Theory Workbooks

Music Theory for Guitar: Level One is the first entry in a comprehensive series of music theory workbooks for guitarists in which Amy Hite draws from her experience teaching the guitar and leading the Guitar Syllabus Committee with the Music Teachers’ Association of California, where she built an extensive guitar curriculum from the ground-up that included eleven graded levels of music theory.

In this volume you’ll begin by learning a wide range of subjects including: parts of the guitar, first position notes on the fretboard and the music staff, Whole steps and half steps on the fretboard and the music staff, basic rhythms, time signatures and counting, an introduction to sharps and flats, the C Major and a natural and harmonic minor scales, an introduction to intervals, basic music symbols and terminology.

Music Theory for Guitar: Level Two is the second entry in a comprehensive series of music theory workbooks for guitarists in which Amy Hite draws from her experience teaching the guitar and leading the Guitar Syllabus Committee with the Music Teachers’ Association of California, where she built an extensive guitar curriculum from the ground-up that included eleven graded levels of music theory.

This volume includes the following topics: all notes up to the fifth fret, including naturals, sharps, and flats, on the fretboard and the music staff, whole steps and half steps, major and minor key signatures up to four sharps and one flat, major, natural minor, and harmonic minor scales with key signatures up to four sharps and one flat, major and perfect intervals, rhythms, time signatures and counting, the fundamentals of triads and chord construction, music symbols and terminology, authentic and half cadences, and music analysis applying all aspects of theory to a real piece of music!

Music Theory for Guitar: Level Three is the final entry in a comprehensive series of music theory workbooks for guitarists in which Amy Hite draws from her experience teaching the guitar and leading the Guitar Syllabus Committee with the Music Teachers’ Association of California, where she built an extensive guitar curriculum from the ground-up that included eleven graded levels of music theory.

This volume rounds off your theory lessons by covering: all notes on the music staff and the fretboard through the 12th fret, all major and minor key signatures, all major, natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales, major, perfect, and minor intervals, the circle of fifths, triads and chord construction, Barre chord theory, patterns, and construction, authentic, half, and plagal cadences, chord progressions, transposition, advanced rhythms, time signatures, and counting, nusic symbols and terminology, and music analysis applying all aspects of theory to a real piece of music!

This is the answer book for all three workbooks in the Music Theory for Guitar series. This series is a comprehensive set of music theory workbooks for guitarists in which Amy Hite draws from her experience teaching the guitar and leading the Guitar Syllabus Committee with the Music Teachers’ Association of California, where she built an extensive guitar curriculum from the ground-up that included graded levels of music theory.

This series includes levels one through three plus an answer book, so it’s practical for both self-study and guided music lessons with the help of a guitar teacher. The workbooks begin at the most basic level and advance into college-level music theory. They are used by students, professionals, teachers, and music schools worldwide.