The Contemporary Music Theory - Level 1

Publisher: Hal Leonard
A Complete Harmony and Theory Method for the Pop and Jazz Musician

This book is the product of Mark Harrison's experience teaching hundreds of students at the world-famous Grove School of Music in Los Angeles.

Level 1  is ideal for beginners and covers notation, major and minor scales, key signatures, triads and 4-part chords, diatonic chords and alterations.

Level 2  covers the chords and substitutions used in jazz and pop styles (with many progression examples from well-known songs) as well as voice leading, "upper structure" voicings and blues & pentatonic scale applications.

Level 3  covers all commonly used chords including extensions and alterations, scale sources, melody harmonization, polychords and advanced voicings using our "contemporary shape concept".

Contemporary Music Theory