on November 30th, 2009

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 [...]

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on November 23rd, 2009

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 [...]

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on November 18th, 2009

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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on November 17th, 2009

Here’s a continuation from the “Learn to Read Music” lesson series about learning new sheet music pieces that you want to play and read with ease. If you missed the last lesson start there, then…. The next step is to set and understand your goals in learning your new piece of sheet music.  There are [...]

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on November 11th, 2009

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 [...]

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