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Title: Harmony by Walter Piston, Mark Devoto, Arthur Jannery ISBN: 0-393-95480-3 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1987 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $63.20 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.55 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Take all reviews with a grain of salt....
Comment: Interesting to read the reviews about this book. Just because a book is "hard" or confuses you doesn't mean it's a bad book. Look, I'm a professional musician, composer and teacher. This book is the most complete and best harmony text out there. There's plenty of room for personal preference, and it's probably not fair to say one book is better than another. This book, however, is truly exceptional, and the 5th edition is the best so far.
BTW, I taught myself harmony from this book when I was in high school (with the guidance of a teacher reviewing my exercises) and tested out of all theory at a prestigious university. Basically I got the equivalent of an undergrad theory background from studying this text.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book
Comment: If you feel that your knowledge in harmony is incomplete, that is the right book for you! It is very systematic and not hard at all(even for me: english is not my mother tongue) Some people complain about the fact, that it is dry.Well what do they expect from a harmony book? It gives you all the knowledge you need starting from zero, building it gradually to more sophisticated exercises. You really don't have to be super-intelligent to be able to understand it, you just have to work on it systematically and with discipline, you might even enjoy it (I did) By the time you finish the book, you will not feel anymore that your knowledge in harmony is insufficient, on the contrary the word harmony will be more associated as a friend than as an enemy.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best.
Comment: Pay no attention to the reviews bashing this book. True, it IS a hard book, but once you've made your way through this book from cover to cover, your understanding of music and classical harmony will be SO much stronger. The excercizes are thoughtful and offer many challenges, which help to enforce the points taught in each chapter. And it isn't TOO hard. I'm a junior in high school (and a DRUMMER, to boot), and I've really enjoyed this book thus far (I'm on chapter 14). Grab this book. With the proper amount of dedication paid to it, it will serve you well.
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Title: Workbook for Piston Devoto Harmony by Walter Piston, Mark Devoto, Arthur Jannery ISBN: 0393954846 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: March, 1987 List Price(USD): $28.40 |
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Title: Counterpoint, by Walter Piston ISBN: 0393097285 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 1947 List Price(USD): $37.65 |
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Title: Study of Counterpoint by Johann Joseph Fux, Alfred Mann ISBN: 0393002772 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 1965 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Orchestration by Walter Piston ISBN: 0393097404 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: March, 1955 List Price(USD): $50.45 |
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Title: Counterpoint (4th Edition) by Kent Kennan ISBN: 013080746X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 29 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $84.00 |
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