Music theory puzzles and games for the early grades. 96 pages. (Pre-Grade 1 up to Grade 2). Theory needn't be boring! Master the basics with these music theory puzzles and games, with helpful hints from a motley crew of cartoon characters. Great preparation for theory exams and helpful for your music lessons: ideal for instrumentalists as well as pianists. Contents: About this book Note Values Bars and time signatures The Stave and the musical alphabet The Treble Clef The Bass Clef Rests Dynamics Ties Dots Repeats More words and signs Sharps and Flats The semiquaver and its rest Tempo markings More about tones and semitones The major scales of C,G,D and F Key signatures Cancelling Accidentals Da Capo and dal segno The 8va sign More Tempo Markings Degrees of the Scale Tonic triads Intervals Grouping notes Composing an answering rhythm Even more tempo markings Ledger lines The major scales of A, Bb and Eb Introducing 2/2, 3/2 and 4/2 Moods in Music Harmonic minor scales Another time sinature: 3/8 New words and signs Melodic minor scales Grouping of rests Triplets Completing a four bar rhythm Answers Index

 

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd .