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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:	The UK Music Conference
Notice:	Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:	RDGENG::CROOK

Created:	Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1381
Total number of notes:	39269

1088.0. "Learning to read music - book recommendations" by SYSTEM::COCKBURN (Craig Cockburn) Thu Nov 26 1992 20:43

Hi,
	I'm looking for some recommendations on books which can teach me
how to read music. I have a piano and I have numerous songbooks
with both sol-fa and staff notation, as I'm in a choir. Not knowing how
to read music in the choir hasn't been much of a problem as I just copy
the notes the musicians make and learn from them, but I'd like to take the
music home and practice it on the piano too. 

	I want to know what keys form which scales, what various time
signatures mean, how to work out the key from the signature, and so on. 
I don't want a beginners guide to playing the piano which teaches
me how to play three blind mice and 20 other boring songs. In fact, I
don't really need a book with any songs in it as I've already got plenty
song books. Something which explains the notations on sol-fa as well as 
staff would be useful too. 

	thanks
		Craig

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1088.1	Introducing Music	FORTY2::ASH	Grahame Ash @REO	`Mon Nov 30 1992 20:20`	5
	You might like to look at 'Introducing Music' by Otto Karolyi, which is in Penguin. It covers all of the basic terminology in a well-written way - and it's short! g
1088.2		SYSTEM::COCKBURN	Craig Cockburn	`Tue Dec 01 1992 20:04`	10
	> <<< Note 1088.1 by FORTY2::ASH "Grahame Ash @REO" >>> > -< Introducing Music >- >You might like to look at 'Introducing Music' by Otto Karolyi, which is in >Penguin. It covers all of the basic terminology in a well-written way - and >it's short! thanks for the info Craig
1088.3	me too	MACNAS::MJGREANEY	Bananna Republic	`Tue Dec 01 1992 23:55`	4
	re:-2 ....good choice M.J.
1088.4		NEWOA::DALLISON	Shes a nice place to visit	`Wed Dec 02 1992 11:12`	8
	There is also an exellent pocket size reference book available from Modern Music. It contains easy access reference informtaion for most aspects of musical theory. If you're interested I'll find out the name and post it here. -Tony
1088.5		SYSTEM::COCKBURN	Soraidh leibh	`Wed Dec 16 1992 20:56`	7
	I eventually got a couple of books: "The AB guide to music theory" it's called, and is in two parts. This is published by the Associated Board of Music and is widely used by people taking the piano grade exams. Craig
1088.6		SYSTEM::COCKBURN	Soraidh leibh	`Thu Dec 17 1992 11:44`	9