Rosa Suen - 7 Easy Steps to Read Music--A Handbook for Piano, Guitar, Ukulele Players

7 Easy Steps to Read Music With 101 Music Terms Dictionary & 4 Music Charts A Companion for Piano, Guitar, Ukulele Players Rosa Suen Learn Piano With Rosa Get Rosa's VIP Discount Coupon - Entire Video Course 7 Easy Steps to Read Music With 101 Music Terms Dictionary & 4 Music Charts A Companion for Piano & Guitar Players Author: Rosa Suen Cover Design: Raymond Suen E m ail: Rosa@LearnPianoWithRosa.com Copyright 2013 By Learn Piano With Rosa Studio All Rights Reserved. No part of this book (including the Videos material) may be reproduced, copied, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or in information storage and retrieval systems without the prior written permission of Rosablanca Suen. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient.

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T his book has reached the best seller category that students have been writing to me and telling me how fascinated they are with music theory and how I am able to make them finally understand music theory. They have reached out to me to do one-on-one lessons with them via Skype and webinars.

Their passion and desire to understand music theory that prompted me to create VIDEO courses to help them Read Music Notes Fast! For All My Loyal Readers: VIP Coupon to Entire Video Course I ntroduction: Many people think that it is difficult to read music but it is NOT. Music is actually the simplest written language for anyone to learn. Once you learn the basics, the reward is for a life time. Learning how to read music is a significant step toward eventually being able to play the songs you want easily. This book will provide the music skills for you to read music at a basic level that you can play any song from a lead sheet. 101 Musical Terms are given to you so that you can also understand these terms easily.

This little book is to help beginners to read and interpret music notations easily in 7 easy steps. Think of music as language, the notes can be compared to the letters of the alphabets. Just as we learn how to spell words, we also need to know how to interpret notes on scores.

T he MUSICAL STAFF is a set of 5 horizontal lines on which musical notes are written to indicate pitch and time. The staff is read from left to right. The higher the note is on the staff, the higher the pitch is being played.

If a note appears above or below the 5 lines, LEDGER LINES are used to indicate the exact note. The two main clefs are: TREBLE CLEF & Bass Clef The treble clef is played with right hand. The bass clef is played with left hand. My CCI method for piano players to play chords does not require you to read bass clef notations. All you need to know is to identify the notes on the keyboard and play chords with your LH. The keyboard diagrams in the lessons show you explicitly where to hit the keys on the piano so you do not need to read bass clefs at all.

This is great news for all piano players.

H owever, to play the melodic lines of a song, you need to learn to read the treble clef notes. Notes are written on the lines or spaces of the staff. T he middle C is underlined so that you can match the middle C to the middle C on the piano. When you see an F, you play the corresponding F on the piano. H ere is a little trick to help you identify notes faster : The spaces - gives you FACE. H ere is a little trick to help you identify notes faster : The spaces - gives you FACE.

The lines - give you : EG BDF (Memorize EG as example. BDF is similar to "PDF", so we change the P to B for the sake of memory) You only need to memorize the above to be able to read all the notes in the treble clef. In the following pages, I give you exercises and tests. Do them and keep practising until you get 100% correct. This is how you practice sight reading! F or Advanced Students - Reading beyond the ledger lines Memorize Below Ledger lines: A B C D Memorize Above Ledger lines: G A B C

T o play Chord Method or from fake books, all you need to learn is to read the Treble Clef Notes. (Answer is provided for you on the next page) Answer Key: Here are the answers. 1. B A G 2. C A B 3. E G G 4. F E D 5. G A B 6. G A B 6.

C A G E 7. F A D E 8. A G E 9. B E E 10. F A D 11. B E A D 12.

E D G E 13. A C E 14. B E G 15. E B B 16. D E E D 17. F A C E 18.

A D D H ow many did you get correct? If you manage to get only half right, go back to the previous page and do again. Keep doing the exercises until you get 90% correct. This is the way to practice reading notes. Once you are able to get 90% correct, go to the next page and do the 'test'.

W rite down the notes on a separate sheet of paper: Hint Hint: I've made in such a way that each pitch spells a word. This will give you some hint whether you got the answer correct or not.

Check the answer on the next page: Answer to Test 1 They all spell a word. 1. F A C E 2. G A B 3. B A D E 4. B E E 6. B E E 6.

B E A D 7. B E E F 8. C A G E 9. B A G 10. C A B 11. D A B 12.

C A F E 13. B A D 14. C A D 15. F A D 16. B E 17. G A D 19. B E G 20. B E D 21. F E D 22. F E D 22.

C E D E 23. A G E 24. A C E 25. F E E 26. A D 27. E D G E 28.

F A D E How many did you get correct? If you manage to get only half right, go back to test 1 and do again until you get 90% correct. This is the way to practice reading notes. Then you can move to the next test 2 - advanced.

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