Lies My Music Teacher Told Me: Music Theory for Grownups
by Gerald Eskelin
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A number of musical misconceptions are explored and exploded in this humourous and lucid discussion of the relation between the human perception of music and traditional systems of music education. Drawing on his extensive background in the music world, the author marshals an informal yet rigorous logic to guide the reader through the practical experiences and careful thinking that led him to his conclusions. Updated and refined in the light of reader feedback and more recent thinking, show more nagging questions such as Why does formal musical training seem not to pertain to musical success? and Why is there such a dramatic disparity between what one is told about music and how one actually experiences it? are re-addressed. Seekers of musical truth stand to profit from this light-hearted assault on the more nebulous assumptions of the musical community. show lessTags
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The information contained in this book is actually pretty good. Unfortunately, the way it's written is annoying. Worse, there's no table of contents and no index, so it's difficult to use as a reference. The first two-thirds of the book is about harmony and the remainder is about rhythm. I found the latter part more worthwhile, but I would have missed it entirely had I given up halfway through. Eskin's The Sound of Music: Perception & Notation looks like a more useful text. [2007-04-19]
A short, amusing book about teaching and learning music. It mostly focuses on major/minor as a system and the problems inherent in well-tempered keyboards. There is a major section on rhythm and meter signatures, too.
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