Former CYNIC Bassist Publishes Instructional Book

August 17, 2006

Former CYNIC/OSI bassist Sean Malone has just published a new instructional book, "Music Theory for Bassists", through Hal Leonard. "The idea of the book is to present a bassist's-eye view of music theory: all of the facts and figures to get you up and running as quickly as possible with the 'language of music,'" says Malone. "In order to facilitate this I've organized the explanations so that they are bassist-oriented, as well as leaving out some of the things you'd otherwise see in a music theory course that might distract a bassist from the essentials. This doesn't mean it's watered-down, rather it's geared toward those topics that immediately apply to the instrument (e.g. there is no section on strict counterpoint per se, but is translated as root and bass movement in chord progressions, etc.). At the end of each chapter, I've included a 'topics for further study' section should you decide to continue exploring the topic."

DREAM THEATER bassist John Myung had the following to say about Malone's book: "A refreshing look at essential musical information that is given much life by Sean's well thought-out explanations."

For more information, visit www.halleonard.com.

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