Elementary Rudiments of Music and Elementary Rudiments of Music (Answer Book), Revised editions.

Elementary Rudiments of Music and Elementary Rudiments of Music (Answer Book), Revised editions. * Elementary Rudiments of Music and Elementary Rudiments of Music (Answer Book), Revised editions, by Barbara Wharram and Kathleen Wood. Frederick Harris Music The Frederick Harris Music Co., Limited (Frederick Harris Music) is a North American music publishing firm.Located in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, Ontario, The Frederick Harris Music Co., Limited has the largest catalogue of any Canadian print music publisher. (Unit 1, 5865 McLaughlin Rd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L5R L5R Legend of the Five Rings 1B 8), 2005. 302 pp., $23.95. Answer book, 184 pp., $15.75. Elementary Rudiments of Music was intended to be used in conjunction with the Theory Syllabus of the Royal Conservatory of Music Royal Conservatory of Music may refer to: The Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Belgium The Madrid Conservatory (Real Conservatorio Superior de M��sica de Madrid), Spain The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark The Royal Academy of Music, London of Toronto in preparation for examinations. In effect, it is a well-organized and detailed resource directory of the basic music elements found from the common practice period onward. Each chapter emphasizes one particular aspect: notation, major and minor scales, other scales and modes, chords, time and so forth. Of particular interest are the chapters on transposition transposition/trans��po��si��tion/ (trans?po-zish��un)1. displacement of a viscus to the opposite side.2. and score types. At the end there is a comprehensive dictionary of terms and forms. Within each chapter are extensive exercises utilizing the information introduced in the chapter. Writing drills are included for alto and tenor, as well as treble and bass clefs. The text is not intended to be used in order from beginning to end, but serves as a reference to whatever portion is needed in correlation with music scores being studied. Information is clearly presented with good examples in chart format. There are ample exercises that review the included information at the end of each chapter from that section. The chapter on chords includes exercises with the dominant seventh only. Other seventh chords are described, but there are no drills for building these. Altered chords (Neapolitan sixth, augmented sixths) are not introduced. The Answer Book is just that. Every exercise within the main text is answered clearly. All answers are well coordinated with chapter and page references to the main text. Elementary Rudiments of Music can be a valuable reference for students and teachers alike. In addition, teachers would find this text most useful to prepare for national certification national certificationLab medicine A voluntary form of regulation that affirms that a person has the knowledge and skill to perform essential tasks in a given field, in the lab or in nursing; NC is granted by nongovernmental agencies or associations with . Reviewed by Frances Larimer, NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of MathematicsNCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of MusicNCTM North Carolina Transportation MuseumNCTM National Capital Trolley MuseumNCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage , Evanston, Illinois. * The items marked with this symbol can be ordered via the MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National AssociationMTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee)website through our affiliation with Amazon.com. Go to www.mtna.org, click on "Resources and Services" and scroll down to the Amazon.com section.