Read Music Method for Adult Beginners

Book excerpt: Read Music Method for Adult Beginners provides an unforgettably fun and easy way to learn how to read music and play piano. The beginning stages of reading music are broken into easy progressive steps. Students quickly gain a deep comprehension of the musical staff, right away begin writing and playing their own music, develop eye to finger dexterity, recognize notes and intervals like old friends in both treble and bass clefs, and learn to read rhythm and time signature notation. Ages 12 and up can set their own pace and quickly make the leap from beginner to intermediate! Read Music Method is filled with page after page of songs and exercises to build on new skills. Highlights from the Table of Contents: Finding Middle C, Line Notes and Space Notes, The Grand Staff, Letter Names, Middle C Position, Compose in Middle C Position, Finger Numbers, Flashcards for Middle C Position, Treble and Bass Clef Symbols, Practice Reading and Tracking, Note and Rest Values, Contrary Motion on the Staff, Counting Rhythms, C Scale, Reading Skips, Sharps and Flats, C Position, Intervals and Octaves, Dynamics, Triads, Root of a Chord, Time Signature, Flashcards.