The Musical Looking Glass
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The Musical Looking Glass: Note-Reading & Early Piano Fluency Through Singing, Guided Discovery, and Creative Play
The Musical Looking Glass, by Hollie Thomas & Elise Winters, builds musical understanding for musicians of all instruments through solfege singing and piano keyboard fluency.
Novice musicians without a piano background face a variety of apparent puzzles:
- Why is B to C a half step, when F to G is a whole step?
- Why are there two note names between G and A, but only one note?
- How is an arpeggio the same as a chord? (And what exactly is a chord?)
The piano offers a visual clarity for understanding music theory which is unrivaled by any other instrument. Even a basic piano knowledge brings transparency to concepts such as note names, intervals, and chords. This understanding is essential for players of not only melody instruments — e.g. strings, winds, and voice — but also of other harmony instruments such as guitar.
In this method, young players journey into the heart of music as a language. Rather than confronting the math and memorization of traditional theory instruction, students enjoy a rich playground to explore sounds, discover the hidden relationships of melody and harmony, and begin speaking the language of music.
The Musical Looking Glass equips musicians of all ages for a lifetime of joyful and creative music-making.
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ISBN: 978-1-959675-12-9
Weight: 7.5 oz
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11"
Pages: 104 color pages
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