Use this as a curated shelf, not a buying list. Start with the minimal shelf.
Core shelf
| Subject |
Resource |
| General music |
DK - The Music Book or the relevant DK music guide |
| Music theory |
Michael Pilhofer and Holly Day - Music Theory for Dummies |
| Classical music overview |
Phil G. Goulding - Classical Music: The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works |
| Piano |
Alfred’s Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1 |
| Piano |
Faber Adult Piano Adventures, Book 1 |
| Guitar |
Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Book 1 |
| Guitar |
JustinGuitar Beginner Course |
| Ear training |
Functional Ear Trainer app or similar |
| Theory drills |
musictheory.net |
| Listening |
Naxos Music Library / Spotify / YouTube playlists |
Minimal shelf
11. DK - The Music Book
22. Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1
33. Hal Leonard Guitar Method, Book 1
44. musictheory.net
55. JustinGuitar Beginner Course
Library plan
These books should eventually be handled through the Lab library stack:
- Export the reading list as Shelfmark wanted records from the shared atlas
intake config.
- Let Shelfmark choose from its configured sources.
- Import completed ebook/PDF files into Calibre.
- Create or generate a Papis
music library with metadata records and
canonical Calibre-Web links.
- Add Papis reference aliases back into this workspace so notebook pages can
cite
papis:music:<ref> and render links to both research notes and Calibre
copies.
Do not store ebook files in this workspace.