The Art of Beatmaking by Jonathan Marty-Wagner is a practical approach to music theory built around the real needs of beatmakers and music producers.

The book connects harmony, composition and production through a language designed for people who create music inside a DAW, with instruments, samples, MIDI and sound design.

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You will learn how chords are built, how scales shape musical colour, how harmony creates tension and direction, and how chord progressions can give a track its own identity. Each concept is connected to composition and production, so theory becomes a creative tool you can use immediately in your own music.

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What you will learn

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• Chords: understand chord construction and expand your harmonic vocabulary.
• Scales: choose scales and modes according to the musical colour you want.
• Harmony: understand how notes and chords interact inside a track.
• Chord progressions: build stronger, more coherent harmonic movement.
• Composition & production: turn theoretical ideas into melodies,

arrangements and complete productions.

Written by composer and educator Jonathan Marty-Wagner,

The Art of Beatmaking brings music theory into the actual workflow of contemporary producers.

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Buy the English Hardcover on Amazon