How to Read Music: A quick and simple guide to sheet music and playing the keyboard (easy piano songs)

By Luke Sendecki

The book 'How to read music' is part of the 'Easy Piano Songs' series of books. In the book you will find explanations of all the key principles that will enable you to read music - in a simple way. The book's contents have been divided into two parts. One of them describes only the most important issues and absolute basics of learning to read music. As a result, you will quickly get the hang of it and start playing. The second part expands this knowledge and provides further information to enable you to improve your playing, and clarifies further practical aspects of reading music. The book contains: GETTING TO KNOW THE KEYBOARD Basic information Black keys The quickest way to find the right keys READING MUSIC The note The staff The treble clef The position of notes in the main (middle) octave The position of notes in other octaves Black keys in sheet music The bass clef Tones and half tones The key of a song Duration of notes Rhythmic values Rests Additional symbols The dot Tie Irregular rhythm groups (tuplets): triplets, quintuplets Bars Meter Tempo PLAYING WITH THE LEFT HAND What is a chord? How to make major and minor chords Major (happy) chords Minor (sad) chords Inversion chords Other types of chords Seventh chords Sixth chords Fifth chords Ninth chords Diminished chords

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D6NHTDFQ
• ISBN13: 9798327470408
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 43 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.1" x 6.4"