Maureen Cox

Music Theory is Fun Maureen Cox

Music Theory is Fun Book 4, is the fourth in the newly revised five-book series by Maureen Cox. Using an attractive layout with clear examples and illustrations together with activities to reinforce learning and understanding, this book covers in an easy step-by-step approach:

Key signatures to 5 sharps or flatsAlto clefChromatic scale, double sharps & flatsTechnical names of notes in the diatonic scaleSimple & compound time, duple, triple, quadruplePrimary triads, tonic, subdominant & dominantDiatonic intervals up to an octaveOrnamentsFour-bar rhythms and rhythms to wordsOrchestral instruments and their clefs


At the end of the book there is a dictionary of musical terms and signs. In response to popular demand, Maureen Cox has added a new feature: a collection of puzzles and quizzes and a set of ten one-page tests of questions typically encountered in exams. A separate book of answers to the puzzles, quizzes and test questions is available.