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Old 11-22-2010, 11:09 AM
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What is the best book on theory?

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By best I mean what is the easiest to understand for someone who doesnt know much about theory. I am talking the whole 9-yards scales,modes,chords,time sigs,corcle of 5ths everything.

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While I dont have it myself, this book seems to get great praise around here.

http://www.edly.com/mtfpp.html
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Old 11-22-2010, 11:32 AM
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Edley's, as posted in fearceol's post. I love it because:

A. He doesn't assume you know how to read music, but he makes a very good case for learning the language of music.
B. He doesn't assume you play keyboards.
C. He doesn't limit his teaching to treble clef
D. He uses examples from all sorts of music, not just western European classical music.
E. He explains things in a logical sequence that allows you to build your knowledge practically instead of getting a lot of disjointed knowledge (like what happens when you teach yourself from the internet).
F. His diagrams are very very clear and informative. They look like what I used to draw for my students 25 years ago (except his are legible!!).

It's precisely the resource I wish I'd been able to provide my students when I was teaching bass and guitar in the '80s.

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Old 11-22-2010, 03:57 PM
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thanks guys I want to go to get my bachelors in music comp theory and jazz music and dont want to walk into collage a newb
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i think this is one of the most comprehensive books on electric bass theory and technique....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Learn-Play-B.../dp/1864692634
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From what I've studied and learned from the General Instruction forum on TB, no single source is going to work for chords, scales, modes, walking, and other theory related to the bass clef & bass guitar...

A pile of books, lessons, and a lot of time in the woodshed should count for an excellent understanding of theory.
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