How to Read Music Fundamentals of Music Notation Made Easy

by EVANS, ROGER

• ISBN13: 9780517884386
• ISBN10: 0517884380
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-04-25
• Publisher: Crown

Summary

A basic primer for anyone without musical training who wishes to learn to read musical scores when singing or taking up an instrument. The book explains how notes are named and written; how to read melody, interpret time signatures, keys, sharps, flats, and naturals; how to read tempo; and how to play chords.

Author Biography

Roger Evans is well known as a recording musician.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(8)
How to use this book	8	(1)
How Notes are named	9	(1)
How Notes are written	10	(4)
Notes with different shapes	14	(2)
Reading a Melody	16	(1)
Notes above and below the Staves	17	(3)
Rests	20	(1)
Curved Lines	21	(1)
Dotted Notes	22	(2)
Time Signatures	24	(4)
Sharps, Flats and Naturals	28	(6)
Keys and Key Signatures	34	(7)
How Fast?	41	(2)
How Loud?	43	(1)
Musical Shorthand	44	(2)
Notes played or sung together	46	(2)
Music on more than one Stave	48	(2)
Chords	50	(3)
Choosing your first pieces of music	53	(3)
Other Notes and Rests	56	(2)
Triplets	58	(2)
More Time Signatures	60	(5)
Minor Keys	65	(3)
E#, B# and Double Sharps (X)	68	(1)
C♭, F♭ and Double Flats (♭♭)	69	(1)
All the Keys --- Major and Minor	70	(5)
Octaves and Octave Signs (8ve)	75	(2)
Other Signs which affect notes	77	(3)
Notes which are to be repeated	80	(3)
The other Clef --- the C Clef	83	(1)
Key Signatures for the C Clef	84	(1)
Directory of Musical Signs	85	(7)
Note Directory	92	(3)
A Short Musical Dictionary	95	(17)
List of music in this book	112