https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/Recent content in Reading Music on Teddy Rook Bookhttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpghttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpgHugoenhttps://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/the-staff/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/the-staff/Five lines and four spaces: where notes sit, how to count them, and how higher on the page means higher in sound.https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/treble-clef/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/treble-clef/The G clef and the notes on its lines and spaces, with memory aids, landmark notes and drills from the staff to the keys and back.https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/bass-clef/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/bass-clef/The F clef for low notes: its lines and spaces, memory aids, landmark notes, and drills from the staff to the keys and back.https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/grand-staff/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/grand-staff/How piano music joins the treble and bass staves, where middle C lives between them, and how ledger lines carry notes above and below.https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/note-values/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/note-values/Whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes, the rests that match them, dots, ties and triplets: how long each note lasts, counted in beats.https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/time-signatures/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/time-signatures/Bar lines divide music into measures; the time signature says how many beats each one holds. Count “1 & 2 &” and tap rhythms with the click.https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/sharps-flats-naturals/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/sharps-flats-naturals/The signs that raise, lower and restore a note, where they go on the staff, and how long they last.https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/key-signatures/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/key-signatures/The sharps or flats at the start of every line: what they mean, the order they always come in, and how to name the key from them.https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/scales-and-circle-of-fifths/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/scales-and-circle-of-fifths/The major scale’s pattern of whole and half steps, why each key needs its sharps or flats, the natural minor scale, and the circle of fifths that ties every key together.https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/intervals-and-chords/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/intervals-and-chords/Measure the distance between two notes by counting letters, tell major from minor and perfect, and build the three-note chords called triads.https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/dynamics-tempo-articulation/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/dynamics-tempo-articulation/How loud (p, mf, f, crescendo), how fast (Andante, Allegro, rit.), and how each note is played (legato, staccato, accents, fermatas).https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/repeats-and-endings/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/music/reading-music/repeats-and-endings/Repeat signs, first and second endings, D.C., D.S., Fine and Coda: the road signs that tell you where to go next.