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Hi, I really want to learn music theory, but I want to learn it the right way, I mean, I find learning things easier by have a strong foundation. Well, anyways, my question are there any books out that teach music theory (I don't need basics like keys, notes, site reading) but a little more advanced, but not necessarily tuned towards an instrument. I always find browsing the internet and some books I have, they teach the material but always lean toward simplifying it for guitar purposes only. I'd rather learn it as a whole and apply it myself to guitar. If anyone gets what I'm saying, any reccomendations on material? I want something that can be comprehensive, something that might be used as text book in a class maybe. Thanks.

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I really got a lot out of "The Jazz Theory Book" by Mark Levine. It's rather heavy on examples from the jazz repertoire, as you might expect, and it helps if you can play piano (all the examples are given as piano music), but it's not strictly necessary.

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"The Jazz Piano Book" is a good choice. Another really good option is to pick up a used college theory textbook. Previous editions can be had on half.com for less than $10 (not bad consdering most are around $100 new).

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