Music Theory is Fun Books 1 to 5, is the newly revised series by Maureen Cox. Using an attractive layout with clear examples and illustrations together with activities to reinforce learning and understanding, the books cover in an easy step-by-step approach: notes, rests, simple, compound and irregular time signatures beaming and grouping of notes and rests tones, semitones, keyboard, clefs and key signatures all major, relative harmonic and melodic minor keys scales - major, minor (ascending - descending) and chromatic major, minor, perfect, augmented and diminished intervals open and closed chords, root, 1st and 2nd inversions perfect, imperfect and plagal cadences ornaments - acciaccatura, appoggiatura, mordents turns and trills instruments of the orchestra, concert pitch and clef chart transposition - hints and rules short and open scores composing a melody and writing rhythms In response to popular demand, Maureen Cox has added at the end of each book a collection of puzzles and quizzes and a set of ten one-page tests of questions typically encountered in exams. This book gives you the answers to those puzzles, quizzes and test questions.

Music Theory is Fun: Books 1 to 5 Omnibus is the complete set of the series of five separately published books Music Theory is Fun by Maureen Cox . This omnibus edition provides a convenient step-by-step, easy to follow course for anyone learning to sing or to play an instrument, studying the theory of music or revising for examinations. These books cover: key signatures scales - major, harmonic & melodic minor, chromatic regular and irregular time signatures and rhythms intervals and chords perfect, imperfect and plagal cadences concert pitch & transposition short & open score accidentals & ornaments composing a melody for instrument or voice instruments of the orchestra; At the end of the omnibus there is a full dictionary of French, German and Italian musical terms as well as common alternative terms, and a list of signs.

Just what the titles says: 60 one-page quizzes on a variety of subjects related to beginning music theory and reading. Includes sections on "The Basics," "Rhythm," "Note Names," "Key Signatures," "Musical Symbols and Terms," "Time Signatures," "Keyboard Identification," and "Musical Puzzles." Perfect for student assessment. * Recommended for grades 3 and up.

Music Theory is Fun Book 1, is the first in the newly revised five-book series by Maureen Cox. Using an attractive layout with clear examples and illustrations together with activities to reinforce learning and understanding, this book covers in an easy step-by-step approach: Treble clef, bass clef, notes and letter names Time names and values Dotted notes, tied notes and rests Accidentals, tones and semitones Key signatures and scales Degrees of the scale, intervals and tonic triads Time signatures and bar lines Writing music and answering rhythms At the end of the book there is a dictionary of musical terms and signs. In response to popular demand, Maureen Cox has added a new feature: a collection of puzzles and quizzes and a set of ten one-page tests of questions typically encountered in exams. A book of answers to the quizzes and test questions is forthcoming.

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