Basic Guide to How to Read Music

Name: Basic Guide to How to Read Music
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ISBN: 9780399511226

ISBN-10: 0399511229

ISBN-13: 9780399511226

Edition: 1996

Authors: Helen Cooper

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Classic notation for reading music is often paid little notice by teachers, and students have to fend for themselves. The skill of sight reading is almost a sine qua non for anyone playing an instrument - this book is aimed at the beginner.

Book details

List price: $13.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/13/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 80
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.92" long x 0.20" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



Introduction



Pitch


The concept of pitch


The Staff


The clef


Notes


Leger lines


Other clefs


Naming notes


Following the shape of a melody



Rhythm


The concept of rhythm


Rhythm values


Simple rhythm values


Compound rhythm values


Note stems


Flags and beams


Rests


Bars (measures) and barlines


Stresses in music


Time signatures


Simple time signatures


Compound time signatures


The organization of rhythm values


Learning to read rhythm patterns


Tied notes


Syncopation


Triplets and duplets



The formal organization of pitch: the structure and notation of intervals, scales and keys



The piano keyboard


Introduction


Intervals


The octave


The piano keyboard


Steps and half-steps


Sharps, flats and naturals



The structure of the major scale


The structure of the major scale


The construction of subsequent sharp major scales


Flat major scales


Technical names for the degrees of the scale


Intervals of the major scale


Key signatures


Enharmonic keys


Key circles


Double sharps and double flats


Accidentals



The structure of the minor scale


The structure of the minor scale


Harmonic form


Melodic ascending form


Melodic descending form


Comparison of major and minor forms


The construction of subsequent sharp minor scales


Flat minor scales


The minor key circle


The intervals of the minor scale


Relative keys



The chromatic scale


The chromatic scale


The intervals of the chromatic scale



Transposition and score reading


Transposition


Transposing instruments


The transposing instruments of the orchestra



Glossary of terms


Tempo


Dynamics


Mood, feeling and style


General terms


Articulation


Signs on the staff