Music Theory in One Lesson: Discover How Easy Music Theory Can Be!

by Ross Trottier

Stop feeling overwhelmed by thick, difficult to understand music theory books. Music Theory in One Lesson is the difinitive blueprint to understanding the underlying logic that builds music theory. You won't be presented with endless chord and scale diagrams, only to realize that you cannot connect the dots. You wont be presented with standard notation, rhythm or anything that adds to the burden of learning these often confusing concepts.Music Theory in One Lesson focuses on what builds music, and leaves out the extra stuff that can be studied later. And the groundbreaking harmonic maps, presented in the chapter on harmony make these distant dots connect with finesse and clarity. The underlying concepts and building blocks of Music Theory have now just become approachable to everyone!“As a music major, I’ve had to complete four semesters of college music theory. I can honestly say that in those four semesters I did not learn, much less understand, a fraction of what I did reading Music Theory in One Lesson. Each topic is expertly condensed and explained in a refreshing and enlightening way. This text takes all the pain so typically associated with learning music theory and replaces it with one exciting ‘Eureka!’ after another. I highly recommend it.” — Therese Carmack Purchase Music Theory in One Lesson, and begin your journey to musical mastery today!

Genres: Music

Kindle Edition

First published August 10, 2015

About the author

Ross Trottier attended CU Boulder as a Classical Guitar Performance Major under the virtuoso Jonathan Leathewood, where he received the highest marks for theoretical studies. He currently resides in Colorado Springs, where he teaches and performs full time.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd recommend this to beginner piano and guitar students (Ross Trottier is a guitarist himself).

[Trudy Nye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, clear explanation of basic music theory.

[Tiago F · Rating 2 out of 5]

It started off well, but I soon got lost. With a lot of effort sometimes I could make sense of something by re-reading it over and over, but eventually I just gave up. Although given how many good reviews this book has, perhaps I'm just a lost cause for music theory.

[Furqan Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing

[Peter]

I found the book a good way to go deeper but I started with you tube videos from the same source. The purchase of the book was more to support the creator.

[Viktoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, especially accompanied by the youtube video.

[Christina Monson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot

And one of the things I learned is that I still have a lot to learn! Somewhere in the midst of chord inversions I got a bit confused, but I recovered in the circle of fifths and key signatures. Practice is definitely necessary in order to fully absorb this material but I feel the book was written well and provided a solid base for my curious mind!

[Steven Weinstein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, short lesson. Starts from scratch. Builds methodically. Great use of visuals/charts/grids to show how it all relates.