Music: INVESTIGATE THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN SOUND

This has some good information, but unfortunately, too much of the author's bias is evident.

As a budding musician, I know that I need to have the basic skills to be able to branch out into my own style. I have read many "adult" books about music and I find myself confused, or just plain bored. The other day I remembered that when I wanted to learn about something, I went to the library and checked out kid's books. I started doing this again. I did not purchase this book, but, in fact, did check it out from the library. I have to say, it has truly been a very long time since I was in school, and I don't remember learning a lot of this stuff. Ms. Latham has taken a subject I am already interested in and made it so easy for me to learn more (or perhaps re-learn) some basics on music. I particularly enjoyed the little side notes, telling the reader to listen to certain songs, or watch certain videos. While I have to admit, I didn't do most of the experiments (they would be great for a kid interested in music though), I did the exercises and I loved it!