How to Read Music: The Fundamentals of Music Notation Made Easy by Roger Evans

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  • Pub. Date: April 1995
  • 112pp
  • Sales Rank: 51,887

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    • Pub. Date: April 1995
    • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
    • Format: Paperback, 112pp
    • Sales Rank: 51,887

    Synopsis

    Everyone loves music. But many of us approach musical scores with great trepidation and fear. We assume that reading music must be at least as complicated as solving the most advanced mathematical problems, when in fact, it is a skill that is totally within the reach of most people.

    Compiled by musician Roger Evans, this accessible guide takes the mystery out of written music, explaining:

    How notes are named and written. How to read a melody.
    How to interpret time signatures, keys, sharps, flats, and naturals.
    How to read tempo.
    How to play chords.

    Evans also provides a selection of well known pieces, a musical dictionary, a note directory, and a guide to musical signs. For anyone who wishes to learn to read musical scores and sing or play an instrument, this is the complete book to get you started and keep you going.

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    How to Read Music: The Fundamentals of Music Notation Made Easyby Anonymous

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    November 29, 2003: For those who wish to de-mystify music, this is a great book to start that process. It teaches from the presumption that you don't know how to sight read and guides you through the basics of musical notation. While not an advanced book on music theory, it is a great reference and resource for those of us who want to learn the basics of music to enrich our knowledge. All in all, a very helpful resource for the beginning musician or singer.

    How to Read Music: The Fundamentals of Music Notation Made Easyby Anonymous

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    January 03, 2000: What especially annoys me about this book: 1) It speaks repeatedly of a 'stave'. (Just as the implement you cut your roast beef with is a knife, not a knive, just as your spouse--if you're male--is your wife, not your wive, just as what falls from a tree in autumn is a leaf, not a leave, the singular form of 'staves', in the musical sense of the word, is 'staff', not 'stave'.) 2) Its presentation of rhythm is muddled, inaccurate, and often just plain wrong. 3) It talks down to you, insults your intelligence