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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.

Music Theory is Fun Book 3, is the third 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: Major & minor key signatures 4 sharps or flats Harmonic and melodic minor scales Degrees of the scale, intervals, tonic triads Simple and compound time signatures Grouping notes & rests Transposition at the octave More than two ledger lines Writing four-bar rhythms, anacrusis Phrases 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.

Book 1 covers bass and treble clef notation, time values, time signatures, sharps, flats, naturals, note spelling and other fundamentals. This activity book for children provides plenty of written practice for drawing notes on the staff and on leger lines.