SECOND EDITION Lines & Spaces Book 1
Overview
The new, revised Lines & Spaces book is a note-reading companion for the Kaleidoscopes series for violin, viola, or cello. This edition of this book focuses on treble, alto, and bass clef note-reading. Sight-singing using moveable-do solfege, which was included in the first edition, is now contained in The Musical Looking Glass.
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Lines & Spaces complements the comprehensive musical foundation students build inside The Musical Looking Glass series, which emphasizes piano fluency, moveable-do solfege, guided discovery, harmonic understanding, and creative play.
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Together, these resources create a cohesive approach to developing musical literacy and instrumental proficiency.
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Key features:
- Alphabetic Note Names: Students transfer the alphabetic note names learned on piano to their string instrument. Their fluency with the asymmetry of natural note names (such as the whole step between F-G versus the half step between B-C) helps them capably navigate the fifth-based organization of string instruments with confidence.
- Pattern & Interval Awareness: Students easily apply their understanding of steps and skips to traditional notation with treble, alto, or bass clef.
- Key Awareness: Students learn notes on all four strings, beginning with the middle two strings. Three keys are covered: D, A and G major (violin) and G, D and C major (viola / cello).
- Musical Patterns & Cadences: The repertoire emphasizes idiomatic tonal patterns rather than semi-tonal material, providing musical fulfillment while reinforcing musical instincts and building contextual understanding for fluent sight-reading.
Note-writing and harmonic decoding of a few simple Kaleidoscopes Book 1 songs are also included.
ISBN 978-1-959675-13-6
Pages: 36
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