Berklee Music Theory Book 1 - 2nd Edition Book/Online Audio

Nice tutorial, explains some basic concepts, also some advanced topics, gives a good idea what's important to know in Music.

The book was Very Good, but there was not a CD inside as described

Great book really helped me learn about reading music while teaching myself to play the keyboard

I bought this expecting it to be the clearest intro to music theory ever. Its okay, it's clear in parts but it lacks a whole load of description in many areas. Many times I was left scratching my head after reading one line explanations. The worst bit for me though is the lack of any answers to the questions in the book. I had no way of checking my work so felt I couldn't make great progress. I don't know of an alternative to this book but I wouldn't recommend it for beginners, there must be better out there.

I'm a bass player who's self taught and has been playing for many years. I want to learn music theory and to read music and hoped this would help. So far, it's just been ok. I have to go through the audio exercises several times to understand what the exercise actually is. The text in the book is quite well written, but the accompanying online audio isn't easy to follow. It's almost as if someone just felt like that had to put something online to say "we have something online" to sell the book, but didn't really put in the effort to make it really good. I know it's affiliated with Berklee, but it feels like they just held something back. I guess since we only pay a few dollars for the book we don't get the full benefit of the $1100 course at Berklee. I'll continue with the book, but they could have made the book and audio a lot better together. 3 stars. Meh. Let's hope the 3rd version is better. Adding in some video would have made this MUCH better. Frankly, I expected better from something with Berklee's name on it.

I figured if there is any go to source for music theory, Berklee would be it. This book was tough, but ANYTHING worthwhile is NOT easy! Not knowing scale degrees really stumped me but now I feel really confident in all keys. I always had nagging doubts concerning theory, but this book was a godsend. I learned more from this book than all my previous schooling/training etc. And I have been playing guitar for 47 years!I HIGHLY recommend though that you 1. Have a keyboard handy and 2. Have a Circle of Fifths handy. This will make life much easier!

Basic music theory concepts. If you are familiar with elementary theory/have been playing an instrument/taking classes for few years, I recommend looking for something little more complex. For a complete amateur-this book is what you are looking for!

Information is great! However the book says the course comes with online audio samples, the link and code provided in book are useless, because link provides error code. Contacted publisher but no response.

I went to berklee years ago and wanted to refresh my memory on music theory, so I bought this book because over the years I have lost my old harmony books. I have looked through it and have to say it's pretty basic to me, I mean I did go to berklee, but I can't recommend it more to anyone just starting out. I plan on buying book two once I have fully read through it and made sure I really do remember it all. But I will say this, I learned something new in lesson 1 that I don't recall learning while in school. But it has been 12 years since I took harmony at berklee.