Monthly Archives: June 2011
How to Read Music – Lesson 16 – Compound Meter
Compound meters are meters in which the beat is divisible by 3. You can easily tell if a meter is a compound meter by the top number of the time signature. The top number can be any number divisible by … Continue reading
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How to Read Music – Lesson 15 – Simple Meter
Simple meters are meters that the beat is divisible by 2. You can easily tell if a meter is a simple meter by the top number of the time signature. If the top number is 2, 3 or 4 then … Continue reading
How to Read Music – Lesson 14 – Time Signatures
Time signatures are the numbers that are placed just after the clef symbol at the beginning of a piece of music. The time signature tells us the exact length of each measure in a piece of music. On a deeper … Continue reading
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How to Read Music – Lesson 12 – Rests
A rest is a timed pause, or silence in music. Just as we learned about in Lesson #9 (Rhythmic Values) every note has a specific rhythmic value. The same is true for the rests. They even share the same names. … Continue reading
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How to Read Music – Lesson 11 – Dots and Ties
Dot and ties are two different ways to add time value to any note. Let’s begin by explaining the tie. The tie is used to add the time value of two notes together. A tie can be thought of as … Continue reading
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How to Read Music – Lesson 10 – The Note
DOWNLOAD THE FREE NOTE POSTER The note tells us 2 things: It designates the time duration and pitch of a sound. There are 5 parts to understand any type of note. They are: 1. The Head 2. The Stem 3. … Continue reading
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How to Read Music – Lesson 9 – Rhythmic Values
DOWNLOAD THE FREE RHYTHMIC VALUES POSTER Rhythm is the systematic arrangement of musical sound in time. In order to show this musicians use musical notation. Rhythmic values, the individual mathematical time values of rhythm, are shown with notation such as … Continue reading
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How to Read Music – Lesson 8 – Alto Clef
DOWNLOAD THE FREE ALTO CLEF POSTER HERE The alto clef’s proper name is the C clef. This is because it’s pointer points to middle C. The C clef is a special clef, because it is a movable clef. Wherever you … Continue reading
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How to Read Music – Lesson 7 – Ledger Lines
In this lesson we will learn about ledger lines. A ledger line is a short line added below or above the staff to extend it’s range. Ledger lines are only used when a note is outside the range of the … Continue reading
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Every Major and Minor Chord Possible
To Download this Free Poster CLICK HERE This poster shows every possible major and minor chord that is a 3-note triad. Also it shows the enharmonically equivalent triads. If you need a quick refresher on how enharmonics work watch Lesson … Continue reading
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Interactive Bass Clef Practice Tool
Click HERE to try it now <p><p><p><p><p><br><br>If</p></p></p></p></p> If you need a refresher on how to read the bass clef watch Lesson #3 – How to Read Bass Clef. Share with a friend: Recommend on Facebook Share on Google+ Share with … Continue reading
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