![]() There are many great books and tools you can find with just a little research and I’m sure many other redditors will provide great tools. I hope you get use out of what I’ve provided. As long as you think the music sounds good, then it is good music. There are no rules to music, only guidlines on how to assist in making things sound good. The “rules” you learn in AP music theory and beyond are not rules. There is an infinite amount of new things to learn about music, and that is what makes it so, so amazing. Don’t forget that there are other eras and styles of music than those that came from the 18th century. Continuously acknowledge that these are merely the basics, where the modern thinking of music originated, and primarily focused on fundamentals. If I could give any piece of advice to him, generally speaking, I would say make sure to not get too caught up in all the “rules” of music. Many of them also analyze modern music which may be helpful so that he doesn’t get caught up in the 18th century school of thought. It doesn’t have much chorale work but it is a great tool for fingering your way around a piano.Īlso as mentioned above, YouTubers such as 12tone are AMAZING at explaining concepts in many different ways. I also highly recommend that if his piano skills aren’t up to date with his actual theory learning yet, such as being able to play a four-part chorale in time, he pick up the “Easy Classics to Moderns” keyboard book. For instance, the fact that figured bass tells the inversion of a chord (he’ll come to find that it really doesn’t), the fact that a cadential 6/4 isn’t a I chord in 2nd inversion to a V chord and is in fact a suspension of the V chord from 6/4 to 5/3, the idea that voice leading principles are less strict than he is most likely aware of, and plenty of other amazing things about music that are misconstrued in AP music theory. Surprisingly, this is something that many textbooks fail to adequately provide.īe aware, however, depending on the way he was taught (by independent I can’t tell if you mean by himself or apart from standard school), there is most likely plenty of things he’s already learned as part of the AP curriculum that is actually not the most fail-proof way of thinking about things. It explains everything quite thoroughly and even provides many playable examples. It’s a fantastic tool because you don’t need a professor to understand the context of the chapters. One textbook I highly recommend that I’ve used in my college is called “Harmony and Voice Leading”. ![]() ![]() There’s plenty of great resources to continue knowledge about music past the AP level. I have been in college for music for a few semesters now.
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