admin on September 28th, 2009

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 [...]

Continue reading about How to Read Music Notes – Intervals 2

admin on September 24th, 2009

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 [...]

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admin on September 22nd, 2009

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, [...]

Continue reading about How to Read Music Notes Exercises Part 3

admin on September 21st, 2009

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 . [...]

Continue reading about How to Read Music Notes – Exercises Continued

admin on September 18th, 2009

Take a look back over the lesson from yesterday on how to recognize and how to read music notes all along the treble clef. Now we’re going to give you a few of the exercises to cover along the way – this is a big music reading tip!   To familiarize yourself with the note names [...]

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