How to Read Sheet Music

The elements of music can be seen as being the building blocks of music. Without them, music (of any style/age) would not exist because sound itself would not exist! …

Today we’re going to start to learn how to read and play on-beat (straight) rhythms. The only way to learn rhythms is to have a go at playing them. …

Learning To Read Music The Easy Way Many people are daunted by the prospect of learning how to read music. They know it is going to help make them …

In the previous lesson of how to read sheet music we looked at simple rhythms involving whole notes, half notes and quarter notes). However, most of the music you …

How To Read Guitar Sheet Music Learning how to read standard guitar notation is very similar to learning how to read music for any instrument. The basic features of …

So you’ve decided that you want to learn how to read sheet music – that’s excellent news! Learning to read music is definitely going to take your musicianship onto …

So you’ve decided that you want to learn how to read sheet music – that’s excellent news! Learning to read music is definitely going to take your musicianship onto …

When you are playing an instrument like a piano or a flute, if you read a “C” and play a “C” then the note will sound as a “C” …

In looking at how to read music we’ve talked about duration and how rhythm is built upon knowing what notes to play and for how long; but what about …

You may have noticed that the divisions of beats you normally come across are in factors of 2 (½, ¼, ⅛, etc..) (the technical term for these rhythms is …

Dynamic Changes In the last post on dynamics we looked at how I can work out what volume to play at when learning how to read sheet music. In …

Dynamics in Music In music, dynamics are defined as the different volume levels of a piece of music at any given moment. Dynamics markings and symbols are written to …

I know that many of you are singers and want to learn how to read music either as soloists or in a group/choir. It can be quite daunting when …

Sometimes you will see a curved line joining 2 notes together. If the 2 notes are the SAME pitch then these 2 notes are joined together rhythmically. Note: If …

Sometimes you will see a dot after a note (don’t confuse this with a dot above or below the note – that is something totally different and we’ll look …

How To Work Out Note Lengths Let’s explore the most common note lengths – whole notes, half notes, quarter note, eighth notes and sixteenth notes. When learning how to …