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The aim of this ebook is to help you to take your musicianship to the next level by learning how to read music. I know that not being able to read music can be very frustrating for you as a musician because it stops you from playing the wide range of music that you know you are capable of.
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- Note Names
- Music Intervals
- The Circle of Fifths
- Rhythm Worksheets
- Piano Worksheets
- Scales and Chords
- Drawing Music Symbols
- Identifying Half Steps and Whole Steps
- Treble Clef Notes and Bass Clef Notes
- Rhythm Worksheets For New Beginners
The ability to quickly identify notes is critical for playing music and is a foundational skill for all future music theory studies.But learning the note names can take a long time–students are essentially learning a new language. In each lesson, dedicate time for learning note names and consider sending home assignments. Help your new beginners ma...
If you’re like me, you’ll be using the activities in this section all the time. You want your students to be good sight readers, and helping them with interval recognition is key to their success. I made Music Interval Starsfor kids who are just getting introduced to music intervals. Keep in mind that you can start introducing intervals even to ver...
No collection of music theory exercises would be complete without a circle of fifths worksheet. The circle of fifths is an essential tool for students learning the number of sharps or flats in each key. The circle of fifths becomes even more important when students begin creating their own music because it provides a quick visual representation of ...
Print out Give It Your Best Shot and use it alongside a fun run around activity to get your students off the bench for a couple minutes. They’ll love the change of pace, and when you include activities like this your students really look forward to coming to lessons. Grab the printed worksheet, a basket and three beanbags or small balls. Hand your ...
The activities in this section are specific to the piano. Kids love the cowboy theme on this keyboard printable, and it’s super easy to use. Just print it out and have your piano students write the name of each highlighted key. With young students, always ask them to tell you if the highlighted key is near a black key or a white key. This will spee...
Use these music worksheets to help kids understand the whole and half step patternused to form major scales. When students understand the formula, they can play all the major scales and they can begin a more in depth analysis of the tonality within a key. Scale Detectivelets kids imagine that they are detectives searching for the clue to how scales...
There comes a time in every student’s musical education when they need to learn how to draw the music symbols. I find it interesting that some students can see these symbols every day for years, but don’t seem to really see them. I’ve asked a student to draw a brace and had them draw it on the far right of the staff! This worksheet will help your s...
Help your students understand the difference between half steps and whole steps with these colorful printables. You’ll want them to have a clear understanding of half and whole steps before working on the major scale pattern and also when you delve into major and minor chords–and that’s where creating music really starts getting fun. This first pri...
At times you may want to focus on just the treble clef or the bass clef, so I created a few worksheets that isolate each clef. If your students struggle to identify the higher notes on the treble staff, you can use a treble printable to provide extra practice. Click the link to see more treble clef worksheets. The most common issue I see is kids th...
The worksheets in this section are very basic, which is ideal for young children. Revisit these introductory rhythm concepts often during the first few months of music study and your little students will have a solid rhythm foundation for their future studies. I’ve found that devoting time to rhythm in every lesson with new beginners results in sig...
Mar 5, 2019 · You can print out these music theory guides for free! Whether you’re just beginning to learn music theory or whether you’ve known it for years, it’s always helpful to have a few handy guides laying around. Our music theory guides range from key signatures to cadences, and we’re always adding to the list, so make sure to keep checking ...
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The resulting e-book presents open licensed educational materials that deal with the building blocks of musical stave (sometimes known as staff) notation, a language designed to communicate about musical ideas which is in use around the world.
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If you look closely at the music example shown above, you'll see the symbol 8va placed either above a note or below a note. The 8va symbol is Italian for ottava, or octave. When it is placed above a note, the note is played one octave higher. When it is placed below a note, the note is played one octave lower.
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Published: July 25, 2022 at 4:38 am. The word ‘opus’ is Latin for ‘work’. When it comes to music, the term is included, along with a number, within the titles of individual compositions (or groups of compositions) to help identify a particular piece of work.
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My goal in Essential Elements Piano Theory is to provide you with the tools you will need to compose, improvise, play classical and popular music, or to better understand any other musical pursuit you might en-joy.
