Music Theory for Young Children Levels 1-4

Features: · Exam syllabus-based. Questions are set in progressive learning order from the most simple examples to exercises based on previous years' examination questions. · Progressive exercises. Various exercises are introduced step by step to ensure that children fully understand each concept before they move on to the next. · Children-centred approach. The innovative child-centred fun approach of tracing, colouring, sticker-pasting is guaranteed to appeal to young children. · Supplementary exercises. The four books also serve as supplementary exercises for those who are weak in certain areas. · A new outlook. Each book is full of interesting and unusual ideas for teaching and learning which are both fun and effective.

Level 3

Contents: treble clef notes, bass clef notes, time names and time values, dots, ties and slurs, semitones and tones, scales and key signatures, assessment

Level 4

Contents: treble clef notes and bass clef notes, degrees of the scale, intervals, tonic triads, accidentals, grouping of notes, upbeats, answering rhythms, performance directions, general exercises, revision, certificate

Grade 2

Contents: ledger lines, time names and time values, time signatures, triplets, grouping of notes, grouping of rests, the scales of A, Bb and Eb major, the scales of A, E and D minor, tonic triads, degrees of the scale, intervals, composing four-bar rhythms, performance directions, general exercises

Grade 3

Contents: time names and time values, ledger lines, transposition, simple and compound time, the grouping of notes, the grouping of rests, the scales of E and Ab major, the scales of B, F# and C# minor, the scales of G, C and F minor, major and minor scales, tonic triads, intervals, four-bar rhythms, simple phrase structure, performance directions, general exercises How-to boxes: how to determine the key of a melody, how to identify phrases in a melody.