Music Theory Puzzles

Download or read book Music Theory Puzzles written by Jared M. Cattoor and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to use unique puzzles to construct chords, arpeggios and scales an enjoyable, creative and abstract way. This book is perfect for beginners in music theory, high school theory students, college theory students, private instructors, professional jazz musicians, composers', professors and, essentially, all musicians.On one hand this book is about exercising your musical brain and getting you to think outside of the box. The other major factor is about learning the vocabulary of music so that you can speak the language more fluently. That said: if you do these puzzles correctly you will practically master the vocabulary. You will either engrain this information in your mind or be able to construct the vocabulary with little or no hesitation. Have you ever heard of a chord and had no idea what it was, for instance Db7(#5)? What are the notes in that chord? 3, 2, 1... Time's up! After you complete the puzzles in this book, come back to this page and see how easy that is to answer.