My students told me that the tips on this piano lesson helped them to read piano notes with both hands two times faster then they did before. Reading Harmonic Intervals on the Piano Staff This next lesson will show you how to read two notes played together on the piano staff. A Dotted ...
Piano chords are made up of symbols that stand for 3 or more notes. So, to read piano chords, you just need to know the symbols and what notes they stand for. Most of the time the symbols are written the same way but some can be written differently depending on who’s doing the ...
Welcome to the comprehensive online course dedicated to mastering the art of reading piano sheet music! Whether you’re just starting your musical journey or seeking to enhance your existing skills, this course provides a structured pathway from the fundamentals to advanced concepts. In this course,...
The notestemis a thin line that extends either up or down from the note head. The line extends from the right if pointing upward or from the left if pointing downward. The direction of the line doesn’t affect how you play the note but serves to make the notes easier to read while al...
Learning how to play piano by earand apply it to what you see on a keyboard is a lot easier if you can read notes. Being able to read sheet music allows you to visualize what you are hearing and translate it to the piano more effectively. ...
Reading piano sheet music is made up of several different components. Sheet music can be broken down into the following elements: Pitch Pitchrefers to how high or low the note is. Musical notes appear on the five lines of the staff. The higher up the notes appear on the staff, the highe...
Note: You may have realized that the first thing you need to know to read sheet music is the sequence of notes, all memorized, backwards and forwards! Now let’s clarify what is the relationship of these dots on paper with the instrument. The figure below shows the octaves of an ordinary...
If you want to start playing piano music from sheet music, this is the course you should go for! What you’ll learn Learn to read notes Learn to read notes by understanding how notes are written on sheet music. learn how to read notes on the treble clef and bass clef ...
A so-called grand staff combines both the treble and bass staff and is most often used with piano sheet music. The bass clef indicates what the left hand plays, while the treble clef shows you what to play with your right hand. Notes Notes are the building blocks for chords, melodies, ...
When composers write sheet music, they need to be able to play lots of different types of notes. However, since we know there are only 7 piano note names, A B C D E F G, that is only the white keys. How is it that we can play the black keys on the piano? We use accidental...