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The Getting It Down Cold series of Workbooks are designed to help you master music theory. These Workbooks are supplemental material used to help you own and master the theory concepts and practice techniques.

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Free Workbooks for Joining the Workshop

The current available free Getting It Down Cold workbooks are:

Note Foundations Series

bk-cover-piano-notesPiano Notes Workbook

Get the Piano Notes Music Workbook by joining our community. It is only available to our members and there is no charge for it.

This music workbook teaches you the note names on a keyboard. But better yet it gives you a method to teach others in a way that is so easy that they will never have to worry about memorizing the key and notes

Delivered via PDF and there is a second bonus rhythm workbook sample.

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bk-cover-masterstaffMastering the Master Staff - Available for free if you take our music learning survey.

This workbook takes you through a fun and easy way to learn all the notes of the master staff. Believe me you once you do it this way, everything else is just hard learning.

Take the survey get your workbook here:  

or sign up for the mini course Mastering the Master Staff here.

Download pdf worksheet to be used with Master Staff course: Master Staff Worksheet


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Rhythm Workbooks


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Sample Rhythm Workbook
Get a free sample of the rhythm workbook layout. This sample takes you through the complete 4 step process to master the the 4/4 rhythm.

It will show you how the Getting It Down Cold Workbooks are arranged. Applying this principal to variations of rhythms allows you to own this musical element. It's yours when you join our community.

Delivered via PDF and there is a second bonus piano notes workbook.



       File of the practice exercise in foundation definition rhythm series.

Beginning Rhythm Practice Answers 
       File of the practice exercise answers in foundation definition rhythm series.

Rhythm Beat Chart
       File with chart showing beat relationships.

Rhythm Practice no. 2
       File of the practice sheet for rhythm counting.


Getting It Down Cold WorkBooks

All Getting It Down Cold Workbooks will be available for immediate download via an email link and receipt from our shopping cart.
Rhythm Foundations Series
Note Foundation Series
Keys Foundations Series
Scales Foundations Series
Chord Foundation Series - coming soon.

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Rhythm Foundations Series

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Definitions and Symbols 

This Getting It Down Cold workbook is a bonus with any other Rhythm workbooks.

This is a complete Music Workbook of the basic foundations lessons found on the web site. 

It covers the overview and basic development of the rhythm element. 

This is a perfect starter for the beginning student who is just starting out their music learning experience.

Workbook only: $7.00  

Free with other Rhythm Workbooks

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cover-rhythm-4-44/4 Time Signature Rhythms

Consider if you could jump start your learning process or overcome the issue of rhythm. What if you had a method that would lead you through the process step by step.

This Workbook covers twelve variations of the 4/4 time signature. The student is taken through a 4 step process to master the basic fundimental rhythm.  After completing just one variaiton the process gets faster and faster. 

You can own the basic rhythm and the two part sub divisions including working with rests. Knowing your rhythm is an absolute must if any of the other things you learn in music are to be applied. 

This 60 plus page workbook is only

$12.00  

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3/4 and 6/8 Time Signature Rhythms  

Consider if you could jump start your learning process or overcome the issue of rhythm. What if you had a method that would lead you through the process step by step.

This Workbook covers twelve variations of  3/4 and 6/8 time signatures.

The student is taken through a 4 step process to master the basic fundimental rhythm.  After completing just one variaiton the process gets faster and faster. 

You can own the basic rhythm and the various sub divisions including working with rests. 

Knowing these to rhythm is an absolute must if any of the other things you learn in music are to be applied. 

This 60 plus page workbook is only

$12.00  

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Rhythms Quadruples & Triplets   

One of the more challanging concepts in first learning rhythm is learning the quadruple (4 part subdivision of the beat) and the triplet (3 part subdivision of the beat).

The Getting It Down Cold workbook leads you through the process step by step.

It covers the coutning and working of the quadruple rhythms and variations with rests in them. 

The triplet rhythms also cover the swing rhythms and the waltz.

The student is taken through a 4 step process to master the basic fundimental rhythm.  This is probably the most important workbook you can use to master your rhythm abilities.

This 60 plus page workbook is only

$12.00  

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Note Foundations Series

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Indentifing Intervals Vol 1 and 2

Intervals are one of the most glossed over parts of working in music theroy. 

We have created a two volume set of workbooks for the begining music enthuasist. 

One needs to do more than just learn that the intervals is the distance between two notes. 

You need to be able to recoginize and learn the patterns to speed up your music reading ablitliy. 

The Getting It Down Cold method leads you through a four part sequence process to master and recoginize intervals.

The process:

cover-intervalStep 1 is an overview and gets you primed to dig into interval detials.

In step 2 you look at intervals in six ways:

1.    Name and define the interval
2.    See it on a keyboard
3.    See it on the stave of the master staff
4.    Look for patterns
5.    Describe sound characteristics play them
6.    Take a look at other interval locations and explore other patterns of the keyboard.

Step 3 and 4 work you through physical appliaction of flash cards and sight reading.

The first volume covers the basic 8 intervals of the major scale.

The second volume covers the 5 minor intervals and the augmented 4ths.

When combined they cover the full 12 intervals in one octave. The student learns and masters all these intervals

This double set volume has over 100 pages of graphics and learning materials to make this musicial element easy and fun.

Introductry Special Price of two volume set is only.

$14.00  

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Delivered via zip file with 2 PDF courses.



Keys Foundations Series

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The KEY to Key Signatures   

One of the more frustrating elements in learning music is the concept of key signatures.

This Getting It Down Cold workbook leads you through the process step by step.

The Key to Key Signatures goes into detail allowing you to fully participate in the development of the sharp and flat keys. It is the preferred method of learning the key signatures. 

If you want to make sure you learn them and own them, then this workbook will help you do just that quickly and easily.

The Key to Key Signatures covers the overview, definitions, music math, building graphic aids, approaching from different directions, and providing a method to lock in the key signatures as a way of spring boarding into scales and chords. 

The student is taken through a step by step process to master the basic fundamentals of key signatures.  This is an important workbook for you to use in moving into scales and chords. 

This 50 page workbook is only

$12.00  

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Scales Foundations Series

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Major and Minor Scales - More Scales
Two volume set

Learning scales is intimidating for the beginning student.

Don't let them get the best of you. These Getting It Down Cold workbooks easily leads you through the process step by step.

The Scales can be learned in a way that doesn't require memorization, but a good foundation of music math, relationships and practical methods of learning them. 

Why work with the staffs and try and learn them through  repeated attempts of reading notes. Why not now them so that you can internalize the scale and use it at will. 

cover-scales-moreLearning scales has several applications in music. The most obvious is practice to gain flexibility with fingers. Others include getting to know your instrument notes. 

But what seems to be missing in the teaching is that scales are the foundation for building chords and are the framework within which songs are built and jazz is improvised. 

Knowing the scales is essential if you are going to be musician of great caliber. 

With these workbooks your are taken through a step by step process to master the basic fundamentals of major and 3 types of minor scales

In the volume two you learn about more scales such as blues and gospel scales, diminished and polytonic, pentatonic and whole tone scales.  

These are some of the more important workbooks for you to use in moving into chords applications and improvisation. 

Together these two books have 75 pages of essential material for only

$17.00  

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Coming soon: Scale Modes and keyboard fingerings for scales.


WorkBook Bundles

Special Rhythm Workbook bundle
The Full Music Theory Foundation Workbook bundle

Special Rhythm Workbook Bundle

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All Four Rhythm - Getting It Down Cold Workbooks    

Rhythm Definitions and Symbols - the foundation basics to learning and understand rhythm

4/4 Time Signature Rhythms - 12 practice rhythms to get down cold and own.

3/4 Time Signature Rhythms - 12 practice rhythms to get down cold and own.

Quadruple and Triplet Rhythms - beat divisions by 4 parts and 3 parts including swing.

This is a $43 value. But we through in the definitions workbook anyway so it's only $36 which in and of itself is a real value.

Consider if you were to take one lesson on an average of $25 per week. And then you buy several different books just to learn these different rhythms. After 8 weeks and $45 to $60 of other books you would spend $250 plus and still wouldn't have gained all the information you would learn that is taught in these workbooks.  

Quite frankly you would be better off using this series of books for your rhythm lessons before taking any lessons. You can learn and master them in a fraction of the time normally devoted to the effort.

This bundle has a 37% savings at $27. 

The Getting It Down Cold method leads you through the process step by step. Using these 4 series of workbooks during your next few months will allow you to master rhythm fast.

Imagine spending only a few weeks to master what takes others months and months or even years.

This 4 workbook bundle is a bargin at $ 6.75 each, but if we through in the free book anyway it's still only $9 a piece.

$27.00  

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Music Theory Foundation Workbook Bundle

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The Foundation Series Bundle

Getting It Down Cold Workbooks    

Rhythm Definitions and Symbols - the foundation basics to learning and understand rhythm

4/4 Time Signature Rhythms - 12 practice rhythms to get down cold and own.

3/4 Time Signature Rhythms - 12 practice rhythms to get down cold and own.

Quadruple and Triplet Rhythms - beat divisions by 4 parts and 3 parts including swing.

Indentifing Intervals - the foundation basics to learning and understand Intervals for major and minor intervals in one scale, with bonus section on understanding extended intervals.

Key to Key Signatures - learn how to created all 15 of the key signatures for the Sharp and Flat major keys. Learn how to add minor key signatures. Step by step to mastery of this music element

Major & Minor and More Scales - learn how to create and use Major and 3 types of minor scales and their relationsships all 15 of the key signatures for the Sharp and Flat major keys. Learn how to add minor key signatures. Step by step to mastery of this music element

This is a $87 value. To purchase these seperately. 

To learn all this inforamtion you would need to purchase several different books to go along with your lessons. Even at the book store they throw all this at you with out takeing the time to really teach it to you.

These workbooks are designed to help you master the music not just read about it. 

The methods used in the workbooks help you through the process of learning that the normal books do not.  

 You can learn and master them in a fraction of the time normally devoted to the effort.

This bundle has a special introductory offer price with a $30 savings at only $57. 

You would pay a lot more in the hundreds of dollars overtime to get this same amount of information. 

The Getting It Down Cold method leads you through the process step by step. Using these series of workbooks during your next few months will allow you to master foundations of music fast.

Imagine spending only a few weeks to master what takes others months and months or even years to learn.

This 9 workbook bundle is a great bargin at $6.33 each.

$57.00  

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Getting It Down Cold Workbooks in Development

The following music workbooks are in development and are scheduled to be released in late 2008.

Scale Modes

Learn the concept and application of scale modes.

Keyboard fingerings for Scales

Learn how the correct fingering for major and minor scales  With excerises that reinforce the make it fun to learn the scales.

Constructing Chords 

How to build major, minor, diminihsed, and seventh chords.


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