Just an update. I've been at this daily, and it's an interesting and useful process. I just finished the triads chapter. The scales chapters took a long time, because I really did all he suggested and even some he didn't (I say aloud the names of each note my first time through scales each day.) I'm working as fast as I can, but still, first time through will take me at least three months (and that's with two years of college theory courses and 50 years of piano-playing under my belt, so I imagine it'd take a year to go through for someone with less theory/experience).
It's helping me with the arrangements I'm starting to do, too (though they are going quite slowly!)
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