Hey Presto! Music Theory For Viola Book 6
Product Specs
- Product Number: HEYT16
- Publisher: Hey Presto
- Barcode: 9790708158127
- Author: Georgia Vale
- Arrangement: Viola Theory
Music Theory for Viola – Book 6 completes the six-book series for viola students progressing towards Grade 1 theory level and beyond.
The book opens with a carefully guided introduction to the bass clef – following the work on treble clef in Book 5 and completing students’ understanding of the clefs required at this level. As an essential element of Grade 1 theory, bass clef reading is introduced with clear explanations and supportive reminders, and is integrated throughout the book to build secure note recognition and confident application.
Earlier concepts are consolidated and extended as students refine their understanding across a wide range of topics. Particular attention is given to refining rhythmic understanding, including the correct grouping of rests – the natural counterpart to the beaming principles explored earlier in the series – ensuring students can present written music clearly and accurately.
The material remains firmly grounded in the viola, ensuring that theoretical understanding continues to connect directly with practical playing. By aligning notation, rhythm and musical understanding with lesson repertoire, learning remains purposeful and clearly applied.
Clear explanations and carefully structured exercises provide consolidation and challenge in equal measure. Activities require students to think independently, apply rules confidently and demonstrate secure understanding in preparation for further study.
Friendly characters Presto, Bravo and Poco continue to offer encouragement as students complete this final stage of the series.
- A message from Presto, Bravo & Poco!
- All three clefs!
- Animal groups
- Another memory test!
- Best of the bunch!
- Bravo's beams!
- Bravo's secret message!
- Composing rhythms
- Compound and simple time
- Crossword
- Degrees of the scale
- Double or half?
- Enharmonic notes
- Even more rhythms to compose!
- Finishing touches!
- Four key questions!
- Grouping rests
- Happy or sad?
- Key signatures
- Major scales
- Memory test!
- More key signatures
- More major scales!
- More rests to group!
- More rhythms to compose!
- More semitones in a scale!
- More tonic triads and arpeggios!
- Musical maths!
- Mystery of the missing bar lines!
- Mystery of the missing beats!
- Performance directions
- Poco's secret
- Quiz 1 - test yourself!
- Quiz 2 - true or false?
- Scale the mountain!
- Semitones in major scales
- The bass clef
- Thumper jumpers!
- Tonic triads
- Tonic triads and arpeggios
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