Learn to read music

Learn to read music

Howard Shanet

Book - 1956

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Subjects
Sight-reading (Music)
Music theory > Elementary works.
Published
New York, Simon and Schuster 1956.
Language
English
Main Author
Howard Shanet (-)
Physical Description
172 p. illus. 21 cm
ISBN
9780671210274
  • Preface
  • What This Book Will Do
  • How This Book Came to be Written
  • How to Use This Book
  • Part 1. Notation of Rhythm
  • Sections.
  • First Steps
  • Note Symbols
  • Combinations of Note Symbols
  • Additional Symbols
  • Rests
  • Combinations of Notes and Rests
  • TempoShort Table of Tempo Indications
  • Meter
  • Rhythm Patterns
  • Some Characteristic Rhythms in 2/4 Meter
  • Some Characteristic Rhythms in 3/4 Meter
  • Some Characteristic Rhythms in 4/4 Meter
  • Other Meters
  • Compound Meters
  • Exercises: Reading Rhythms
  • Part 2. Notation of Pitch
  • Sections
  • Pitch of a Vibrating String
  • Early Notation Methods
  • The Staff
  • Clefs
  • Exercises: Identifying Notes
  • Leger Lines
  • Accidentals
  • The Piano Keyboard
  • Table of Visual Patterns to Aid in Identifying Notes at the Keyboard
  • Exercises: The Keyboard
  • The Key Signature
  • Part 3. Combination of Rhythmic and Pitch Notations
  • Sections
  • "Au Clair de la Lune""America"
  • The Doxology ("Old Hundred")"
  • Jingle Bells"
  • Part 4. Supplementary Symbols and Devices
  • Sections
  • Repetitions
  • Ornaments
  • Symbols for Dynamics
  • Symbols for Articulation, Style, etc.
  • Part 5. Tonality
  • Sections
  • Appendix 1. Scales and Key Signatures
  • Sections
  • ScalesThe Major Scale
  • Constructing Major Scales
  • Key Signatures, Major Scales
  • The Minor Scale
  • Key Signatures, Major and Minor Scales
  • Appendix 2. Vocabulary of Some Important Foreign Terms Used in Music
  • Sections
  • Terms Used to Indicate TempoTerms Used to Indicate Change of Tempo
  • Terms Used to Indicate Volume of Sound
  • Terms Used to Indicate Change of Volume
  • Terms Used to Indicate Simultaneous Reduction of Tempo and Volume
  • Qualifying Terms Used to Indicate Mood, Degree, Intensity, or Style
  • Appendix 3. The C-Clefs
  • Sections
  • The Alto Clef
  • The Tenor Clef
  • Hybrid Clefs
  • Comparison of Clefs
  • Names of Octaves
  • Index

PREFACE Many people who love music and have a wide hearing acquaintance with it suffer from a feeling of inferiority because they cannot read music and are timid about asserting their opinions in the company of musicians. They may have excellent taste and judgment concerning what they hear, but they wilt before the professional because of his technical knowledge. The layman in literature and art will stand up for his ideas, but the poor music lover is apt to back down and feel that somehow he has got beyond his depth. So music becomes something mysterious to him and the musician a strange fellow who lives in a world different from his. Obviously, musicians are the best judges of music, but non-professional opinion should not be brushed aside. The layman is the consumer and patron and what he thinks is important. He will find that with technical knowledge music loses none of its magic, but he will be able to see through some of the hocus-pocus now. The ability to read music is the first step and can make him feel that what he has to say about programs and performances is entitled to the professional's respect. Educators think wistfully that some day notation may be taught in the elementary schools along with the alphabet. Children could master it easily, and many of them would have a lifetime of pleasure from the skill. But it is not being done, and the concert halls are filled with eager people who have found out too late that they are missing something important. To these frustrated individuals, Howard Shanet's Learn to Read Music will come as a happy surprise. Not only because of its clarity and competence but also because of the author's infectious spirit of optimism, the reader will arrive at confidence and hope. Douglas Moore, MacDowell Professor of Music Columbia University Copyright © 1956 by Howard Shanet Excerpted from Learn to Read Music by Howard Shanet All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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