This is a continuation of the last lesson to help you Learn to Read Music. We’re just going to jump right back into it, so now back to the music reading lesson!

 

Now let’s look at the lines.  EGBDF.  It doesn’t spell a word, so we’ll have to make up a sentence to help remember these.  “Every Good Bird Does Fly” is a sentence that will help you remember the names of the music notes that land on the lines. While there are many other sentences (“Every Good Boy Does Fine” is a common one) that are used to remember the line notes, “Every Good Bird Does Fly” will help you remember that the music notes are ‘flying’ up the staff.

 

Practice!

Now that you know the names of the music notes, you’re moving down the ‘learn to read music’ road. Next you need to learn them well enough to say the letter name the instant you see the note on the staff. A common way to learn this is Flash Cards!  You can find music flash cards at music stores, online, or you can even make your own out of index cards – just make sure you double check the answers before you write them on the back. Flash cards are not a bad way to learn to read music, but there are often faster and more complete programs to help you learn to read music.

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