Activities (“Sound Alikes”, “Cross Out”, “Triad Towers”) continue to entertain yet challenge students’ reasoning skills. New facts (enharmonic equivalents, chromatic scale, ornaments, 1st inversion of V7, and melody writing) appear frequently throughout. Building upon analytic skills developed in previous books, students continue to probe new concepts in various applications, testing their abstract thinking skills.
Minor/diminished/augmented intervals, Augmented triads, Minor scale degree names, Deceptive cadence, Double sharp/flat, 3/8 & 3/2 time signatures, Triad qualities in Major scale, Roman numerals in chord progressions, Time line with composers.
Higher level thinking skills continue to grow as students relate new information to knowledge already acquired. New facts (diminished 7th chord, Major circle of keys, & sonata-allegro form) appear frequently throughout.
Higher level thinking skills continue to grow as students relate new information to knowledge already acquired. New facts (diminished 7th chord, Major circle of keys, & sonata-allegro form) appear frequently throughout.
Beginning book for young students. Large staffs for small hands, fun alphabet activities, & introduction to naming open string notes on the Treble staff: G, D, A & E. Note values quarter through whole, time signatures, bar lines and writing counts.
Duplets, Dances of the Baroque suite, Secondary dominants, Major/minor/half-diminished 7th chords, and the Impressionistic period are a few of the new concepts introduced in this level. All books exactly follow the keyboard syllabus of the CM curriculum.
This book follows Primer for the young students or it can be an entry level book for ages 8 & up. Material includes Facts from Primer, plus intervals of 2nds.
This book follows Book 1 for all ages. New material includes Italian terms, Note & Rest values (eighths & up), Major scale pattern, Key signatures for G, D & A Major, Drawing intervals of 2nd through 5th, Note value rule (2 of a kind & 3 of a kind), Naturals & Arpeggios. Ear-training and analysis questions in every lesson.
This workbook follows Book 2 for all students. This is a transition book with multiple clefs. The original series Just the Facts Book 6 will follow this level. Concepts covered: Note and rest values Sixteenth through Whole, Note & rest value rules (2 of a kind + 3 of a kind), Enharmonic notes, Interval of an octave I, IV, V major scale tones plus tonic triads.
Beginning book for young students. Large staffs for small hands, fun alphabet activities, & introduction to naming open string notes on the Alto staff: C, G, D & A. Note values quarter through whole, time signatures, bar lines and writing counts.
Beginning book for young students. Large staffs for small hands, fun alphabet activities, & introduction to naming open string notes on the Alto staff: C, G, D & A. Note values quarter through whole, time signatures, bar lines and writing counts.
This book follows Book 1 for all ages. New material includes Italian terms, Note & Rest values (eighths & up), Major scale pattern, Key signatures for C, G & D Major, Drawing intervals of 2nd through 5th, Note value rule (2 of a kind & 3 of a kind), Naturals & Arpeggios. Ear-training and analysis questions in every lesson.