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Melody Adventures (MA)
- Very beginner to about 4th year.
- Chord understanding progresses together with technical, sight-reading and interpretive skills.
- Fully-arranged melodies and duets stay within the learned chord structure.
- Interesting arrangements in the MA Basics A & B give support to students providing their own accompaniment for many of the same melodies in the
KA Basics Series.
- Duets provide excellent reference for 2-hand accompaniment.
- Information windows give clear, concise explanations.
- Realistic storyline unfolds within the lyrics, titles and captions.
- ‘Note Find’ exercises are both fun and challenging.
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Keyboard Accompaniment
(KA) Basics
- Provides a wide variety of melodies.
- Generally, only the staff with the melody is
given.
- 4 major & 4 minor keys.
- Chords indicated by letter and/or Roman numeral
name.
- Chords: I(7), Im, IV(m), II(7), V(7,9) altered &
diminished.
- 20+ rhythmic styles.
- Accelerates the choosing of appropriate chords &
rhythm.
- By repeatedly choosing chords, chord
progressions and bass patterns, both the
decision-making and hearing skills are strengthened.
- A ‘Review Melodies’ section without any chord
indications concludes each of the books.
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Keyboard Accompaniment
Course Elements Gives the knowledge and skills necessary to look at a melody and create a great accompaniment.
With a wide variety of styles/rhythms and many songs, “Elements” progressively introduces
chords while giving effective tools for key-changing, fills and embellishments. By preparing
accompaniments for 1-2 new melodies routinely, harmonic intuitiveness accelerates &
creativity is stimulated - to a point where creating an appropriate accompaniment becomes
instinctive. The same as learning any subject (or a new language), hearing and anticipating
harmonic changes and creating accompaniment in a style and rhythm that suits the melody can
require regular practice. QuenMar Music is confident however, that you will find the whole
experience very enjoyable.
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