Harmony Is Fun in a Nutshell

In HARMONY IS FUN IN A NUTSHELL, her latest book on harmony at the keyboard, MAUREEN COX, guides you in a step-by-step, easy way to master the following topics:

• tonic, dominant and subdominant chords
• supertonic, mediant and submediant chords
• chords in root position, first and second inversion
• dominant 7th chord and its third inversion
• chords spread between treble and bass clef
• block and broken chords
• major and relative minor keys up to 4 sharps or 4 flats
• major, harmonic and melodic minor scales
• substituting chords II, III & VI for IV, V & I
• resolving
• perfect, imperfect and plagal cadences
• melodic decoration: essential and unessential notes
• passing and auxiliary notes
• binding notes
• modulation
• chord progression and fingering
• the magic circle of keys



This book is for anyone who wants to have fun learning to harmonise at the keyboard because HARMONY IS FUN with best-selling author, MAUREEN COX.

MAUREEN COX is the author of the best-selling series of five books entitled THEORY IS FUN Grades 1 to 5 and THEORY IS FUN IN A NUTSHELL