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How Music REALLY Works!,
2nd Ed.
Book Summary
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Title:
How Music REALLY Works!: The Essential Handbook for
Songwriters,
Performers, and Music Students (2nd
Edition)
Author: Wayne Chase
Page Count: 890 pages
Publisher: Roedy Black Publishing, Vancouver, Canada
ISBN: 1-897311-55-9 (print); 1-897311-56-7 (PDF electronic)
Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.8 inches (22.9 x 15.9 x 4.6 cm)
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (1.2
kg)
Includes:
Chord Progression Chart
List Price: $45.00
OUR CURRENT PRICE: $39.95
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BOOK
SUMMARY:
HOW
MUSIC
REALLY
WORKS!
PART I: The Big Picture
PART II: Essential Building Blocks of Music
PART III: How to Create Emotionally Powerful Music and Lyrics
PART IV: Making a Living in Music
PART
I: The Big Picture
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Introduction:
Yes, You Can Create Compelling, Emotionally Powerful Music and
Lyrics ... If You Know What You're Doing. You do not need
to know music notation to understand and create great music and lyrics.
But you do need to learn the techniques consistently used by master
songwriters such as the Gershwin brothers, Lennon-McCartney, Dylan, Bowie,
Waits, and many others. Otherwise you will never write anything but
average songs.
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Chapter 1:
What Music REALLY Is, Who Makes It, Where, When, Why. Roots of the
evolved human ability to make music.
The chapter focuses on why music became such an emotionally powerful means of
communication.
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Chapter 2:
What the Popular Music Industry REALLY Is, and Where It Came From,
takes the reader on a tour of the major genres of Western music:
folk/roots, classical, musical/film, jazz, blues, ragtime,
country/bluegrass, gospel, swing, R & B/soul, rock/pop, reggae, dance/electronica,
and hip-hop.
PART
II: Essential Building Blocks of Music
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Chapter 3: How
Tones and Overtones REALLY Work, covers topics such as the
harmonic series, how the various types of musical instruments work
(including the voice), and the emotional effects of pitch, loudness, and
tone color.
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Chapter 4: How
Scales and Intervals REALLY Work, discusses the emotional
effects of various types of intervals. Topics include scales used in the
West, including blues and pentatonic, as well as scales used in the Middle
East, India, China, etc.
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Chapter 5: How
Keys and Modes REALLY Work, covers the major and minor modes,
and also the “Church modes”: Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, and
Locrian. Other topics include tuning, temperament, transposing,
modulation, and tonality.
Part
III:
How to Create Emotionally Powerful Music
and Lyrics
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Chapter 6: How
Chords and Chord Progressions REALLY Work, introduces a simple
visual method of working out beautiful, original chord progressions. This
chapter includes dozens of examples of songs with great chord progressions, and ends with 10 chord progression guidelines designed to maximize
emotional impact.
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Chapter 7:
How
Beat, Pulse, Meter, Tempo, and Rhythm REALLY Work, begins with
an examination of the role of memory in music, then discusses each element
of rhythm (beat, pulse, meter, etc.), how they all relate to each other,
and how to manipulate the various elements to maximize emotional impact.
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Chapter 8: How
Phrase and Form REALLY Work, highlights the differences between
vocal-melodic phrases and structural phrases, and the central role of
binary form.
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Chapter 9: How
Melody and Melody-Harmony Integration REALLY Work, provides an
in-depth treatment of melody, including many examples of brilliant tunes
and why they work. The chapter presents 10 specific techniques a
songwriter or composer can use to create emotionally powerful tunes.
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Chapter 10:
How Lyrics REALLY Work, provides a detailed blueprint for
writing lyrics that communicate emotional meaning in the strongest, most
effective ways possible. The chapter includes 10 specific techniques for
maximizing lyrical emotion and power.
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Chapter 11:
How Repertoire, Signature, and Performance REALLY Work, closes Part
III with a “how-to” discussion of a musician’s signature sound and style.
Other topics in this chapter include dealing with stage fright and live sound mixing.
Part
IV: Making a Living in Music
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3 Appendixes
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Chapter Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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