Category: Music Notation

How to Read Music – Definitions to Help You Learn
L earning how to read music is like learning another language. It has its own letters, syntax and grammar. Whether you are learning to play the piano through the classic method or the chord method, …

Music Bar Lines
Introducing the Bar In order to represent pitch and tone, music notes need a staff. If you’ll remember from our other lessons, the music staff is a system of five horizontal lines and it provides …

Top 10 Ways To Improve Your Sight Reading
Looking for the top 10 ways to improve your sight reading? 1. Learn every bit of notation that you can get your hands on. The more notation that you learn, the easier it is to …

Key Signatures – A Beginner’s Lesson…
What Determines The Quality And Quantity Of A Song’s Notes When watching musicians play piano, you may see them refer to a piece of music in the key of “A” or “C.” These letters refer …