How to Read Music Guide (Learning and Playing) - Flame Tree Publishing

Offers the basic information you need to know, explaining pitch, treble clef, bass clef, rhythm, accidentals, key signatures, and time signatures. Then you can practice what you've learned using the "Play Along" sections, featuring simple, well-known music examples. Includes helpful diagrams, clear, accessible text. An ideal companion to other titles in the Pick Up & Play series (Play the Guitar, Play the Piano, Guitar Chords, Piano Chords), it is the perfect guide for people of all ages who may enjoy playing instruments but have not yet mastered reading music from the page.

Supported online by the Flame Tree Music site. Now you can see a chord, then reach for your phone and hear the chord or scale. Using any free QR code reader app (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows) the website will open automatically and you can listen to the chord as a strum, arpeggio (each note played separately), and hear it as a piano chord.

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