As we continue on with how to read music notes intervals, the next thing we music discuss is quality. Intervals can also have a quality: major, minor, perfect, diminished or augmented. For our purposes here, however, we will focus on recognizing an interval’s size; and with a little practice, this is actually quite easy [...]
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Even if you’re new to knowing how to read music notes, music theory, and basic music education, you’ve probably at least heard of musical intervals. Recognizing interval sizes quickly and accurately will help with your sight reading. You will begin to see patterns in the music like skips, and scalar passages, as well as chordal [...]
We’re back with part 3 of the “how to read music notes” exercises we’ve been discussing in the last few days. Now let’s jump right back into learning to read music: It is easy to imagine the pattern in the last post in a descending form: Writing out and then saying aloud these patterns, [...]
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Here’s part two of last weeks lesson on various exercises you can use to learn how to read music notes… 4. Now try descending thirds: C A F D B G E C . . . 5. Could you figure out ascending and descending fifths? Here’s how ascending fifths starts: C G D . [...]
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Natasha asked: I’m learning to play the piano and I’m having a lot of difficulty in quickly recognizing if a music note is a D, G, B, etc. I have to take time to think about it, which makes it difficult to play songs. Learning to Read Music Share and Enjoy: Social Bookmarking
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