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The Music Note Speller Series is a popular theory resource for musicians of all ages- from elementary students to adult learners. It focuses on easy-to-grasp theory lessons and lots of exercises to reinforce skills and concepts with ease. Explanations are clear and simple. Core theory concepts are linked to keyboard excerpts from a diverse and inclusive group of composers, enabling students to form natural connections between reading, writing and playing music. Note Speller Book 4: More Scales & Chords continues the theory adventures of the previous three books: Note Speller Books 1, 2 and 3. Book 4 focuses specifically on deepening our understanding of intervals, scales and chords. Key concepts explored in BOOK 4: major and minor intervalsaugmented and diminished intervalscompound intervals and inversionsfinding intervals below a given noteenharmonically equivalent intervalsmajor and minor triadstriad inversionsclose vs. open positionthe dominant 7th chordthe inversions of the dominant 7th chordthe diminished 7th chordAdditionally, students are encouraged to learn more about the life and music of composers who wrote in historical times when composers from diverse backgrounds were under-represented. Composers featured in Book 4 include Elisabetta de Gambarini and Cécile Chaminade. The Music Note Speller Series is designed to be a helpful, thorough and supportive resource for the eager music student. Continue your theory adventure today with Note Speller Book 4!

Hallowe'en piano solos to inspire and delight! Easy Hallowe'en Piano Music is a piano book designed to engage students with 17 fun and original spooky tunes presented in progressive order for Beginner to Late Elementary Level piano students. Beginner students will enjoy playing and singing along in pieces with lyrics such as Big Foot Stomp, Where's the Werewolf? and Floating Spiders. Beginner works remain middle- register focused. Elementary and Late Elementary students can explore exciting rhythmic selections such as Skeleton Two-Step and Sorcerer's Dance, as well as dreamy magical works like Music Box, Magic Spell and The Haunted Ship. Elementary pieces extend to notes above and below the grand staff, more mobility around the keyboard, use of damper pedal, simple and compound meter, easy quarter note and eighth note passages, as well as dotted rhythms. Titles: Where's the Werewolf? * Big Foot Stomp * Floating Spiders * Pop Goes the Pumpkin! * Spooks! * Monster Mischief * Frankenstein's Waltz * Little Scarecrows * Ancient Bells * Sleeping Beauty * What's that Sound? * Music Box * The Haunted Ship * Cat's Pyjamas * Skeleton Two-Step * Magic Spell * Sorcerer's Dance