Basic Music Reading

Here are some beginning lessons on how to read music. All lessons will use the bass clef.

Bass Clef- note names

or, the names of the lines and spaces.

Measures and bar lines

This is the way we can easily count and can quickly find our place when we read music.

Time Signature-

top number


Time Signature- bottom number


Whole, Half, Quarter & Eighth Notes


Dotted Notes

This is for notes where the dot appears the right of the note.

Basic Music Rests


The Whole Rest- The REAL Story!!!

The whole rest changes depending on the time signature!