Music Theory is Fun
Book 1
, is the first in the newly revised five-book series by
Maureen Cox
that now also includes American musical terms. 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 separate book of answers to the puzzles, quizzes and test questions is available.