L66VN Wendy Barden & Terry Shade Basic Music Theory and History for Strings

Workbook 2 •

Welcome to Basic Music Theory and History for Strings Workbook 2!

Music theory is all about the rules for writing music. In pages 2-25, we study some of the basic rules that were agreed to centuries ago including: • Organizing pitches into key signatures, major scales, and minor scales • Recognizing intervals and scale degrees • Organizing rhythms and rests into time signatures • Describing the form of melodies • Connecting written music to playing string instruments

In pages 26-48, we visit several cultures around the world to see how these rules were used and more! Our study includes: • Discovering some of the different music styles played on violin, , or double • Discovering other string instruments that are also played with a bow • Describing common characteristics of the musical style or tradition • Evaluating musical performances • Making connections to other people and events • Connecting different music styles to playing your instrument

Be curious! Learning about music theory and history can be very interesting, and it also helps you become a stronger musician.

Basic Music Theory and History Workbook 2 is supported with audio tracks and country & world maps. The audio tracks provide rhythmic and melodic ear training exercises. Visit www.kjos.comSAMPLE and go to the Kjos Multimedia Library. Look for this workbook and a complete list of audio tracks and maps will appear.

Neil A. Kjos Music Company thanks the Museum, Phoenix, AZ (mim.org.) for the opportunity to photograph and showcase instruments on exhibit in their museum. Kjos also thanks Ringve Music Museum, Trondheim, Norway (ringve.no) and Rowan Lee Hartsuiker for images shown on pages 39 and 44. A special acknowledgement goes to Lebrecht Music & Arts Picture Library (lebrecht.co.ok) for their kind assistance in acquiring the octobass image.

ISBN-10: 0-8497-0534-7 • ISBN-13: 978-0-8497-0534-2 ©2017 Kjos Music Press, Neil A. Kjos Music Company, Distributor, 4382 Jutland Drive, San Diego, California, 92117. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. WARNING! All music, photographs, graphics, and text are protected by copyright law. Anyone who reproduces copyrighted material is subject to substantial penalties and assessments for each infringement.

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