Read Sheet Music

David Jones on August 12th, 2011

Continuation of the free music lesson we started the other day to help you learn to read music form fast and easy… Melodies and complementing phrases mark larger sections of a composition.  Composers build pieces from these sections by repeating them, varying them, or contrasting them with new material.  Some patterns of repetition and contrast [...]

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David Jones on August 11th, 2011

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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David Jones on August 1st, 2011

Now, before we begin with all the black dots and music notes, there is one very important, and indeed vital thing to remember. A point that will allow you to relax, absorb information with ease, and learn almost subconsciously – and that point is – do NOT be frightened by the music on the page! [...]

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David Jones on December 7th, 2009

When you learn to read music, no doubt eventually you’ll need to learn various musical forms. Here’s a lesson to help you in learning to read music with binary form. Binary form has the sense of each smaller musical unit developing into a larger one.  The opening motive initiates the first phrase then expands to [...]

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