How to Read Music For Busy People

In this series Leon Harrell covers the basic concepts of reading musical notation and music theory. The full “How To Read Music For Busy People” course may be taken at Udemy. Video lessons are also available for download via iTunes Podcast

• Lesson 1 – Pitch
• Lesson 2 – Treble Clef | Treble Clef Sight-Reading Exercise
• Lesson 3 – Bass Clef | Bass Clef Sight-Reading Exercise
• Lesson 4 – Piano Keyboard
• Lesson 5 – Enharmmonics
• Lesson 6 – Accidentals (sharps, flats and naturals)
• Lesson 7 – Ledger Lines
• Lesson 8 – Alto Clef, the movable clef

• Lesson 9 – Rhythmic Values
• Lesson 10 – The Note (stems, flags and beams)
• Lesson 11 – Dots and Ties
• Lesson 12 – Rests
• Lesson 13 – Bars and Barlines
• Lesson 14 – Time Signatures
• Lesson 15 – Simple Meter
• Lesson 16 – Compound meter
• Lesson 17 – Eastman Counting System (Simple Meters)
• Lesson 18 – Eastman Counting System (Compound Meters)
• Lesson 19 – Triplets and Duplets
• Lesson 20 – Generic Intervals
• Lesson 21 – Specific Intervals
• Lesson 22 – Overtone Series
• Lesson 23 – Octaves

Understanding Music Theory Series

In this series Leon Harrell covers the basic concepts of music theory. Lessons are also available via iTunes Podcast

Can’t wait for more?

Leon has a new e-book that can teach you how to read music easily in just 30 days. Also Leon offers private music lessons via Skype video chat.

Coming Soon

• Lesson 27 – Alternate Scales
• Lesson 28 – Modes
• Lesson 29 – Circle of Fifths Introduction
• Lesson 30 – Key Signatures
• Lesson 31 – Parallel and Relative Keys
• Lesson 32 – Closely Related Keys
• Lesson 33 – Distantly Related Keys
• Lesson 34 – Transposition