If you want to how to read music notes, how much should you pratice? I’ve heard alot of wrong answers about this so it’s time for me to weigh in… First, a quick review… 1) You’ve got to make that you’re using exercises designed to teach you to begin thinking musically, not just memorizing lines [...]
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We’ve spent the last many lessons on reading intervals as you’re learning how to read music notes. Now you should have a firm grasp and fairly confident understanding of it. Look back on the last post and try to read the final illustration… Here are some good music reading tips if you’re still struggling with [...]
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We’re getting into the home stretch of the intervals lessons and exercises to help you learn how to read music notes. Odd numbered intervals: seconds, fourths, sixths and octaves, fall on a line and a space. Study the spacing between the note pairs in the following examples: Notice that seconds have no [...]
When learning how to read music notes, intervals are an important part. That’s why we’re back today with part 3 of our music education lessons on intervals. The most common intervals are 3rds, 5ths, and 7ths (especially for guitar music) The following intervals are all thirds. Notice that both notes of the third are either on [...]
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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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