Maureen Cox

Music Theory is Fun Maureen Cox

Music Theory is Fun Book 3, is the third in the five-book series by Maureen Cox, newly revised to include North American terms. 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:

Major & minor key signatures 4 sharps or flatsHarmonic and melodic minor scalesDegrees of the scale, intervals, tonic triadsSimple and compound time signaturesGrouping notes & restsTransposition at the octaveMore than two ledger linesWriting four-bar rhythms, anacrusisPhrases


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.