• Spot The Dot
• High Or Low
• Long Or Short
• Rhythm And Beat
• Tunes
• Sharps And Flats
• Scales
• Keys
• Major And Minor
• Rhythm Round-Up
• Chords
• Odds And Ends
• Case Studies

Learning to Read Music

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• Spot The Dot
• High Or Low
  • What Is Pitch?
  • The Stave
  • Clefs
  • Using A Clef Fixes The Pitch
  • What Do We Mean By ‘middle C’?
  • Note-Names
  • Why The Seven-Note Pattern Recurs
  • Octaves
  • Test Yourself
• Long Or Short
  • Duration
  • Note-Values
  • Understanding Relative Time-Values
  • Indicating Fast Or Slow
  • Beamed Notes
  • Dotted Notes
  • Test Yourself
• Rhythm And Beat
  • Beats And Accents
  • Beat And Tempo (Speed)
  • Practising Different Metres (Beat-Patterns)
  • Internalising The Beat
  • The Nature Of Beat
  • Grouping Beats In Bars
  • Time Signatures
  • Introducing Rhythms
• Tunes
  • Combining Pitch And Rhythm
  • Recognising Tunes
  • Reflecting On Your Progress
  • Two Notes At A Time
• Sharps And Flats
  • So What About The Black Notes?
  • Tones And Semitones
  • Scales
  • Sharps And Flats
  • Test Yourself
• Scales
  • Writing Out The Chromatic Scale
  • Writing Out The Major Scale
  • The F Major Scale
  • The Strange Case Of E Sharp
• Keys
  • Why Are Scales So Important?
  • Understanding Keys
  • Key Signatures
  • Key Signatures In The Bass Clef
  • Test Yourself
  • All The Key Signatures
  • Test Yourself Again
• Major And Minor
  • Minor Scales
  • How Keys Contribute To Musical Structure
  • Accidentals
  • Naturals
  • Accidentals In Action
• Rhythm Round-Up
  • Ties
  • Slurs
  • Rests
  • More About Time Signatures
• Chords
  • Measuring From One Note To Another
  • Major Chords
  • Minor And Other Chords
  • Chord Symbols
• Odds And Ends
  • Repeat Marks
  • Expression Or Articulation Marks
  • Tempo (Speed) Markings
  • Dynamic Marks
  • Ornaments
  • Triplets
  • More On Time Signatures
  • Double Sharps, Double Flats
• Case Studies
  • Piano Music
  • Piano And Violin
  • Songs
  • Choral Music
  • Hymns
  • Opera
  • Orchestral Music