This is a great book. I actually just bought it because it was suggested along with a textbook I was purchasing for school, and I thought it sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a shot. Turns out is was a worthwhile gamble!
Hewitt takes a very interesting (and down-to-earth) approach to theory in this book. The premise seems to be that with the influx of computer musicians, not only is it easy to skate by without theory knowledge, it's also possible these days to not even be related to music in the form of sheet music and the printed staff. He therefore gives many of the examples throughout the book both in the form of notated music, but also in relation to the piano roll view that is common in so many music software programs (he uses Reason for examples in the book).
For me, this was invaluable, since, for whatever reason, I had never done much to connect the two realms in my head. For me, I was always either reading and writing sheet music, or I was programming music (which I usually did by ear and not by considering the theory of it) and the two worlds existed independently of one another. This book caused me to work with them side by side, which bridged the gap and strengthened my ability in both areas in the process.
It's a quick read if you're willing to work a bit (there are workbook style activities at the end of every chapter). There are indeed some typos and some strange mistakes in the answer key for the activities (which exists as a somewhat difficult-to-find pdf appendix downloadable from the publisher's website) to the extent that you might think you were crazy or didn't "get this theory thing after all" if you believed every answer in the answer key (there are only a handful of these types of mistakes, but they are confounding when you first encounter them). But those small grievances aside, this book has some really great content and is worth the trouble.
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Great content horrible printing
The content of this book is great however the publisher cheap’ed out and used horrible thin paper which give translucent pages and very fuzzy images and hard to read text. Reviews claim the kindle version is even worse. I opted for the printed and it’s still hard to see images. The pages are so thin that you can see the images on the next page. Shame. Cheap paper and publishing ruining the authors very good content. Cutting corners for profit. Shame. 3 stars for content, could have easily been 5 stars. 0 stars for printing on cheap paper
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Fahid
decent book that covers the basics and more
Reviewed in Canada on January 31, 2024
Francisco Velasquez
Excelente libro para principiantes
Reviewed in Mexico on December 17, 2017
