Elise Winters / Hollie Thomas
The Musical Looking Glass is designed to build 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 and winds - 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.ALL INSTRUMENTS76 full-color pages | 25 full-page illustrations
