Help Your Kids with Music, Ages 10-16 (Grades 1-5): A Unique Step-by-Step Visual Guide & Free Audio App (DK Help Your Kids)
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Demystify the subject of music theory with this visual guide, reducing the stress of studying music and helping your child with their music homework. With free online audio.
Covering everything from semitones and note values to harmony and music appreciation, Help Your Kids with Music takes you on a clear and easy step-by-step path through all things music. With free supporting audio available.
This straightforward guide uses clear, accessible pictures and diagrams to approach even the most complex musical theory with confidence. The use of bright colors breaks up the black and white confusion of musical notes and helps you to easily understand key topics. You’ll also find a glossary of key musical terms and symbols for quick reference, and a supporting audio to help you understand the music you are seeing.
This visual guide clearly explains key concepts in five step-by-step chapters:
– The Basics explains the types of instruments, notation for keyboard and stringed instruments, the “musical alphabet,” and counting a beat.
– Rhythm covers the length of notes and rests, as well as basic rhythms and meters, phrasing, syncopation, tempo, and using a metronome
– Tone and Melody includes everything a student needs to know about tones and how they work together to build a melody
– Chords and Harmony shows how intervals work together and includes examples for horn and woodwind instruments
– Form and Interpretation helps students understand how musical form can aid appreciation and interpretation for classical, jazz, blues, and other musical styles.
Suitable for those working on music at school or as an extra subject, this valuable guide covers music theory from Grades 1-5. Whether you’re approaching the subject yourself or simply supporting someone else through their studies, Help Your Kids with Music simplifies the world of musical notation and study for everyone.
Series Overview
DK’s bestselling Help Your Kids With series contains crystal-clear visual breakdowns of important subjects. Simple illustrations and clear text are key to making this series a user-friendly resource for frustrated parents who want to help their children get the most out of school.
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A combination of colorful diagrams and illustrations that makes geography easy to understand for kids. Help your kids become comfortable with geography and all the subject entails at school, from home. A step-by-step work-through music guide that helps you understand music theory and put it into practice. This music book is also a perfect reference guide for aspiring musicians. Examine the technical aspects of computers, such as how they function, and become clued up on the latest digital devices and software. If that’s not enough, this book will also introduce you to the wonderful World Wide Web. A helping hand to parents guiding their children through education. Learn best practical techniques used to gather knowledge, master revision, boost memory and create effective study plans that will aid your child throughout their academic years. Introduce your kids to the world of computer programming early, with a fun and approachable method. This book introduces the essential concepts of programming with simple instructions and lets kids practice what they’ve learned through fun projects.
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Publisher : DK; Illustrated edition (June 4, 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 1465485481
ISBN-13 : 978-1465485489
Reading age : 8 – 12 years
Item Weight : 1.7 pounds
Dimensions : 7.75 x 0.7 x 9.19 inches
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Customers find the information in the book good for beginners and a great self-teaching tool. They appreciate the simple explanations and graphic/visual layout. Readers also mention the pictures are dark, bold, and large.
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Kurt Witowski –
Excellent Series
This series is aimed toward children, but I would argue that an adult beginner would benefit significantly too. Very thoroughly thought-out with simple explanations. Lots of color and charts. The Reference section is like a mini poster on many of the pages. The only thing this book is not is a complete reference of chords and scales. Which is good because you learn HOW to do it instead of not understanding and just memorizing some of them.My only disappointment was no mention of neither Equal Temperament nor Microtuning. IMHO these subject are crucial to understanding music and would have done well to be included at the end of Section 7 (Instruments and Voices). It would have been nice to have the option of a hard cover too.If you want to learn how to read music and/or understand it at a professional level then this book is for you. Itâs the best book on music for beginners that Iâve ever seen. Youâll be off to a grand start. I also purchased the Math, Science and Language titles (as a buldle) from this series too. I recommend all four titles.
Myra S. –
Adult giving music a try.
So I decided to go with a child book because I’ve never learned music before and I must say I really like this book. It’s high quality and it’s plain and simple. I would recommend for any adult trying for the first time or children at the recommended age that is on the book.
Janet in NJ –
FOR ADULTS (not just kids) who wish to learn how to read music from the beginning!
I bought this for my granddaughter (10) whoâs learning Piano on her own with the online program SIMPLY PIANO. This book explains everything needed to learn how to read music. Sheâs doing great with it. This would also be excellent for an adult wishing to learn how to read music ð¼ ð¶
exhale –
Nicely laid out, but a bit challenging
I don’t know the first thing about music, but always wanted to learn the basics. When this book popped up in the search results it looked like something I could understand. Not so much.The book’s title intimated it was a guide for parents to help their kids understand music theory. The ‘Look Inside’ feature showed it was beyond the elementary school level, and most HS students don’t ask their parent’s for help, so I assumed it was targeted more towards the middle-school level, which I should be able to follow.The first two chapters were okay, but after that it got confusing, and a few chapters later, I was totally lost. It’s still a good book and the graphic/visual layout is nice, but for me, there was too much info.
Melissa Sue –
Wonderful! Thorough but brief!
I searched high and low for a good book to teach my violin students theory. I was skeptical because there were not many reviews but I bought this and I have to say it is amazing. Everything is touched on and the information is brief by thorough. I love all of the colors in the book. I am even going to use this for my adult students!
Amazon Customer –
Very nice book
Easy to read and easy to follow. The editing is perfect.
Kathy –
Another DK masterpiece!
Every single DK published book I’ve ever purchased has been wonderful, and this is no exception!Very well written covering a lot of information in a very attention-getting way. (And an attention keeper!)Well worth the money!!! DELIGHTED with my purchase!!!!
A. K. –
Buy this one!
Well done. Wonderfully illustrated.
J –
Main text is tiny gray print, hard to see even though I donât have any vision impairments. Also more complicated than I expected. Hoping some sections might still be useful.
pamela aide –
Excelentes ilustraciónes, muy bien explicado, lo compre para ver teorÃa con mis alumnos