First time at One Minute Music Lesson? Start Here!

Leon Harrell, founder of OneMinuteMusicLesson.com

Hi, my name is Leon Harrell and I want to welcome you to the One Minute Music Lesson.

If you want to grow as a musician quickly by learning to read music and understand the fundamentals of music theory you are in the right place.

As a music professor I have taught many students these skills and I wanted to create a website to share this information with all the music enthusiasts around the world who do not have access to a music teacher.

As a new visitor to my site I recommend you do five things:

1. First, I recommend you sign up for my free weekly newsletter. You will receive a free copy of my book How to Read Music, as well as occasional free worksheets and announcements related to my teaching materials and online courses.

2. Secondly, I recommend you watch all my free video lessons, in order, on the free lesson page. Even if you already read music I think you will find some valuable information in each video. These free lessons are available for download on the One Minute Music Lesson Podcast in iTunes.

3. Third, I encourage you to participate in the discussion here with me and other One Minute Music Lesson fans. I offer a series of blog posts called Ask Leon where I choose questions submitted to me at oneminutemusiclesson@gmail.com and my Twitter and Facebook pages. If you have any questions at any point feel free to let me know. If you are filled to the brim with questions and want to have a one-on-one lesson you may be interested in private lessons via Skype video chat.

4. Additionally, check out the recommend resources page where I highlight some of the best tools and websites I have used to help students learn music theory and how to play their instruments better.

5. Finally, if you want to learn to read music fluently and very quickly, I have written a downloadable ebook entitled How to Read Music Easily in 30 Days that is designed to give you practical advice, as well just enough music theory knowledge to improve your music reading skills dramatically within a highly structured 30 day method.

As always I welcome your comments, questions and suggestions. I am always looking for ways to improve this site and to better aide you in your goals of learning the various skills of music making.

Before you leave be sure to follow the One Minute Music Lesson on YouTube, iTunes Podcast, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+ or RSS Feed.

Good luck on your musical journey and feel free to contact me at anytime via email at OneMinuteMusicLesson@gmail.com with any questions you may have.

Hope to talk to you soon,

Leon Harrell

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  • Beverly

    Hi, My name is Beverly and I am 52 yrs. old. When I was a young girl, around the age of 6 I took piano lessons. About a year later, my piano teacher died, in a critical car accident. My family was in the car behind his and I saw the accident that took his life. He had made an impact on my life, he made learning music fun, and I loved leaning to play the piano at an early age. After he passed and my mother found another piano teacher, I started piano lessons again. She also had an impact on my life. one that destroyed my interest in piano at the age of 7 yrs old. Have you ever seen the movie “The Wizard of Oz”? The wicked witch on the wizard of oz was my teacher!! LOL. Now that my children are grown, I am wanting to learn piano. I can read some on the music notes on the treble clef. I love reading your webpages and all the resources that you have. I am downloading all the sheets from your resources. Thank you, and I am glad that I found your website. I don’t remember how I found it, but I am glad.

    Thank you,
    Beverly

    • leonharrell

      Hi Beverly,

      I am glad to hear you have regained a passion for learning music. The spark that your first piano teacher gave you for music is still inside you and I think it’s great that you are continuing to pursue learning the art of music. Thanks for your kind words about my site. I am glad to hear that you enjoy it.

      -Leon Harrell

      • http://studiodacapo.net Tresa

        Hi Leon,
        So glad to run across you site on Youtube. Your teaching videos are terrific and are easily understood by some of the youngest students. May I post your link on my website. I have been teaching over 25 years and want my students to use all good resources that are available. THANK YOU for the time you take to post and make these lessons available.

        Sincerely,
        Tresa

        • leonharrell

          Hi Tresa,

          Thanks for your kind words. You may certainly post my videos where ever you like. I’m glad you found them helpful and hope your students enjoy them as well.

          Thanks,

          Leon Harrell

  • william pat tamayo

    please send me a copy of your course.

    thank you.

    william pat tamayo

    • leonharrell

      Hi William,

      All my lessons are free and available at oneminutemusiclesson.com/lessons

      Please let me know if you have questions or need help.

      Thanks for the comment,

      Leon Harrell

  • Heike Siegmund

    great to have found this page! I am a mom of a piano kid. I have no background in music and this will help me a lot to keep up with him.

    • leonharrell

      Hi Heike,

      Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you found my website to be helpful. Let me know if you have any questions about the piano or music in general. You can email me directly anytime at oneminutemusiclesson@gmail.com. Good luck to you and your child as you begin down the path of learning to play the piano.

      -Leon Harrell