The History of Reading Music Notes

 So often I am asked if I would teach students online how to read music notes. I have done a few posts on the subject but oh my goodness... it would take a little awhile of repetitive teaching to go over the lines and spaces of the treble and bass staff. Then the rest is up to you to learn with practice over time. For some, especially with adults, you'll be a quick learner.

Anne Crosby is one of my favorite online teachers. These next charts are from http://pianoanne.ca/

• Treble Clef Space Notes: F - A - C - E (I Look At You And I See Your FACE)

•  Treble Clef Line Notes: E - G - B - D - F (Every Good Boy Does Fine)

• Bass Clef Space Notes: A - C - E - G (All Cows Eat Grass)

• Bass Clef Line Notes: G - B - D- F - A (Good Boys Do Fine Always)

There are so many free and low cost apps/games online for you to use on reading notes. The old fashioned way is to make or purchase flash cards. I love these powerful learning resources through repetition. If you're online a lot of the time and you are a visual learner, check out these great sites.

If your curious about the history of reading music notes, wikipedia offers some valuable information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_notation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_note

 Online Links

1. http://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note

Great in identifying notes for older students.

 

2. http://musicteachersgames.com/linesSpaces

Simple and advanced reading of the staff notes.

3. http://www.musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/quiz_word_warrior_treble.htm

Identifying words by answering the music notes.

4. http://www.teoria.com/

5. http://www.emusictheory.com/

Hope this is helpful in kick-starting your journey to reading music notes on the staff.

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5 Sites for Free Music Worksheets

Welcome to Friday Freebie! I thought I'd get back to the swing of things this summer. If you're looking for free print outs to help with your own music studies, or perhaps to share with your students, then hopefully this list will help. Sometimes building your own music resources is a great addition to your music library, as well as purchased music books and dvds.

List

1. Opus Music Worksheets

Here you'll find flash cards for tempos and worksheets on time signatures, rests and note values.

2. Pianoanne

These teeny tiny flash cards are just right to place over the piano keys for teaching purposes. You'll find tons of teaching aides here, along with major and minor references numerous free printables.

3. Fun and Learn Music

This is the place to learn Treble Clef and Bass Clef notes. You'll find tons of note reading, interval, sharps, whole steps work sheets  and much more at this site.

4. Jennifer Pins Music

For the younger child at home, let's say the 4 year olds on up, you can find charts on music rhythm values and more for the beginner. Even a Christmas ornament that is so easy to make.

5. Music Motivation

Jerald Simon has a great website with some valuable PDF resources. Take a look around, especially for more in-depth studies of scales and chords for the intermediate and advanced.

Happy Friday!







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Shape notes, according to Southern Gospel School of America director C. Nelson Bailey, are shapes — rather than round notes — that mark each note on the musical scale. The shapes are an easy way to teach and make it easier for students to site read music, he said. “So when you look at a song for the very first time, once you know the shapes and you know the relationships between the shapes, when you see in the piece of music a note going from do up to fa, you know what that should sound like, and so you can much more easily sing that interval than if it was just the round notes,” Mr. Bailey said.
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