Introduction To Music Fundamentals

Description

Features

• a programmed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction of music fundamentals and practice responses.

  • every question requires an active response - either in writing or at the piano.

• songbook supplement - marked by darker pages at the center of the book - allows students to immediately apply principles taught in the text.

  • when students have gained enough knowledge to play a song on the piano, a reference in the text directs them immediately to the appropriate song in the songbook supplement.

  • includes 46 songs - the melody to be played with the right hand and the accompaniment with the left hand. Students follow chord indications instead of reading the bass staff.

  • includes additional songs.

• five sets of flash cards - to be cut from pages in the text - provide a review and reinforcement of the most basic music fundamentals.

  • includes: Notes on the Keyboard, Notes on Treble Staff, Notes on Bass Staff, Major Key Signatures, and Minor Key Signatures.

• four self-tests - with answers - help students review and reinforce material in the text.

• a glossary defines musical terms used in the songbook supplement and music books used in the elementary school classroom.

• takes an unconventional approach to several subjects, intentionally:

  • e.g., uses the G clef exclusively in the beginning of the book, even in chords to be played an octave lower with the left hand - to enable beginners to play chordal accompaniment almost immediately.

• covers the concept of transposition.

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