When learning how to read music, meter is no doubt one of the first lessons you’ll need to learn, in the next few posts we’re going to be learning about simple and compound time…
A main feature of western music is its meter, a repeating pattern of pulses with a regular accent pattern.
Music has three different [...]
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Here’s a great video music lesson I just saw. If you want to learn how to read music it will help you – it’s a basic lesson just covering music notes, the staff and the treble clef. Serious music students can further their music education by visiting Speedy Music Reading, apparently the provider of this video.
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Learn to Read Music Fast
Musical form refers to the organization and shape of a composition’s elements, giving it a sense of structure and coherence. Both popular and classical composers employ several standard forms, but their basic principle is the same: repetition and contrast.
The smallest musical unit that a composer works with is the the motif, [...]
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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 fine [...]
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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