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Music Theory & History

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Fret Daddy The Fretboard Note Map for Bass Guitar
Fret Daddy The Fretboard Note Map for Bass Guitar
4.5 of 5 stars (6)
Product Price  $12.49
Alfred Flash Cards
Alfred Flash Cards
5.0 of 5 stars (11)
Product Price  $7.52
Alfred Kurt Cobain Journals (Book)
Alfred Kurt Cobain Journals (Book)
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Product Price  $30.00
Hal Leonard My Practice Record Book - Includes 32 weeks of lesson assignments and a music dictionary
Hal Leonard My Practice Record Book - Includes 32 weeks of...
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Product Price  $1.99
Hal Leonard Guitar Flash Cards - Essential Elements Guitar Extras
Hal Leonard Guitar Flash Cards - Essential Elements Guitar...
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Product Price  $12.99
Fret Daddy The Fretboard Note Map for Classical Guitar
Fret Daddy The Fretboard Note Map for Classical Guitar
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Product Price  $12.49
Hal Leonard Do-It-Yourself Ear Training - The Best Step-by-Step Guide to Start Learning Book/Online Audio
Hal Leonard Do-It-Yourself Ear Training - The Best...
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Product Price  $24.99
Backbeat Books A Perfect Union of Contrary Things - Softcover Edition
Backbeat Books A Perfect Union of Contrary Things -...
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KJOS Master Theory Series Book 3 Advanced Theory
KJOS Master Theory Series Book 3 Advanced Theory
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Product Price  $6.99
KJOS Master Theory Series Book 1 Beginning Theory
KJOS Master Theory Series Book 1 Beginning Theory
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Omnibus Michael Jackson - Making History Omnibus Press Series Softcover Written by Adrian Grant
Omnibus Michael Jackson - Making History Omnibus Press...
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Product Price  $9.95
Hal Leonard Music Theory for Guitarists (Book and Online Audio Package)
Hal Leonard Music Theory for Guitarists (Book and Online...
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Product Price  $16.28
Hal Leonard The Beauty of the 'Burst Book
Hal Leonard The Beauty of the 'Burst Book
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Product Price  $39.00
Hal Leonard Harmony and Theory
Hal Leonard Harmony and Theory
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Alfred Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory: A Complete Self-Study Course for All Musicians Book
Alfred Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory: A Complete...
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Product Price  $44.99
Alfred Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory: Flash Cards - Key Signatures
Alfred Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory: Flash Cards -...
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Alfred Essentials of Music Theory: Complete Book
Alfred Essentials of Music Theory: Complete Book
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Product Price  $39.99
Alfred Practical Theory Complete Complete (Spiral-Bound)
Alfred Practical Theory Complete Complete (Spiral-Bound)
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Product Price  $12.97
Alfred Essential Dictionary of Music Book
Alfred Essential Dictionary of Music Book
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Alfred Basic Chord Progressions
Alfred Basic Chord Progressions
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Product Price  $6.50
Hal Leonard Black Sabbath: The Vault
Hal Leonard Black Sabbath: The Vault
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Product Price  $35.00
Hal Leonard The Who: Fifty Years of My Generation - Complete Illustrated History
Hal Leonard The Who: Fifty Years of My Generation -...
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Hal Leonard Clapton - The Ultimate Illustrated History
Hal Leonard Clapton - The Ultimate Illustrated History
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Product Price  $19.99
Hal Leonard Nirvana - The Complete Illustrated History Book
Hal Leonard Nirvana - The Complete Illustrated History Book
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Product Price  $35.00
Hal Leonard Pocket Dictionary Of Composers & Lyricists
Hal Leonard Pocket Dictionary Of Composers & Lyricists
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Product Price  $7.99
Fret Daddy The Basic Chords Combo Pack for Electric/Acoustic Guitar
Fret Daddy The Basic Chords Combo Pack for...
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Product Price  $12.79
Hal Leonard SkyDog: The Duane Allman Story (Book)
Hal Leonard SkyDog: The Duane Allman Story (Book)
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Product Price  $22.99
Hal Leonard The Story of Paul Bigsby - Father of the Modern Electric Solidbody Guitar (Hardcover Book)
Hal Leonard The Story of Paul Bigsby - Father of the Modern...
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Hal Leonard Musician's Practice Planner-A Weekly Lesson Planner For Music Students Book
Hal Leonard Musician's Practice Planner-A Weekly Lesson...
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Hal Leonard The Musician's Ultimate Joke Book
Hal Leonard The Musician's Ultimate Joke Book
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Product Price  $12.95
Carl Fischer Keyboard Grimoire - A Complete Guide for the Guitarist and Keyboardist
Carl Fischer Keyboard Grimoire - A Complete Guide for the...
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Product Price  $32.99
eMedia Music Theory Tutor Complete
eMedia Music Theory Tutor Complete
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Product Price  $79.95
Hal Leonard Music Theory for Kids - Interactive, Illustrated Guide for Kids Book/Media Online
Hal Leonard Music Theory for Kids - Interactive,...
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Product Price  $19.99
Hal Leonard Do-It-Yourself Book/Online Media for Music Theory
Hal Leonard Do-It-Yourself Book/Online Media for Music...
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Product Price  $26.99
Hudson Music Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness by Liberty DeVitto, foreward by Billy Joel
Hudson Music Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of...
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Hudson Music It's About Time - Jeff Porcaro (The Man and His Music)
Hudson Music It's About Time - Jeff Porcaro (The Man and...
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Hal Leonard Twelve-Key Practice: The Path to Mastery and Individuality by Julie Lyonn Lieberman
Hal Leonard Twelve-Key Practice: The Path to Mastery and...
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Product Price  $19.95
Hal Leonard The Rhythm Book - Intermediate Notation and Sight-Reading for All Instruments
Hal Leonard The Rhythm Book - Intermediate Notation and...
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Product Price  $19.99
KJOS All for Strings Theory Workbook 1 Answer Key
KJOS All for Strings Theory Workbook 1 Answer Key
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Product Price  $3.45
Hal Leonard The Rhythm Book Beginning Notation and Sight-Reading for All Instruments Book/Audio Online
Hal Leonard The Rhythm Book Beginning Notation and...
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Product Price  $19.99
Hinshaw Music Cantare et Sonare: A Handbook of Choral Performance Practice
Hinshaw Music Cantare et Sonare: A Handbook of Choral...
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Product Price  $44.99
Novello A Textual Companion to Handel's Messiah
Novello A Textual Companion to Handel's Messiah
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Omnibus Dylan - 100 Songs & Pictures Omnibus Press Series Softcover Performed by Bob Dylan
Omnibus Dylan - 100 Songs & Pictures Omnibus Press Series...
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Hinshaw Music Dear People...Robert Shaw (A Biography) Written by Joseph A. Mussulman
Hinshaw Music Dear People...Robert Shaw (A Biography)...
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Product Price  $34.99
SCHIRMER TRADE Pro Tools Clinic - Demystifying LE for Mac and PC Omnibus Press Series Softcover by Mitch Gallagher
SCHIRMER TRADE Pro Tools Clinic - Demystifying LE for Mac...
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Product Price  $29.99
SCHIRMER TRADE Go, Girl, Go! (The Women's Revolution in Music) Omnibus Press Series Softcover
SCHIRMER TRADE Go, Girl, Go! (The Women's Revolution in...
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Product Price  $24.95
SCHIRMER TRADE Producing Hit Records (Secrets from the Studio) Omnibus Press Series Softcover
SCHIRMER TRADE Producing Hit Records (Secrets from the...
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Product Price  $21.95
SCHIRMER TRADE Keep Your Gear Running (Electronics for Musicians) Omnibus Press Series Softcover
SCHIRMER TRADE Keep Your Gear Running (Electronics for...
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Product Price  $19.95
SCHIRMER TRADE Sonar Insider (Turbocharge Your Sonar Experience!) Omnibus Press Series Softcover
SCHIRMER TRADE Sonar Insider (Turbocharge Your Sonar...
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SCHIRMER TRADE Russell Crowe (The Unauthorized Biography) Omnibus Press Series Softcover
SCHIRMER TRADE Russell Crowe (The Unauthorized Biography)...
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Schott Strike Five (An Introduction to Early Classroom Work with Tuned Percussion Instruments)
Schott Strike Five (An Introduction to Early Classroom Work...
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SCHIRMER TRADE Strategies for Success (Self-Promotion Secrets for Musicians) Omnibus Press Series Softcover
SCHIRMER TRADE Strategies for Success (Self-Promotion...
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Product Price  $17.95
SCHIRMER TRADE Gotta Get Signed (How to Become a Hip-Hop Producer) Omnibus Press Series Softcover
SCHIRMER TRADE Gotta Get Signed (How to Become a Hip-Hop...
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Product Price  $17.95
SCHIRMER TRADE Folk Music U.S.A. (The Changing Voice of Protest) Omnibus Press Series Softcover
SCHIRMER TRADE Folk Music U.S.A. (The Changing Voice of...
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Product Price  $17.95
SCHIRMER TRADE Music Business Made Simple (A Guide to Becoming a Recording Artist) Omnibus Press Series Softcover
SCHIRMER TRADE Music Business Made Simple (A Guide to...
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SCHIRMER TRADE How to Get Your Music in Film & TV Omnibus Press Series Softcover
SCHIRMER TRADE How to Get Your Music in Film & TV Omnibus...
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Schott Black Mask (English Libretto) Composed by Krzysztof Penderecki
Schott Black Mask (English Libretto) Composed by Krzysztof...
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Schott Loop Songs Composed by Bertrand Gröger
Schott Loop Songs Composed by Bertrand Gröger
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Shawnee Press Putting the SHOW in CHOIR (The Ultimate Handbook for Your Rehearsal and Performance) RESOURCE BK
Shawnee Press Putting the SHOW in CHOIR (The Ultimate...
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Product Price  $29.99
Centerstream Publishing Orange Blossom Boys Book Series Softcover with CD Written by Randy Noles
Centerstream Publishing Orange Blossom Boys Book Series...
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You're bound to find really cool stuff in our Reference Materials section whether you're seeking fun entertainment or invaluable information you can immediately apply to your musical endeavors. We offer a section devoted entirely to the business side of making music. Look for video documentaries and performances as well as music theory resources and ear training exercises. You'll also find music history/criticism books and biographies of incredibly talented musicians who helped shape music as we know it today.