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# Vaideology: Basic Music Theory for Guitar Players [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

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## Customer Reviews

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    It might not be what you expect.
  

*by E***D on Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2019*

When I purchased this book I had a preconceived notion about what I was going to get. I already had a big binder of different assorted pieces of music theory I had retrieved from the internet. I thought this book would be a nice little basic assortment of all the necessities. I thought I would buy the book and have all I need in one nice organized paperback. Well, I realize that it was a bit foolish to expect that.THE CONS: Having gone through the book I think it is only fair to give a good “heads up” as to what you can expect. I think Mr. Vai was trying to furnish the beginning guitarist with a good introduction to music theory.  Unfortunately, I don’t think this was achieved in all the chapters. Steve Vai is obviously very accomplished and I don’t think something like his very advanced understanding of something like polyrhythms would be helpful to the novice. I noticed a few areas like this. There were times that the content was presented that required some understanding of theory in order to know what the author is driving at. If you have absolutely zero knowledge of music theory you may need to take the book to a guitar teacher for assistance.It is also good to keep in mind that this book was constructed to present the reader with “the basics”. The term “basics” is a subjective term. You may think the basics will cover learning how to apply scales in an improvised jam session. Perhaps you want to learn theory so you can write songs or compose. This book doesn’t really tackle that. There is a chapter called composing music. But, this deals with teaching simple musical definitions for elements like tempo, dynamics, and articulations.THE PROS: The good news is that Mr. Vai’s interpretation of “the basics” is very extensive. I can guarantee you will learn something if you buy this book. Even if its nothing more than reading the suggestions given in the chapters based on how to grow as a guitarist. If you're a new guitarist I think the chapter on reading guitar tab would be helpful. I also really like the chapter on chords. Particularly, the Chord Symbol Dictionary chart. It seemed to cover and explain every possible chord combination with an explanation of how it is constructed. Additionally, Mr. Vai offers up very good advice on how you should start when learning scales, or at least how he went about it.Additionally, if you come across something like a weird time signatures or if you heard someone talk about microtones and have know idea what that is, this book can come in handy in attempting to sort that out for you if you don’t know what it is.In conclusion, I would imagine that one would have little trouble retrieving most of the book’s contents from the internet. But the book does have one thing going for it. That would be the personal touch of Steve Vai.

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    For beginners who want to know the basics of music notation and theory
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2019*

As the book's subtitle says, this is a book for "Basic Music Theory". I would say this book is more of a glossary for basic music notation and theory. The book answers the "what is it?" question of musical vocabulary but doesn't really delve into the "how to do it" aspects of guitar playing. If you already know concepts like time signature, sixteenth notes, bass & treble clef, staccato, pianissimo, triads, modes, circle of fifths, etc. - then this book is too basic for you. Unfortunately I should have researched this book more before purchasing it. The book is well put together and Steve Vai is very articulate in explaining each musical concept, but I was hoping the book would be more about how to APPLY these elements into your guitar playing. It's more of a reference book for music theory terms and no so much about improving the mechanics of your guitar playing technique. Which is perfectly fine, but when I saw the title "Vaideology" I thought the book would be more about the ins-and-outs of how Vai approaches the guitar from his unique perspective. In many ways the basic content of this book can be found almost anywhere online these days - you don't necessarily need Steve Vai to explain these basic music theory concepts - but it's kind of nice to have everything in an easy to read format I guess.

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    The perfect person to have written this book.
  

*by F***N on Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2019*

I really like this book and feel it's easily worth the price.  Being lucky enough to meet and talk with Steve Vai (at his Evo meet and greet) and of course having watched many interviews, my only hope was that his genuine way of speaking came across in this music theory book. If he could make music theory more relatable and less intimidating for me I knew it would be worth the purchase and that's exactly the case and the reason I like it so much.

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