Hooktheory II

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Continue on your musical journey! Build on the foundation you learned in Hooktheory I, and discover an intuitive and deep understanding of richer, more sophisticated music. Unlock the songwriting tactics used by The Beatles, Bowie, Queen, Michael Jackson, and more. Learn about seventh chords, embellishments, secondary chords, minor harmony, modes, and modal mixture. Validated by over 30,000 hobby and pro musicians like you, the Hooktheory Book Series is the best-selling how-to series for musicians for a reason.
Hooktheory II isn’t like other music theory books.
Hooktheory teaches with an easy-to-understand music format that emphasizes chord and melody function. Rich audiovisual animations play along as you learn. We dissect popular songs and show you how the pros do it. Immediately practice concepts and tactics with our companion musical sketchpad, Hookpad. There is nothing else like it!
Fun to read. Easy to understand. Full of practical knowledge.
Learn from 84 interactive exercises and 228 audiovisual examples from artists like The Beatles, Elton John, Queen, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Boyz II Men, Coldplay, Van Morrison, Adele, Ariana Grande, John Mayer, and many more!
In Hooktheory II, you’ll learn the following skills:
• Composing chords and melody in minor (and other scales).
• Using chord inversions (reordering chord tones) to create effective bass lines.
• Using complex chord types (e.g. 7th chords, extended chords, suspended chords, and “add” chords) to enrich your chord progressions.
• Using secondary chords (chords based on a different key) to create tension.
• Combining melody and chords from multiple scales (modal mixture).
• Utilizing songwriting techniques like energy control, deception, and harmonic scope to control listeners' expectations.
Benefits:
• Simple piano roll notation (sheet music knowledge not required).
• Every concept + technique demonstrated through an actual song.
• 228 audiovisual examples from artists like The Beatles, Elton John, and Queen.
• Reinforce learning at every step with 83 exercises.
• Designed to be used with Hookpad Music Making Software. Hookpad lets you immediately practice every concept and tactic you learn in the books.
To sum it up:
Hooktheory II will teach you all of the essential techniques for crafting effective and compelling chord progressions and melodies. Reading Hooktheory II doesn’t require the ability to read sheet music or any music knowledge outside what was covered in Hooktheory I. On average, it takes about twelve hours to read (but more to fully absorb) so it isn't a huge time commitment. Dedicate only a few days to absorbing this book and gain a lifetime of skills that will give your music that professional edge.
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Excellent!!!

Waitatian on

New Zealand

I loved hook theory and thought it was amazing. Hooktheory II was silent when I first downloaded it. But I deleted it and reinstalled and now it works absolutely fantastically. Highly recommend

Practical

Jakyru on

United States

As a guitarist, want to learn more theory, this built perfectly on my foundation. I’m intermediate level and probably will stay there in this solidified. What I knew, and added to what I did not know. Also, I was able to refer to it while learning some songs to understand a bit more about the songs. I look forward to more great products.

Music producer essentials

tiktokah10 on

United States

Hooktheory 2 is a must read for aspiring music producers and composers. It teachers the fundamentals of 7th chords and secondary chords and how to use them in progressions to create more compelling sounds. Also I was fascinated with learning that you can use chords outside of the scale to truly improve basic chord progressions. I was blow away when I read how to connect baselines with inversions of basic and secondary chords. This app along with Hooktheory 1 has changed the game for aspiring music producers! I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn how to make music

The Best!

axeplayer2 on

United States

Much music theory lacks context. You read it and can’t figure out how to apply it. Either that or you see applications to classical or jazz. The Hooktheory apps are fantastic in showing you how theory works in popular music and illustrates with actual songs. Brilliant! The only thing I’d like to see is a lot more on rhythm.

Amazing

Leonardo_800 on

United States

Amazing tool for students and professionals. Speaking from the perspective of a professional musician who perform high level work in the field.

Exactly what i’ve been looking for!

Deltalux on

United States

I’ve been getting into song analysis as a means of becoming a better songwriter and wishing I had a resource that blends theory and practice. Hooktheory delivers all this and more. Love it!

Best way to learn theory

Onipono on

United States

I loved this book. I feel like I understand how to use chords now, and how to identify what techniques songwriters are using in the songs I learn. I recommend this and hooktheory 1 to anybody who wants a better knowledge of music theory that isn't so dry like a book.

Amazing music theory teacher!

Talzalo on

United States

While not formally trained in music theory, I’ve been a self-taught student for much of my adult life. Many of the more advanced and abstract concepts have always escaped practicality - until now. Advanced ideas are spelled out in easy to understand ways, but most importantly, the many examples throughout the book demonstrate how to use these tools in a way that makes sense. Bravo! Along with a fantastic writing tool (HookPad) you have made what once seemed complex and out of reach accessible and usable. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Hope you continue to put out more products and fine tune your HookPad. Nicely done! 😎👍

A-Ma-Zing!!

Wimmmmmm on

United States

This is exactly what I've been looking for: all music theory, well explained with plenty of audio-examples. How can you make a chord progression less dull? What does a sus4 chord do actually? How can you mix & match chords from various modes? It's all very well explained. After reading & listening during the last week (on holiday) I'll spend the next couple of weeks at the piano, trying to incorporate all knowledge in this gem!

Wait a minute...

Mkeymont on

United States

I was happy to see that this finally came out. Then I started reading and came across the first example song. Robin Thicke. Are you kidding me? A music theory book that opens with an example by Robin f'ing Thicke??? The rest of the book might be awesome, I don't know, but my review is going to be based on the fact that the authors somehow feel that the songwriting of Robin Thicke is the best way to open the book. (I'm not a fan of Robin Thicke...) ...however, this IS one of the better functional explanations of some of the more common harmonic mechanisms and how they work. They have developed a nice system for sort of diagramming harmonies and melodies that is backed up with a website with tons of songs broken down for further analysis. It's very well done and I think the app of worth the price. The musical examples are all very basic, piano only. This is a good thing because it forces you to listen to the harmony, not the song or the tone. I wish that they used more classic songs and less current music for the examples. Aside from Robin Thicke, there were a bunch of other more games used that I'm not familiar with. It doesn't really matter though, because nearly all of the examples have lessons to be learned whether you know the song or not. Good stuff!

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