Articles tagged with: Sightreading
What are Octaves?
This video will help!. Essentially, Octaves are the idea of a same note being 12 semitones higher.
What’s a semi-tone?
A semi-tone is a half step. So a half step from A is A#, and …
Grace Notes In Music Explained
Grace Notes are the tiny notes that ‘connect’ to a larger note. I explain what they do, and how to play them in this video. Basically, when a note gets a …
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There are Six strings on the guitar (EADGBE) but if you tune them accordingly to DADGBE, then that is called DAD-GAD tuning. Likeso, taking those same strings you can tune them to any notes you …
OK so for all you Guitar players, here’s the best Tablature sites out there. TABS are simply a way to read the guitar by numbers rather than by reading Music. Wanna learn that new Pearl …
This video about Note Duration’s Per Measure explains how many beats you can achieve within a measure in music. If a Time Signature in music is in 4/4, it doesn’t necessarily mean you receive 4 …
Week 3! This is all about ‘How to Read Music‘ We learned Chords last week, but since it takes a few weeks to get those chords down, I thought it’d be good to work on …
Half Notes are difficult to learn, but just know that every note is based and related to every other note. So what’s that mean? Well, quarter notes are half the beat of half notes. Half …
Reading TABS is much easier than sightreading. Basically, rather than teaching yourself how to read little black dots, you’re simply assigning the numeric value of the frets to the notes you read on the music. …
What are Unisons?
Unisons are the same EXACT note played at two different positions on an instrument. A piano does NOT have unisons, but a guitar does! Usually, stringed instruments like Banjo, Violin, Guitar, etc have …
Learning how to read music is great because it allows you to learn a universal language. Learning the techniques of each instrument is a separate undertaking.
So what do you do when you learn how to …
Explaining Time Signatures
Time Signatures are tricky, because people get them confused with key signatures but in reality, the two aren’t related – they’re simply next to each other in the sheet music. To understand time …
OK, so I get ALOT of questions about ledger lines. So here’s a video I made answering all those crazy questions. Basically, they extend the staff above and below the fine lines ‘EGBDF’
