An excellent way for any music lover to learn the basics. Now I don't dread lesson planning for my music theory class. Every so often a music theory book comes along that takes an approach so unusual and fun that even an ex-grad student can get excited about the subject. Edly made a book about theory that isn't cold and boring. Edly's teaches the building blocks of musical literacy in plain language, a step at a time Veterans of college music theory courses will find Roseman's approach disarmingly frank, refreshingly irreverent, and full of dashes and exclamation points.
Theory is simple.
You get 12 notes, you put them together in different ways like Lego only noisier. Edly's is clear and simple, yet goes deep into many of theory's quirky complexities. The best book on popular theory I've seen. They love the 'fun' approach. Ed Roseman's book proves that music theory needn't be dry.