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BOOKS ON MUSIC THEORY, ARRANGING & MUSICIANSHIP
AP Music Theory (2nd Edition)—Nancy Scoggin.
In-depth preparation for the AP Music Theory
exam features: Two full-length practice tests
(both aural and non-aural sections included);
All questions answered and explained; Helpful
strategies for test-taking success; In-depth
review chapters covering music fundamentals,
harmonic organization, harmonic progression,
melodic composition and dictation, harmonic
dictation, visual score analysis and much
more. An included MP3 CD provides aural
skill development prompts for both practice
tests' aural sections, as well as material that
complements exercises and examples in the
subject review chapters.
10161633 Book/CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.99
H Berklee Music Theory - Book 1 (2nd Edition)
—Paul Schmeling. This essential method
features rigorous, hands-on, "ears-on" practice
exercises that help you explore the inner workings
of music, presenting notes, scales, and rhythms
as they are heard in pop, jazz, and blues. You will
learn and build upon the basic concepts of music
theory with written exercises, listening examples,
and ear training exercises. The included CD will
help reinforce lessons as you begin to build a
solid musical foundation. Now available with an
answer key.
10281308 Book/Online
Audio Access . . . . . . . . . . . 24.99
H Berklee Music Theory - Book 2 (2nd Edition)
—Paul Schmeling. This volume focuses on
harmony, including triads, seventh chords,
inversions, and voice leading for jazz, blues and
popular music styles. You'll develop the tools
needed to write melodies and create effective
harmonic accompaniments from a lead sheet.
This revised edition includes an answer key for all
exercises and lessons to check your progress.
10284883 Book/CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.99
Celebrate Theory—The Royal Conservatory.
This series supports the study of music theory at
every stage of a student's musical development.
This essential resource for enriching students
and developing well-rounded musicianship
covers rudiments, harmony, counterpoint, and
analysis along with music history. This series
uses an interactive approach that builds on the
knowledge of basic elements acquired in earlier
levels of theory and guides students to a deeper
understanding of musical vocabulary, syntax and
structure. Designed to ensure student success
in preparing for examinations of the Royal
Conservatory Certificate program.
10782055 Book Preparatory . . . . . . . . 17.95
10782056 Book 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.95
10782057 Book 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.95
10782058 Book 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.95
10782059 Book 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.95
10782060 Book 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.95
10782061 Book 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.95
10782062 Book 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.95
10782063 Book 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.95
10782064 Book 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.95
10782065 Book 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.95
10848154 Answer Book
Levels 5-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.95
Composing Under Construction (Exploring
the Elements of Music Composition)—D.
Brian Weese. The national music standards have
a renewed emphasis on Creating, and here is a
resource that can help you help your students begin
their exploration. This reproducible book covers
notation practice, melodic direction, and rhythmic
and melodic composition. It walks students through
the beginning processes of imagining, planning,
and making their own musical composition.
10760442 Reproducible Book . . . . . . . 19.95
Essential Musicianship, Book 1 (A Compre-
hensive Choral Method)—Emily Crocker & John
Leavitt. A significant contribution to the educational
literature for choirs, this comprehensive method
addresses every facet of choral musicianship,
focusing on vocal technique, music theory skills,
sight-reading skills and songs which encourage
music reading. Whether used by itself or in
conjunction with its companion book, Essential
Repertoire, this method is guaranteed to give your
students the best possible musical foundation
because it has been created by leading experts
who are dedicated to the nurturing of choral music
in our schools. Published in three levels, Book 1
is recommended for grades 7-8. This method is
destined to become a standard resource for choral
music educators!
1953892 Student Edition. . . . . . . . . . 12.99
1953900 Teacher's Edition . . . . . . . . 19.99
Essential Musicianship, Book 2 (A Compre-
hensive Choral Method)—Emily Crocker &
John Leavitt. Providing the logical progression
from Book 1 of Essential Musicianship, Book 2 of
this comprehensive method continues to address
every facet of choral musicianship, focusing on
vocal technique, music theory skills, sight-reading
skills and songs which encourage music reading.
Whether used by itself or in conjunction with its
companion book, Essential Repertoire for the
Developing Choir, this volume is recommended for
grades 9-10.
1953918 Student Edition. . . . . . . . . . 12.99
1953926 Teacher's Edition . . . . . . . . 24.99
Essentials of Jazz Theory—Shelton G. Berg.
This resource is designed for jazz enthusiasts and
musicians who want to have a better understanding
of the language of jazz. To successfully navigate
this all-in-one jazz theory course, you should
be versed in basic music theory concepts, such
as those taught in Books 1 and 2 of Alfred's
Essentials of Music Theory. With these books,
you will learn the essentials of jazz music through
concise lessons, practice your jazz music reading
and writing skills in the exercises, improve your
listening and ear training skills with the CDs, and
test your knowledge with the review that completes
each unit. You are encouraged to play and/or sing
the musical examples throughout, at first with
the recording, then on your own. Welcome to an
exhilarating journey into the world of jazz!
5985359 Book/CD Book 1. . . . . . . . . 13.99
5990026 Book/CD Book 2. . . . . . . . . 12.95
10005059 Book/CD Book 3. . . . . . . . . 12.95
10008027 Book/CD Complete Volume
with 3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.99
10025663 Book/CD Answer Key
& 3 CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.99
10027584 Book/CD Complete
Self-Study Course . . . . . . . 34.99
Essentials of Music Theory—Andrew Surmani,
Karen Farnum Surmani & Morton Manus. A
revolutionary approach to music theory! This
state-of-the-art series of books and recordings is
carefully designed to make theory easier to learn
and teach. It really works! One of the many features
that sets this method apart is its emphasis on ear
training to help students grasp the traditional theory
concepts. Each unit has an ear training page, so
students can hear what they have just learned
(the teacher can either use the recordings on CD
or play the examples on the keyboard.) Treble and
bass clefs are used alternately in the examples,
and well-known music is used to reinforce the
lessons, including 24 classical excerpts and 38 folk
songs from 14 different countries! This remarkable
course covers all of the basics, including blues
scales and chord progressions, modes, solfege
and transposition, while crossword puzzles, word
searches, note naming, and dynamics recognition
games help to make learning fun! And the ear-
training CDs use acoustic instruments, such
as flute, clarinet, alto sax, trumpet, trombone,
violin, and cello, in addition to piano, rather than
synthesizer or piano only. Now's the time to
bring your classes up to date with the freshest,
most user-friendly theory method available! Your
students will be glad you did!
3119146 Book 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.99
3119153 Book 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.99
3119203 Book 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.99
3119179 Book Complete . . . . . . . . . . . .14.99
3123593 Teacher's Edition Complete
Answer Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19.99
3155538 Book/CD Complete
with 2 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34.99
3158896 Book/CD Complete Answer Key
with 2 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.99
5989226 Book/CD Self-Study
Course Book
with 2 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.95
4 Everyday Composition—Joan Eckroth-Riley.
Expand your elementary improvisation and
composition curriculum with these beautifully
illustrated interactive lessons for your computer
or interactive whiteboard. Each lesson plan begins
with a song, poem, or story; invites students to
improvise as a group and individually using their
voices, recorders, xylophones, or percussion
instruments; and progresses to a rubric-based
composition project. Along the way, students will
organically generate, refine, and share their original
musical ideas as they expand their artistic decision-
making skills.
10913787 Book/Enhanced
CD-ROM Book/
Interactive Software . . . . . . 34.99
Excellence in Theory—Ryan Nowlin & Bruce
Pearson. Excellence in Theory is especially
designed to creatively enrich the curricula of
beginning instrumental, choral, and general music
classes! It's all here - theory and ear training,
notation, composition, and history, complete in
three volumes. Progressive theory concepts and
skills are reinforced and reviewed through both
written and aural exercises. The history pages
come alive with vibrant, full-color images and
comprehensive quizzes to help put events, styles,
and details into perspective. Separate theory and
history sections are presented, offering multiple
teaching possibilities. Theory and history can
be taught together or separately, depending
on your class objectives and scheduling
considerations. A keyboard illustration,
glossary, and blank manuscript page are also
included as convenient study tools. Enhance your
students' music learning experience with this
superlative resource!
10191838 Workbook 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.95
10191839 Workbook 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.95
10191841 Workbook 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.95
10191842 Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.95
Five Minutes to Reading Music (A Road Map
to Musical Success)—Jerry Estes. This is a
series of short exercises designed to address sight-
reading skills within the limited rehearsal time that
teachers face daily. The reproducible exercises are
easy-to-use and will take only 3 to 5 minutes at the
beginning of each rehearsal or classroom period.
The practical design of this book makes it adaptable
for all teachers' situations and it meets the National
Standards for Music Education.
10029616 Reproducible Book . . . . . . . 24.99
Give Me a Tablet (Grooves, Activities, and
Ensembles for Touchscreen Devices)—Mark
Shelton. Have access to touchscreen devices in
your classroom? If so, this valuable resource will
make them music making and music creating
devices! This book is half activities using apps
(mostly mixing and sampling) and half scores that
you can play using virtual instruments. All of the
apps are intended for Apple products, so it is the
perfect resource if you have iPads or iPod touches
in your classroom!
10760444 Book/CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . 19.95
Hear It, Read It, Write It!—Dave & Jean Perry.
This well-organized book provides step-by-step
sequential lessons for developing the three basic
elements of music: listening, reading, and writing.
Rhythm, note, and interval concepts are taught in
the following way: hear and echo a short musical
example; read and perform a notated exercise; and
notate musical phrases as demonstrated on the
included CD. The book includes worksheet-style
student pages as well as ten-minute activities for
teaching or assessment.
10527350 Reproducible Book/CD . . . . 29.99
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