For those of you learning to read music, here’s the final lesson on how to learn a new piece of sheet music. By this time you may have some ideas for phrasing, dynamics, and articulations. Its time to start writing these ideas into your score. You may still be polishing some technical problems, but that’s [...]
I just read a very interesting article talking about music education in public schools and how people learn to read music…. It was a radio interview and a caller asked a question, basically, “Why do we still teach people how to read music the old slow way that hasn’t changed in at least 200 years??” [...]
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When Learning to Read Music, it’s important to learn to read music that is important to you and you find interesting. So we’re going to have a short lesson today on How to Learn New Music. You and your teacher have chosen a new piece to learn, and you are expecting this to be [...]
Ok so you want to learn to read music? Ear training and sight singing can play an important piece, no matter what part of your musical journey you’re on… Learning to identify musical intervals takes patience and practice over time, but the payoff is worth the effort. Your understanding of music in general expands, [...]
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Earlier as I finished working on a post for my learn to read music blog, I read an interesting article about Andrew Byrd, a popular touring musician. He plays guitar, voilin, guitar, a few horns and a number of other intstruments. He’s a very talented musician. He said something interesting about learning music and learning [...]
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