Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1 Starting out with rhythm and pitch 2 Moving on with rhythm and pitch 3 Stepping out: more about rhythm 4 Scales and key signatures 5 Performance directions 6 Chords: choosing which notes fit together 7 Changing key: modulation and transposition 8 Answers 9 Glossary 10 Index

About the Author

Rebecca Berkley is a freelance writer and musician, and is a music education consultant. She has taught percussion to students of all ages, both as a private teacher and as a workshop leader, and published percussion music. She is also a choral conductor, running several choirs and directing music festivals with her husband. After starting her career as a music teacher in secondary schools, she became a lecturer in music education at the University of Southampton and the Institute of Education, University of London. Her PhD thesis focused on how GCSE students learn to compose, and how best to teach them. She is the co-author of Rhinegold's Edexcel GCSE Music Listening Tests (Book 3) and contributes as a freelance writer to Classroom Music Magazine. Gavin Richards has been director of music at the Perse School in Cambridge since 2002. He has a music honours degree from Cambridge University and studied piano as a part-time student at the Royal Academy of Music. He has taught piano to students of all ages and has performed widely as a concerto and recital soloist - including a performance of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He created the MusicLand website, which has become one of the leading online communities for music education in the UK, and he too contributes as a freelance writer to Rhinegold Publishing's Classroom Music.