Sight Read Music


Rachel D asked: My brother and I signed up for UNCG Summer Music Camp on the first day we could, so naturally we were accepted. I play the trumpet and he plays the trombone (which is kind of funny because he is very small). This will be my first time away at camp. I’m going [...]

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David Jones on September 20th, 2011

This is a continuation of the last lesson to help you Learn to Read Music. We’re just going to jump right back into it, so now back to the music reading lesson!   Now let’s look at the lines.  EGBDF.  It doesn’t spell a word, so we’ll have to make up a sentence to help [...]

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Joe asked: To term me as “beginner” is too advanced a term. I have a 4 x 4 violin, whatever that means. I need software, interactive dvd, something that breaks it ALL down into intensely simple instructions that a dimented rock can understand. I don’t know jack, I want to learn to read music, notes, [...]

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David Jones on August 15th, 2011

Yet another video music lesson today in the series Learn to Read Music Sight Reading series. In this video you’ll learn how to read the bass clef and the treble clef as well as what a musical staff is and how to read it. In Western music notation, the staff (plural is staves) is a set of five lines [...]

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David Jones on August 14th, 2011

Someone send me a great You Tube video, it’s a free music reading lesson on time signatures. There are two key types of time signatures, simple and compound. Each are explained in this video and are covered thoroughly. Just a quick tip today to help you learn to read music fast and easy. Social Bookmarking

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