Instrumentation: Piano
Composed by Joanne Haroutounian
Format: Book
Level or Grade: 1
Series: Explorations In Music (Theory)

A comprehensive music theory curriculum that extends from primary to advanced levels and uses ear training, analysis, and composition to "creatively" teach concepts of music theory.

Here's how it works...

* Students explore and discover new concepts.
* Each concept is used in a variety of ways including opportunities for creativity.
* Creative experimentation encourages students to compose.
* Listening examples are interwoven throughout the book and presented on cassette tape or CD recording. Students make the "eye and ear" connections with the score.
* CDs or Cassette tapes are provided to allow listening to be done outside of lesson time -- at home or in theory classes.
* Explore sections allow students to analyze the musical score with "eye and ear" and work creatively with musical ideas.
* Explore Bonus sections offer the curious student a challenge, providing motivation to work beyond what is already presented.
* Beyond the Page sections offer opportunities to link the student's current repertoire directly to the concepts developed in Explorations In Music.
* A Teacher's Guide is correlated to each student book, providing many extra creative activities and assignments. The complete student page appears with hand-written answers to help parents, teachers or students easily correct theory pages.

Contents:
Notes in Thythm
Introduction and Biography
The Staff: Lines and Spaces
Notes on the Staff
Notes in Rhythm
More Notes and a Rest
Practice Page
Melody Shapes
Triads on C, G, and F
Test Your Skills for Unit 2
Explore
Music Dictionary
Test Your Skills-Final Test
Explore and Excel
Answers for Listening Examples