by Maureen Cox (Author)
In HARMONY IS FUN IN A NUTSHELL, her latest book on harmony at the keyboard, MAUREEN COX, guides you in a step-by-step, easy way to master the following topics:
- tonic, dominant and subdominant chords
- supertonic, mediant and submediant chords
- chords in root position, first and second inversion
- dominant 7th chord and its third inversion
- chords spread between treble and bass clef
- block and broken chords
- major and relative minor keys up to 4 sharps or 4 flats
- major, harmonic and melodic minor scales
- substituting chords II, III & VI for IV, V & I
- resolving
- perfect, imperfect and plagal cadences
- melodic decoration: essential and unessential notes
- passing and auxiliary notes
- binding notes
- modulation
- chord progression and fingering
- the magic circle of keys
This book is for anyone who wants to have fun learning to harmonise at the keyboard because HARMONY IS FUN with best-selling author, MAUREEN COX.
MAUREEN COX is the author of the best-selling series of five books entitled THEORY IS FUN Grades 1 to 5 and THEORY IS FUN IN A NUTSHELL
Number of Pages: 140
Dimensions: 0.3 x 11 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: June 05, 2015