KITS Music Theory Course
Music Workbooks for All Levels
The KITS Music Theory Course is a comprehensive series of student workbooks, one for each Step of the Curriculum. Written by KITS founder and former director, Christine Murow, it has been in use since 1989. Each workbook has about 30 lessons divided into four Units corresponding to the four curricular headings: Reading, Vocabulary, Listening, and Playing. A Quiz at the end of each Unit is taken from actual exams, providing excellent practice before the annual test. The Bonus Questions on the yearly exams are frequently related to Bonus Questions in the workbooks. The workbooks also include definitions of vocabulary terms and a summary of scales and cadences.
While written with piano students and their teachers in mind, the course is adaptable to other instruments. At the upper levels, Steps 3 through 6, there are Supplemental workbooks offering 20 or more additional lessons. Since these Steps often require more than a year to master, the extra practice is beneficial, especially when a student has not made a qualifying score for the Honor Roll, which is 90 or higher. With the emphasis on reaching Step 6 by the senior year of high school, students understand that it is typical to take years at these higher levels.
In the student workbooks music teachers will find a straightforward approach that emphasizes the understanding of music theory concepts above all - no gimmicks! For decades, teachers and students nationwide have enjoyed a traditional approach to the fundamentals of music, from note reading to harmonic analysis, and scale playing to melodic dictation. Music is a language, and theory is its grammar: the description of how people have made music through the ages. That basic knowledge contributes enormously to our studentsâ appreciation of their own musical endeavors.
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The KITS Music Theory Course includes student workbooks on each of the seven levels, Primary through Step 6, and supplemental workbooks for Steps 3 through 6. The KITS Music Theory Curriculum: Step by Step is also available for music teachers (Ask about a Teachers Manual that provides answer keys to the student workbooks.) The course, comprehensive as to student-level instruction, provides the best preparation for the annual KITS Music Theory Examinations, which are now under the management of KITS Director, Dr. Sonja Mihelcic.
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