Recommended Reading List

Entering students may find the following books useful in preparing for their cou
rse work prior to entering Berklee. These recommended method books and materials
are intended to be used as guides. It is not Berklee's intention that students
purchase any of these books before their attendance at the college.
Contact the Berklee College of Music bookstore by telephone at (617) 747-2402; b
y fax at (617) 267-0765; or by e-mail at bookstore@berklee.edu for information a
bout ordering any of these titles.
In addition to the reading list, we have provided a list of theory topics for re
view, which supplement additional information about preparing for the Berklee cu
rriculum found throughout this section.
Recommended Books for Music Study
Writing Skills and Arranging
[*] Music Notation by Mark McGrain
[*] Berklee Arranging 1 and 2 Workbooks by Bob Doezema
Ear Training
Berklee Ear Training 1-2 Workbooks by Scott McCormick & Rick Peckham
Berklee Ear Training 3 Workbook by Greg Badolato, Steve Prosser, and Scott M
Cormick
Berklee Ear Training 4 Workbook by Larry Monroe
[x] Jazz Ear Training by Jamey Aebersold
Training the Ear by Armen Donelian
Contemporary Ear Training by Mark Harrison
Rhythmic Training by Robert Starer
Intervallic Ear Training for Musicians by Steve Prosser
1st Steps to Ear Training by William Curtis
Contemporary Theory and Harmony
Summer Performance Program Theory Handbook, by Bob Doezema
Practical Theory Complete by Sandy Feldstein
How to Master Music by William Fowler
Basic Materials in Music Theory by Paul Harder
[x] Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine
Berklee Music Application and Theory Workbook by Joe Mulholland and Tom Hojn
acki
[x] Berklee Harmony 2, 3 Workbooks by Barrie Nettles
[x] Berklee Harmony 4 Workbook by Steve Rochinski
Study Supplemental for Music Application and Theory by the Harmony Departmen
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Study Supplement for Harmony 2 by Barbara London
Study Supplement for Harmony 3 and 4 by Barbara London
Traditional Theory and Counterpoint
[x] Tonal Harmony by Stefan Kostka
[*] Harmony by Walter Piston
Scales, Intervals, Keys, Triads ... by John and Joyce Clough
Basic Harmonic Progressions by John and Joyce Clough
Tonal Counterpoint Workbook by Rick Applin
Sensible Counterpoint by David Fuentes
Theory Topics for Review

Prepare to demonstrate the following topics in every key, verbally, written on m

anuscript paper (in both clefs), and on your instrument.
Major Scales
Key Signatures
Intervals and their inversions
perfect,
major,
minor,
augmented,
diminished,
double augmented,
double diminished,
Triads
major,
minor,
augmented,
diminished,
For intermediate-level study, all of the above, plus the following:
Seventh Chords and their inversions
major 7,
minor 7,
minor 7 (b5),
dominant 7,
dominant 7 (sus 4),
dominant 7 (b5),
major 6,
minor 6,
augmented 7,
diminished 7,
minor major 7,
Minor Scales
natural minor,
harmonic minor,
melodic minor,
Modes
Ionian
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian
We also recommend that you use a piano or keyboard to help you understand these
concepts.