How to Read Music: Music as Language

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Expert music readers read music like you are reading these words... ... in meaningful chunks called words, phrases, and sentences. Expert music readers do not have some super human ability to process meaningless, unrelated information. Expert music readers are experienced observers of meaningful musical patterns. Expert music readers do not read music one-note-at-a-time any more … Continue reading How to Read Music: Music as Language

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-making. While it is possible to become very skilled at translating music symbols into correct answers on tests and digital gymnastics at the piano, it is possible to … Continue reading How to Read Music: Playing by Number

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... Why Learn to Read? Playing by Number Music as Language The UN-Musical Way to Read Music  The Musical Way to Read Music