Basic Music Reading
Here are some beginning lessons on how to read music. All lessons will use the bass clef.
Bass Clef- note names
Bass Clef- note names
or, the names of the lines and spaces.
Measures and bar lines
Measures and bar lines
This is the way we can easily count and can quickly find our place when we read music.
Time Signature-
Time Signature-
top number
top number
Time Signature- bottom number
Time Signature- bottom number
Whole, Half, Quarter & Eighth Notes
Whole, Half, Quarter & Eighth Notes
Dotted Notes
Dotted Notes
This is for notes where the dot appears the right of the note.
Basic Music Rests
Basic Music Rests
The Whole Rest- The REAL Story!!!
The Whole Rest- The REAL Story!!!
The whole rest changes depending on the time signature!