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The Magic of Music Theory is a workbook series for string players to learn to ready and write music. Students will learn music theory from the perspective of the viola fingerboard! This series reinforces concepts taught in lessons with workbook pages, games, and activities to do at home. What's in The Magic of Music Theory Pre-Reading A? Music Alphabet String Family Right hand, Left Hand Identify 1st Position A and D string Fingerboard Pitches Draw and Identify Basic Note Values Dynamic Symbols Aural Skills: High & Low, Loud & Soft, Same or Different, and to Identify Open Strings A or D This pre-reading series is perfect for the young violist who has not begun reading notes on the staff. Developed for use in private viola lessons, this series allows the practice partner to help the student prepare to read music. These short, fun, engaging lessons introduce the student drawing and recognizing to basic note values, the music alphabet, parts of the viola, fingerboard pitches, dynamics and much more. This series can also be easily adapted and used for group class instruction.

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"Kristin has been creating music for over thirty years. She grew up in a musical family, and began learning to play the piano before she could read. After visiting her cousins and seeing them play the violin, she wanted to play. She walked around the house with two drum sticks pretending it was a violin and singing in a ""violin voice."" Her parents decided listening to a real violin would probably be better than listening to the ""violin voice."" She began violin lessons at age 5. She and her mom began playing and creating music together as soon as she could play in tune and had learned all the notes in the key of A.She studied piano and violin all through high school and couldn't imagine life without music so she went on to completed a violin performance degree. After her undergraduate degree she completed a master's degree in church music with a violin principle. She has completed the Suzuki teacher training for Books 1 - 10, plus additional courses offered by the Suzuki Association of the Americas.She has spent hours playing in symphonies, string quartets, bluegrass bands, recording studios, orchestra pits, and worship bands. She has played as a section violin with the Virginia Symphony, Stratus Chamber Orchestra, Shreveport Symphony, South Arkansas Symphony, and the Pensacola Symphony. She taught violin at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood Colorado, pre-school music theory at Children's Music Academy in Centennial, Colorado, and violin and theory Centenary Suzuki School in Shreveport, Louisiana. She is an active member in Music Teachers National Association and Suzuki Association of the Americas. She loves teaching and loves the Suzuki method. She has completed the teacher training for levels 1-10. She continues to pursue sharpening her teaching and communication skills through additional teacher training. When she's not creating music, you might find her enjoying coffee with friends and family, skiing, hiking, biking, or perfecting her sourdough."

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