the forms of the accent, you're going to be lost
- a few more pages could have been devoted to chords - the information is complete, but fairly 'intense' - there is a lot packed into a very small section
Sooooooo... overall I definately give this 5 stars, my complaints, though numerous, are very small, and i HIGHLY recommend this to anyone trying to learn to read sheet music.
Summary of You Can Read Music (with Audio CD)
This series provides all you need to know to be the musician you want to be! Each package includes an easy step-by-step book and a one hour compact disc filled with useful exercises and professional arrangements. This complete music instruction studio is all you need to begin reading music like a pro. The basics can be mastered in just a few weeks.Reference Books
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