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Anonymous Fri Mar 2 23:53:50 2018 No.10786361 [Reply] [Original]

I'm posting this here because /mu/ would certainly be useless for me. What are some good books about music theory, specifically piano? I want to learn all about the science, history, and method of music without being treated like a child.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 3 00:09:17 2018 No.10786384 >>10786361 What kinds of music theory?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 3 00:11:36 2018 No.10786390 >>10786361 Finnegans Wake

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 3 00:14:25 2018 No.10786403 >>10786390 I said music theory, not music >>10786384 Assuming I already know the very basics, something that works through scales, chords, I'm not sure. Something that would let me understand what Glenn Gould is saying when he talks about music.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 3 00:16:34 2018 No.10786413 >>10786403 read The Loser by Bernhard

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 3 00:21:27 2018 No.10786425 >>10786361 >>10786403 Fuck off. There is already a thread about this exact same thing here already. >>10780896 Would it kill you to look before you shit up our board?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 3 00:27:49 2018 No.10786441 >>10786403 http://openmusictheory.com/contents.html Start by going through this. Pay special attention to the sections on counterpoint

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 3 00:38:21 2018 No.10786463 >>10786425 Sorry? I've been on /lit/ for three years and never once saw a thread on music theory, so I didn't bother

Anonymous Sat Mar 3 00:48:19 2018 No.10786475

This is not a literary question, and it's just all around not a question you should ask on 4chan of all places. I really doubt you can't look for the answer to this question in real life It's like asking for a book about chemistry. People becoming educated about these subjects typically use primarily a teacher and secondarily a textbook.
Music Theory is not the biggest commitment in the world, much less hard than chemistry. Not even college level music theory is extremely hard. But it's a commitment, and you should know that. It takes training, it's not like reading a book. Getting to the level where you know what Glenn Gould is talking about is not the highest level or anything. You could good google the words he uses, for example. The thing is, you can't get music without at least listening to music to connect the ideas to the reality of them. They're completely abstract and silent on paper, but they're very real in music. That's why you kind of have to know an instrument: so you can hear the most basic ideas played out at your command when you play the instrument. The instrument that you would need the least amount of musical talent to be able to do that with would definitely be piano.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 3 02:17:03 2018 No.10786654 >>10786475 I taught myself chemistry without an irl teacher by reading and working out a textbook and watching MIT ocw lectures though.

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