Usborne Internet-Linked Music Theory for Beginners

Give your young composers an easy-to-understand foundation in how songs are put together and written down. Working with excerpts from well-known classical pieces, students learn about note length, keys, transposing, ornaments, and more. Includes recommended websites; review questions and answers; scale and symbol charts; and a glossary of musical terms. (Virtual keyboard requires Internet access.) Ages 10 and up. 48 pages, softcover.

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Theory for Young Musicians, Notespeller

Alfred, the National Keyboard Workshop and the National Guitar Workshop have teamed up to provide young music students and their teachers with the perfect complement to their music lessons. Students from ages 8 to 12 in their first year of lessons will reinforce their music reading skills and gain a better understanding of the building blocks of music. This thorough, easy-to-use method includes theory lessons, ear training (a CD is included) and worksheets. Includes:

• Introduction to notes in treble and bass clefs
• Basic note values
• Student reads and writes short stories using notes and note names
• Recipes for cookies, cakes and frosting using note values for ingredient amounts
• A fun way to begin to learn music

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Keyboard Instruments & Ensembles

Musical instruments have been used since the beginning of mankind. The earliest instruments were designed for practical uses, such as hunting, signaling and warfare. Over time people started playing instruments for pleasure and created one of the most popular and rewarding types of entertainment worldwide. Keyboard instruments can range from a sixteenth-century harpsichord to a jazz piano. No other acoustic instrument has such a wide range of notes. This book explores all aspects of the piano and keyboard and presents an authoritative history of the instrument. It covers the piano, the organ and 'miscellaneous keyboards' such as the accordion, the barrel piano and the harmonium. The book provides a complete background to the keyboard including its construction and the technologies and personalities which have influenced its development. This historically informative and beautifully illustrated book takes a look at the evolution of a wide range of keyboard instruments many of which are still used in making music worldwide today.

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Basix™ Scales, Chords and Arpeggios for Keyboard, Book & Compact Disc

The Basix™ book of Scales, Chords and Arpeggios provides all you need to develop a great technique at the keyboard! Includes all the major, minor and chromatic scales, plus chords and cadences for all keys. The scales are given in octaves and parallel motion. The CD provides an accompaniment for every exercise. Recommended for ages 10 through adult.

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Song and Dance

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Introduction To Music, QuickStudy® Chart

This four-paged comprehensive guide is packed with information on how music is constructed, composed and performed. Laminated and three-hole punched for easy use.

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A Literature Approach to the History of Classical Music

This study guide is a musical journey from the Baroque Period of composition to the Modern period. Beginning with Corelli, the father of modern violin playing, and tracing the development of orchestral music up to the time of Igor Stravinsky, students will learn of the lives of great composers, many of whom were devoted Christians. The formation of the orchestra, as well as a study of each type of musical instrument is included. Grades 4-7.

 The following books accompany the History of Classical Music:

*The Symphonies Vol. 1: Complete Classical Music Library of Beethoven, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Brahms, *Dance Me a Story, The Story of the Orchestra, Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers, *Musical Genius, Farewell Symphony, *Coloring Book of Great Composers, Chopin to Tchaikovsky, *Coloring Book of Great Composers, Mahler to Stavinsky, Composers Card Game Note: The books with a *star, are available only at Amazon.

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