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Hooktheory I

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Embark on a musical journey! Follow the Hooktheory Book Series in a smart, fun, skill-building journey. Learn how to craft melodies and chord progressions like professional musicians, and discover an intuitive and deep understanding of how music works. Validated by over 30,000 hobby and pro musicians like you, the Hooktheory Book Series is the best-selling how-to series for musicians around the world for a reason. Hooktheory I isn’t like other music theory books. Hooktheory teaches with an easy-to-understand music format that emphasizes chord and melody function. Rich audiovisual animations play along as you learn. We dissect popular songs and show you how the pros do it. Immediately practice concepts and tactics with our companion musical sketchpad, Hookpad. There is nothing else like it! Fun to read. Easy to understand. Full of practical knowledge. Learn from 41 interactive exercises and 88 audiovisual examples from artists like The Beatles, Journey, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Adele, Coldplay, Billy Joel, Lady Gaga, Elton John, Maroon 5, and more! In Hooktheory I, you’ll learn the following skills: • Composing music based on a scale. • Understanding the six basic chords that underlie all great chord progressions. • Writing chord progressions based on function (understanding which chords go together and which ones don’t) • Making melodies “chord aware” - learn why certain melodies sound good with a chord progression and why others don't • Controlling the natural tension and release in melodies over a chord progression Benefits: • Simple piano roll notation (sheet music knowledge not required) • Every concept + technique demonstrated through an actual song • 88 audiovisual examples from artists like The Beatles, Journey, and Taylor Swift • Reinforce learning at every step with 41 exercises • Designed to be used with Hookpad Music Making Software. Hookpad lets you practice every concept and tactic you learn in the books immediately To sum it up, Hooktheory I will teach you the essential basic techniques for crafting effective and compelling chord progressions and melodies.   Reading Hooktheory I doesn’t require any previous music knowledge or the ability to read sheet music. On average, it takes about five hours to read so it isn't a huge time commitment. Dedicate only a few hours to reading this book and gain a lifetime of skills that will give your music that professional edge.
What’s New
• Improved the C major scale and D major scale examples in sections 1.1 and 1.2. • Added a link to Chord Crush in the side menu. • Added a paragraph about the TheoryTab database in section 1.4. • Added a paragraph about applying what you learn with Hookpad in section 1.5. • Added a new ear training exercise in section 1.6.
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41 Ratings
  • DDDDDDFDDDDZ, 25.07.2022
    This is a book , not an app.
    The content is well written and explains the concepts very well. However, I thought I was purchasing an interactive app and was surprised to see that is was a book.
  • jonnylarock, 10.02.2022
    Sound doesn’t work
    All the sounds don’t work they need to fix it
  • 3l33tSteve, 29.01.2022
    Book, not the app
    This is not the music making app but a very expensive book explaining how to use the app.
  • 28dkwoo, 07.08.2021
    Totally 5 Stars! Get it!
    Alright, so it’s for beginners. I’m no beginner but I have never seen practical how-to songwriting content laid out so concisely and accurately. If you’re just starting out trying to write songs and figure out chords, this could almost suffice as the one reference you need to understand what you are doing. Excellent work, thanks to the authors! And after you get this one, then move to HookTheory II where the fun continues! Show more
  • SnapWayUp, 14.04.2020
    App doesn’t work properly.
    None of the videos work for this tutorial. Waste of money. I am using the latest iPhone and update.. still nothing. Smh.
  • desparateTeXuser, 16.12.2019
    Videos don’t play
    Clicking the play button on the video never worked.
  • zollars.a, 11.08.2019
    graphics won’t play/load
    idk what’s up, i’m tapping play and nothing seems to happen
  • crumb collector, 22.02.2019
    Unfortunately I’m not very quick at math
    Unfortunately I’m not very quick at math. Everything was fine until it introduced the chord numbers correlating to scale degrees. Then it felt like it was hopping, skipping, and jumping away from the pace it started with, in describing everything. Sort of like someone saying ‘This is a ball. Now toss the ball in the air. Neat huh? Now here’s 2 other balls and now toss them into the opposite hands while one is tossed in mid-air, and then repeat the process. Now you’re juggling! Make sense??.” My guitar teacher did this with me too, and I just sat there with my eyes glazed over. Still wasn’t getting it, but he wouldn’t slow down to bridge the pieces. I would have preferred it rest into the concept more thoroughly to emphasize the structure at the pace it started with as it introduced the chord numbers. So... hopefully somehow I’ll learn music theory. Someday. Maybe? Show more
  • Leonardo_800, 12.01.2019
    Amazing
    Amazing tool for students and professionals. Speaking from the perspective of a professional musician and educator who performs high level work in the field.

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  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    14.99 USD
  • Size
    131.22 MB
  • Provider
    Hooktheory
Languages
English
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