The Friendly Guide to Music

The Friendly Guide to Music by Darren Henley is a book and CD about classical music published in 2006. That year, English actor and presenter Tony Robinson presented a radio series of the same name on Classic FM.

It covers the period from early music, Medieval and Renaissance music, to the modern era, 20th-century classical music, contemporary classical music, and 21st-century classical music, and its objective is to create a guide to music that is not needlessly complex.