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Category Archive: How to Read Music

How to Read Music: A Better Way

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Did you know that the lines and spaces of the grand staff are simply a map of the piano keys?

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June 1, 2010 How to Read Music

How to Read Music: The UN-musical Way

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Let’s pretend that our teacher puts the following music in front of us and asks us to play…

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June 1, 2010 How to Read Music

How to Read Music: Music as Language

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Did you know… that expert music-reading is a highly learn-able skill?

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June 1, 2010 How to Read Music

How to Read Music: Playing by Number

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Unfortunately, most people start and end their musical lives by being taught the abstract, left-brain subject of music notation without ever experiencing the concrete right-brain reality of music.

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June 1, 2010 How to Read Music

How to Read Music: Why Learn to Read?

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Why learn to read music?

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June 1, 2010 How to Read Music

How to Read Music

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Welcome to a series of lessons that will open your eyes to what it means to read and comprehend written music like a musician, not a robot…

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June 1, 2010 How to Read Music, The Basics

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