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Learn to Read Music Step by Step

How the course works

To be written.

Three strands: reading, writing and rhythm

To be written.

  1. 1How the Staff WorksLines, spaces, and what the clef actually does.
  2. 2Meet G — Your Anchor NoteSpot G instantly, with no counting.
  3. 3Middle CThe note with its own ledger line.
  4. 4The Spaces Spell FACEF-A-C-E: read any space at a glance.
  5. 5Every Good Boy Does FineThe five lines, E-G-B-D-F.
  6. 6Below the Staff: DThe one note below the staff without a trick.
  7. 7Above the Staff: GIts mirror image, above the staff.
  8. 8Putting It All TogetherEvery note so far, in one mixed round.
  9. 9Play a Real TuneRead a whole tune, start to finish.
  10. 10Writing Notes on a StaffTurn it around: put the notes there yourself.
  11. 11Write a MelodyPut a tune you know onto the staff.
  12. 12The BeatThe pulse underneath every tune.
  13. 13Where the Beat FallsOn the beat, behind it, and between.
  14. 14Reading in TimeName the note the moment it lands.
  15. 15How Long Is a Note?Whole, half, quarter, eighth — and the dot.
  16. 16Here Is C — Now What's This?Naming a note by ear, from a note you know.
  17. 17Measures, Rests and CountingWhy a measure must add up, and how to write silence.
  18. 18Writing SilencePut a rest in a measure and make it add up.
  19. 19Reading a RhythmA whole measure at a time: tap it, read it, spot it.
  20. 20Write What You HearTake a rhythm off the air and onto the page.