admin on November 17th, 2009

How to Read Music Notes   The foundation of our musical training is the practice time we spend with our chosen instrument.  Musical study away from our instrument, however, develops our level of sophistication and understanding of the music we are playing.  Many activities that we already participate in can be opportunities for developing our [...]

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admin on November 11th, 2009

We’re winding down this “How to Read Music Notes” lesson on reading music with triads. We’ll be moving onto the next topic in the next post to help you learn to read music. So with that let’s finish up…   We can construct similar patterns with first and second inversion triads. The next example starts [...]

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admin on November 2nd, 2009

We’re continuing the lessons we’ve been having on how to read music when there are triads in it. Music notes in triad formation are very common and that’s why we’re covering this… Before you start here, look at the other lessons called “How to Read Music Notes – Triads” series to catch up. And that’s [...]

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admin on October 27th, 2009

Sight Reading Music Program   Let’s explore some simple patterns to help you learn to read music that contains triads: This first pattern arpeggiates through all the triads in C major in root position in a scale-like fashion.  Practice this pattern, and the other ones presented here at your instrument, slowly and steadily.  Start to [...]

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admin on October 21st, 2009

When it comes to how to read music notes with triads, you need to know that a triad can appear in three positions or inversions. When the triad has the root as its lowest note, it is in root position.  When the third of the chord is the lowest note, it is in first inversion, and [...]

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