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There are millions of self-taught musicians in this world who can’t read music and only play by ear. If this describes you and you want to learn how to read and write music in a step-by-step, easy to follow fashion, you have come to the right place. Knowing the fundamentals of music will make playing even more fun. Music Anybody is also designed for all those non-musical types who are taking a music fundamentals course and don’t have a clue about what is going on. This book will come to your rescue. Music professors will find this text perfect for their students. Just reading about music fundamentals won’t do much for you. You’ve got to jump in and begin to write music. At the end of each chapter, there are exercises for you to do to see if you’re catching on. Informational (occasionally entertaining) icons in the left margin guide you along as you learn the fundamentals. A CD of all the musical examples is including with each book. 

Contents: Act I: The Basics: Part I – Melody: Introduction. 1. Toolbox. 2. Intervals: Reading between the notes. 3. The major scale: just a minor pain. 4. Intervals: part deux. 5. Minor scales: ready for the big time? Part II – Rhythm: 6. Notation: polka dot ties. 7. Meter: Don’t compound such simple issue. Part III – Harmony: 8. Triads: their secret life. 9. Triads: the sequel. Act II: More Advanced Stuff: 10. Inversions: the revenge of the triads. 11. S.A.T.B: A secret government project or some music thing? 12. The V7 chord and other perversions. 13. The end! Act III: Appendices.