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Music Fundamentals: A Balanced Approach 3rd Edition

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Music Fundamentals: A Balanced Approach, Third Edition combines a textbook and integrated workbook with an interactive website for those who want to learn the basics of reading music. Intended for students with little or no prior knowledge of music theory, it offers a patient approach to understanding and mastering the building blocks of musical practice and structure. Musical examples range from Elvis Presley songs to Filipino ballads to Beethoven symphonies, offering a balanced mixture of global, classical, and popular music.

The new edition includes:

    • Additional vocabulary features and review exercises
    • Additional musical selections and 1-, 2-, or 3-hand rhythmic exercises

    • The addition of guitar tablature

    • A revised text design that more clearly designates the different types of exercises and makes the Workbook pages easier to write on

    • An improved companion website with added mobile functionality

    The author’s balanced approach to beginning music theory engages student interest while demonstrating how music theory concepts apply not only to the Western classical canon but also to popular and world music. With the beginner student in mind, Music Fundamentals: A Balanced Approach, Third Edition is a comprehensive text for understanding the foundations of music theory.

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    1. ISBN-10
      9781138654419
    2. ISBN-13
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    3. Edition
      3rd
    4. Publisher
      Routledge
    5. Publication date
      October 13, 2017
    6. Language
      English
    7. Dimensions
      8.5 x 1.25 x 10.75 inches
    8. Print length
      512 pages
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    Sumy Takesue is an Instructor at Santa Monica College, teaching theory and class piano. She has taught at the University of Hawai’i (Hilo) and the University of Southern California.

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    • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1138654418
    • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 3rd edition (October 13, 2017)
    • Language ‏ : ‎ English
    • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
    • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781138654419
    • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1138654419
    • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.28 pounds
    • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.25 x 10.75 inches
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    3.9 out of 5 stars
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    Paperback missing text and diagram boxes
    As well as not having any page numbers, my copy also somehow refused to print any colored text. This meant parts of sentences and instructions would be omitted, such as vocabulary words, text boxes, track titles, and anything else bolded in the original book. I bought the e-book instead and it's actually coherent, this one I plan to return.
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    ER
    5.0 out of 5 stars Workbook and text in one
    Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019
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    Difficult to rent and return due to the work book being included. We will have to erase a lot of notes, or photocopy a loooooot of pages
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    Zoe
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
    Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2021
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    Got this book because it was required for my class. It helps students, especially beginners to understand and know more about music at a beginner level.
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    Rachel K.
    1.0 out of 5 stars Do not rent!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2020
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    This book is missing half the material. Go to the "Look Inside" feature for this Amazon book listing and look through the available pages. Any red print that you will see there is missing from the rental book. This will include page numbers, practice work and a good deal of the necessary instruction. Several students from my son's class received the same incomplete book. The source of this printing is questionable. Be forewarned.
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    1.0 out of 5 stars Paperback missing text and diagram boxes
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2020
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    As well as not having any page numbers, my copy also somehow refused to print any colored text. This meant parts of sentences and instructions would be omitted, such as vocabulary words, text boxes, track titles, and anything else bolded in the original book. I bought the e-book instead and it's actually coherent, this one I plan to return.
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    1.0 out of 5 stars Paperback missing text and diagram boxes
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2020
    As well as not having any page numbers, my copy also somehow refused to print any colored text. This meant parts of sentences and instructions would be omitted, such as vocabulary words, text boxes, track titles, and anything else bolded in the original book. I bought the e-book instead and it's actually coherent, this one I plan to return.
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    Al
    1.0 out of 5 stars No page numbers
    Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2020
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    The book has a table of contents, but no page numbers. Also exercise headings are missing. The instructor apparently has an earlier version with page numbers, so he will tell us to turn to, e.g., page 129. Pretty much a disaster!
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    1.0 out of 5 stars No page numbers
    Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2019
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    The book seems to be good but there are no page numbers. Absolutely ridiculous!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Good purchase
    Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2021
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    The notes are funny and definitely increase the value of the book 😌😂

    Good value and quality
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    1.0 out of 5 stars Unusable.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2021
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    Terrible product. Fake. Forgery. Worst customer experience. Unhelpful. Nightmare to deal with. Extremely rude. Ungenerous. Avoid.
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    1.0 out of 5 stars PCにダウンロードできない
    Reviewed in Japan on October 5, 2023
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    Kindle for PCでダウンロードして読もうとしても、ダウンロードが上手く行かず、読むことができない。
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