Theory Books
Odyssey Music Theory
Gone are the days of boring repetition one-size-fits all learning. Let’s make music theory fun by learning through exploration and play!
Odyssey Music Theory is a revolutionary 9-book series written and edited by internationally recognized professionals in music, music education, and disability education. This series is fully compliant with Royal Conservatory (RCM) 2016 Syllabus standards.
Fun – Colourful – Engaging – Accessible
Book Features:
- Characters who learn with you
- Comics and an adventure storyline
- Interactive activities and games
- Full-colour and large print
- multi-sensory learning
If you need this book in a different format, please visit our accessible formats page for more information!
Prep
Your Musical odyssey starts here!
Learn about:
- Notes, rests, and the staff
- Reading music
- The treble clef & bass clef
- The C Major and A minor scales and triads
- Time Signatures
- Rhythm and counting
… and more!
*recommended age 5 and up*
Level 1
The odyssey continues…
Learn about:
- Ledger lines
- Accidentals and key signatures
- Dotted notes and rests
- More scales and triads
- Writing music
- Musical storytelling
… and more!
Level 2
The odyssey continues…
Learn about:
- Repeats and music structure
- Metre and beats
- More dotted notes and rests
- Scale patterns and structure
- Relative Major and minor scales
- Root quality and functional chord symbols
… and more!
Level 3
The odyssey continues…
Learn about:
- Sixteenth notes and rests
- Enharmonic
- Transposition
- Pickup notes and the anacrusis
- New key signatures
- Parallel triads
… and more!
Level 4 – Coming Soon
The odyssey continues…
Learn about:
- Chromatic scales
- Triplets
- The circle of 5ths
- Major, minor, and subdominant triads
- The 12-bar blues
- More Time signatures
… and more!
Level 5 – Coming Soon
The odyssey continues…
Learn about:
- Triplets
- Parallel Keys
- Compound Time Signatures
- Minor Intervals
- Train Inversions
- Dominant 7 chords
… and more!
Level 6 – Coming Soon
The odyssey continues…
Learn about:
- Double Sharps and Double Flats
- Thirty-Second Notes and Rests
- Key Identification
- Augmented & Diminished Intervals
- Closed and Open Position
- Cadences
… and more!
Level 7 – Coming Soon
The odyssey continues…
Learn about:
- Octatonic scales
- Blues Scales
- Double Dots
- Irregular note groupings
- Non-chord tones in melodies
- Inverting Intervals
- Diminished and Augmented Triads
… and more!
Level 8 – Coming Soon
The odyssey continues…
Learn about:
- C, Alto, and Tenor Clefs
- Transposing for Instruments
- Modal Scales
- Plagal Cadences
- Hybrid metres
- Compound Intervals
- Melodic Motion
… and more!