<DIV><P>Master musical skills quickly and easily!</P><P>From classical music to new age, hard rock, and pop, music has always played an important role in everyday life. Whether you're an intermediate musician or an aspiring music major, <I>The Everything Essential Music Theory Book</I> is a guide to mastering one of the most important tools for every musician: musical understanding. This compact, portable volume covers all the basics, including:<UL><LI>The construction of chords and scales</LI><LI>How to understand rhythm and time signatures</LI><LI>How keys are identified and organized</LI><LI>Creating harmonization and melody</LI></UL> With each clear and easy-to-understand chapter, musician and educator Marc Schonbrun takes you through the essentials of music theory--the very glue that holds music together.</P></DIV>