David Jones on September 24th, 2009

Many people use flash cards to learn to read music. Should you? If you’re looking for a way to practice the music notes, flash cards are not a bad tool to use in your music reading efforts. But you must remember that is all they are. Just as you only use a hammer when you [...]

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David Jones on September 21st, 2009

A Quick Guide to Help You Learn to Read Music - The Bass Clef   We already know that the musical alphabet goes from A to G and then starts over, so there are no surprises there.  Remember that bass clef notes are NOT the same as the treble clef notes.  This means that you can’t [...]

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David Jones on September 12th, 2009

This is just a Quick Guide to Note Reading for beginners who want to learn to read music. We’re going to cover Treble Clef Note Names.   The Musical Alphabet After learning the basic parts of music writing, such as the clefs, staff, and time signatures, you’re ready to move on to learning the note names.  The musical alphabet [...]

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David Jones on September 10th, 2009

We’ve now covered a few of the basics you music know to Learn to Read Music: the bass clef and the treble clef. We’re slowly laying the building blocks to help you learn how to read music, read music notes confidently and understand fundamental music theory. Now let’s combine what we’ve learned so far…   Since [...]

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David Jones on September 8th, 2009

The next thing you really need to know to begin moving to the road in your efforts to learn to read music is the Bass Clef…    The Bass Clef is also known as the F clef.  After the symbol, there are 2 dots located in the 3rd and 4th spaces of the staff.  The line [...]

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