Secret Language Of Music - The Grand Staff

Learn to read music quickly, using some 'cheater notes' and the alphabet.

What you'll learn

Learn how to read music notes quickly

Understand how the treble and bass clefs are designed to help note reading

Use the alphabet to quickly identify notes

Understand how to go beyond the main lines to read any notes!

Requirements

No previous experience or instrument needed!

Description

Reading written music doesn’t need to be a frustrating or overwhelming process. Although it seems like a secret language, or code, there are patterns to help understand it. You can understand how these patterns exist, and how to use a few ‘cheater notes’ to read the lines and dots on the page.This course will cover how to read notes on the treble and bass clefs, which the majority of instruments use. You will learn how to find a few recognizable notes as guide notes, or ‘cheater notes’. Then move up or down from those notes to discern the other notes.Worksheets, with answers, are provided to practice naming notes.This course will not show you where the various notes are on your instrument (piano, violin, etc.) but is intended for any musician, or beginning musician, to discern the written notes on the page. This course also only covers the notes on the treble and bass clefs, and not the rhythm (how long you hold a note). There is value in being able to separate and understand pitch from rhythm, and how that relates to your personal instrument.At the end of this course, you will have the skills needed to read any note on the grand staff!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome and Overview

Lecture 2 Cheat Sheet

Section 2: Staff and Music Alphabet

Lecture 3 Lines, Spaces, Dots, and the ABC's

Lecture 4 Tiny Little Lines (Ledger Lines)

Lecture 5 Worksheet - Put it to work!

Section 3: Treble Clef

Lecture 6 Cheater Notes on the Treble Clef

Lecture 7 Worksheet - Name that Treble Clef Note

Lecture 8 Worksheet - Fun Story Time, Part 1

Section 4: Bass Clef

Lecture 9 Cheater Notes on the Bass Clef

Lecture 10 Worksheet - Name that Bass Clef Note

Lecture 11 Worksheet - Fun Story Time, Part 2

Section 5: Grand Staff

Lecture 12 Putting the Treble and Bass Clef Together

Lecture 13 Inner Ledger Lines

Lecture 14 Worksheet - Middle of the Grand Staff

Lecture 15 Really High C and Above the Treble Clef

Lecture 16 Really Low C and Below the Bass Clef

Lecture 17 Worksheet - Notes Outside of the Grand Staff

Section 6: Accidentals-Changing the Note

Lecture 18 Whole and Half Steps

Lecture 19 Sharps, Flats and Naturals

Lecture 20 Worksheet - Find the Note…after an accidental

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 21 Recap and Next Steps

Beginners who want to learn to read music,Anyone who has ever struggled with reading music…or remembering what acronym to use…