Rock & Pop Theory: the essential guide
offers musicians of all ages and levels a practical and relevant guide to music theory today. With a special focus on popular music, this indispensable guide:
introduces key musical concepts such as pitch, tempo, rhythm, harmony, scales, instruments,  musical forms and structure
outlines the conventions governing music notation, applying these specifically to rock & pop music
provides interesting facts and real music examples to contextualise music theory
offers practical tips on how to identify intervals, make up melodies and rhythms, set words to  music and much more
with foreword and chapter introductions by renowned educationalist Paul Harris
contains quick-reference tools including an appendix, list of further repertoire examples, table  of instruments, periods of music history, table of scales and modes and summary keys and time signatures.
is a joint publication, published by Faber Music and Edition Peters.