CLAIRE'S WORKBOOK MUSIC THEORY AND EXERCISES

Claire's MusicWorkBook- Music Theory and Exercises: for piano and all instruments. NEW EDITION WITH OVER 50 MUSIC PIECES AND INTRODUCTION TO STEELPAN Ever wanted to read and play music and unable to have lessons, or having lessons but want to progress more rapidly? This book was co-written with a young lady with several years’ teaching experience - you too can teach yourself to play the keyboard and piano. This book comes with easy DIY exercises and a modern clear layout but without any colour sketches using up valuable space. You can use this book for formal music exams or for your own fun - play popular music from sheet music or light classics. Over 50 tunes graded in difficulty are included. This 2011 edition now includes a Steelpan supplement with a specially written foreword by Liam Teague, Associate Professor of Music at Northern Illinois University. Layouts are supplied by the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards in consultation with recommendations by Pan Trinbago. “Claire’s Workbook” has evolved over 15 year’s teaching experience with students from 4 to 72 years of age, and originally started as single-sheet handouts for use during class. As they developed, they were eventually collated and bound to help students organize their work. Active feedback and suggestions led to continual improvements based upon helping students with widely differing abilities, backgrounds, ages and experience. This book is also recommended for high school level music courses. This collection now addresses most of the typical theory requirements of the major examining boards of music, covering from introductory to the next successive stages. The workbook endeavors to introduce theory concepts gradually thus helping the novice to read and understand notation and theory rather than merely satisfying a particular board’s requirements exclusively. While teacher guidance is always advisable to obtain the best from the workbook, it has also been designed such that the more ambitious student can progress with the minimum of supervision, whether in a formal class, school or privately, or working at home. Answers to questions will soon be available on the internet – check webpages for information. The teaching pages are liberally interspersed with exercise pages. More difficult concepts such as time-signatures and steps/half-steps are dealt with diagrammatically. The book has a glossary of Italian terms at the back, along with daily practice pieces. A few easy-play carols along with over 50 well-known and traditional pieces have been included in the appendix. Also included is a variety of manuscript paper with differing pitch sizes which can be copied freely. Answers to questions and hints and tips on www.lulu.com - shortcut www.theorybook.co.uk. See webpage www.musicworkbook.com on the internet for more information.