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Below are just a few excerpts from the book's unit on
Combine Rhythms and Pitches
Putting It All Together
Be sure you know and
can play the material from Beats &
Rhythm - the LONGS and SHORTS of music
and Pitch
& Melody - the HIGHS and LOWS of music before
beginning this unit.
This unit will show you
how to read "real music," that is, both the rhythm
notation AND the pitch notation at the same time. You'll learn fingering
-- how to choose which fingers to use for playing various note patterns.
Most of all, this unit will have important hints
on How To Practice so you repeat good habiits that help you progress
and avoid bad habits that hinder your progress. Here will be some tunes
to read and play with both hands and also some exercises
for getting your eyes, hands and fingers coordinated so they work together
well.
Fingering Numbers are often (but not always) written above, below or next to notes to suggest the best fingering that works for a musical passage.
An important part of
playing piano is getting your hands and fingers to respond well both together
and independently.
Count the beats at first
to help you keep moving and play fluently.
Then sing along with the
pitches to help you hear what you see.
The second half of the
above piece had a transposition. Composers
sometimes transpose musical sections to another
pitch level. This way there can be not only repetition
to provide unity in a piece but also variety
to provide continued interest. In this case, the entire tune of
the first half was raised by an interval of
a half-step. An interval is a distance between two pitches.
Did you hear the WHOLE TUNE go up?
Much more in the book
Congratulations! Now you can read some music. From here you can expand your skills and learn more by ordering the Read Music Now book and working through it.
It has more tunes
to read and play through. There are more than 60 pages of additional detailed
explanations and easy instructions for improving your music reading skills.
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