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What's it about? * Getting Music is a comprehensive yet straightforward explanation of all the essential concepts performers of popular music depend on. It describes how music works end to end and the language contemporary musicians use. Who's it for? * Adult and mature-teenage aspiring musicians who want to perform contemporary music. * Semi-pro musicians who never had formal music training and feel they could improve with better understanding. * Anyone who just wants to understand how music works without becoming a musician. * Designed for self teaching, or can accompany private music lessons or classroom courses. Music is too cool to let it be hard to understand. * What's in Getting Music is what's used in popular music styles--real, day-to-day, useful stuff. * Won't bore you--skips the huge amount of classical-music language and notation not used in contemporary styles. * Written to appeal to adult minds. * Thoroughly explains how music works through a clear, logical lay-out of the practical building blocks. * Everyday language--no lectures--and 114 illustrations make understanding music easier and faster. * 73 Music Speak boxes define contemporary musicians' terms and phrases. * For the basic but powerful musical ideas of intervals, scales and chords, gets at why things are done and how they are used in contemporary music--not just what the definitions are. * Unique content makes learning the basics more connected and meaningful to your interests as a musician. Chapters: * We're Talking About Popular Music. * The Basic Elements Of Music: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony. * Notes and Scales. * How A Music Style Gets Its Sound. * Essential Music Notation For Popular Styles. * The Details Of Scales. * Intervals. * Chords. * Keys. * Basics Of Harmony. * Structure Of Compositions In Popular Music Styles. * Modes. * Other Important Notation.