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Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (Part 3)

Dottes notes

Today we introduce something fundamental in music writing:

The dotted notes.

What are dotted notes?
What effect do they have on notes?
How can we read and write dotted notes?

These are only some of the questions we will answer.

Moreover as in all lessons, you will find lots of music reading exercises with audio podcast for practice.

Have a good lesson!

Learning material of this lesson

6 videos	23 mins
1. Introduction to the new lesson	2m 45s
2. Dotted notes	3m 43s
3. The dotted crotchet	5m 56s
4. A trick to read music as best as possible with dotted notes	5m 30s
5. The practical exercise of music reading	2m 58s
6. The exercise to learn to play dotted notes	2m 08s
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Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (Part 2)

The group made up of a quaver and a couple of semiquavers

In the lesson today, we will introduce a new and very important rhythmic figure:

The group made up of a quaver and a couple of semiquavers:

This figure is used very much in written music and therefore it is very important to learn to read it well.

Today will learn to read music correctly and learn to do practical exercises which allow you to play the music immediately on your instrument.

To make the most of the material in this lesson, I suggest you to read the Introduction page of this cycle of lessons. (go to link).

Have a good lesson!

Learning material of this lesson

6 videos	18 mins
1. Introduction to the new lesson	3m 31s
2. The difference between the tie and the slur	3m 15s
3. The quaver group plus semiquaver couple: theoretical explanation (part 1)	6m 59s
4. The quaver group plus semiquaver couple: theoretical explanation (part 2)	6m 53s
5. Practical exercise	2m 30s
6. Exercise to learn to play the quaver group plus the semiquaver couple	2m 04s
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Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (Part 1)

New rhythmic figures: the tie

In the lesson today we get to know how to read some new rhythmic figures.

In particular we will concentrate on the tie.
This is one of the rhythmic figures which are most used in music to lengthen the duration of the sound.

Today we will learn the best way to read this in music, even in the most difficult cases.

To understand how to use the material found in this lesson, I suggest you to read the introduction to this cycle of lessons (see link).

Have a good lesson!

Learning material of this lesson

8 videos	34 mins
1. Introduction to the new cycle of lessons	3m 44s
2. What is the tie	6m 31s
3. How to read the tie	5m 26s
4. Another example of reading the tie	3m 13s
5. Practical exercise with the tie	2m 56s
6. Exercise to learn to play 1	8m 17s
7. Exercise to learn to play 2	2m 28s
8. How to make the most of the exercises in attachment	1m 52s
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Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (Introduction)

The tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures

I want to introduce a new cycle of video lessons in which we will learn many rhythmic figures.

In these lessons we will focus on many essential topics such as:

the tie
dotted notes
double dotted notes
other common figures

Every lesson is made up of videos, pdf files and audio files.
To make the most from the material of these lessons it is advisable to follow the videos first and then to practice with the pdf and audio files.

I suggest to skip to the next lesson only when every topic is clear and after some practice.

Every lesson is made up of:

1. Introduction to the lesson

2. Theoretical explanation of the new rhythmic figure

3. How to read the new rhythmic figure

4. Music reading practice

5. Pdf file with exercises and corresponding audio files

6. Video Exercise to learn to play the new rhythmic figure

It is advisable to use the last video exercise only after learning in depth the new rhythmic figure and practiced a lot with it.

Below you find the link to the corrisponding lessons:

Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (part 1)

Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (part 2)

Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (part 3)

Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (part 4)

Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (part 5)

Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (part 6)

Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (part 7)

Music Reading: the tie, dotted notes and other rhythmic figures (part 8)

Piano, let’s learn to play the first scales (part 2)

The new scales in reverse motion

In the previous lesson, we learned to play the first scale of piano.

Today, we will go ahead and learn new scales, progressively using a higher number of black keys.

Therefore it is important to understand how to move along the keyboard when we have to alternate black and white keys.

In this way you will be able to carry out correctly the new scales which, as we have already said, make up one of the most important exercises in learning to play the piano.

Practice regulary, alternating all the scales you know and you will see that in this way, the technique will become more solid.

Have a good lesson!

Learning material of this lesson

6 videos	20 mins
1. Let’s start to differentiate the two hands (from symmetry to asymmetry).	4m 11s
2. How to move along the keyboard alternating black and white keys.	3m 18s
3. D major scale	3m 47s
4. A major scale	2m 45s
5. E major scale	2m 58s
6. The correct method to study scales	3m 27s

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Piano, let’s learn to play the first scales (part 1) and music reading in bass clef 4

The first scales in reverse motion

In today’s lesson we will introduce a very important subject. Carrying out scales on the piano.

Firstly we will see how important scales are in learning piano techniques. Naturally, we will learn to play the first scales, in reverse motion, C major and G major scales.
In this way, you will have a very important new exercise and be able to put together all those technical aspects learned up to now.

In this lesson we will also conclude the series of music reading exercises in bass clef. Through these exercises you will be able to recognize a new note on the staff in bass clef – the F on the third line.
It is in this way, you will have a very important reference point and gain more confidence in bass clef music reading.

Finally, you will find 2 very important summary exercises which will help you put into practice everything learned in these lessons.

N.b: The introductive video with explanation of the music reading exercises in bas cleff can be found in the following link:

Introduction of music reading in bass clef

Learning material of this lesson

4 videos	18 mins
1. The importance of scales in piano techniques	1m 58s
2. The scales in reverse motion	3m 36s
3. C major scale	5m 57s
4. G major scale	5m 45s
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Piano, the thumb passage technique (part 3) and music reading in bass clef 3

Thumb passage, the 9 most common mistakes

In the last lesson we saw the first exercise to learn the technique of thumb passage.

In starting to learn a piano technique, people often make many mistakes.

It is very important to identify these errors as soon as possible, in order to avoid developing movements which are not correct.

Today we will see the 9 most common errors which are made in carrying out this piano exercise.

Therefore you will be able to see if you are making any mistakes in doing the exercise and immediately try to correct it. I will also show you a second and very important exercise to learn this technique.

Finally there will be some new music reading exercises in bass clef.
Let’s get started!

N.B: Please see link below for the introduction video containing the explanation of music reading exercises in bass clef:

Introduction of music reading in bass clef

Learning material of this lesson

6 videos	17 mins
1. Introduction of the lesson	1m 37s
2. Errors 1 and 2	2m 20s
3. Errors 3, 4 and 5	3m 23s
4. Errors 6 and 7	2m 27s
5. Errors 8 and 9	3m 28s
6. The second exercise to learn the thumb passage technique	4m 16s
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Piano, the thumb passage technique (part 2) and music reading in bass clef 2

The first exercise to learn the thum passage

In the last lesson we learned in-depth how to use the thumb passage technique.
Today we will concentrate on the ‘return of the third’ and in particular how to use the third finger passing over the first.

Moreover, all the phases of the passage technique will be seen through lateral images in order for you to see how this must be done.

Perhaps, the most important aspect of the lesson is made up of the exercise shown in the video which allows you to put into practice all that you have learnt.

At the end of the lesson you will find some music reading lessons in bass clef.

N.B The introductive video with explanation of music reading exercise in bass cleff. Please see link below:

Introduction of music reading in bass clef

Learning material of this lesson

6 videos	19 mins
1. How to study correctly the thumb passage technique	4m 14s
2. How to carry out the passage of third finger	3m 31s
3. Lateral shot n.1	1m 28s
4. Lateral shot n.2	1m 42s
5. Thumb passage exercise for right hand	3m 41s
6. Thumb passage exercise for left and hands together.	4m 25s
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Piano, the thumb passage technique (part 1) and music reading in bass clef 1

How to play a succession of more than 5 notes

Today, we will start a very important subject – the thumb passage technique.

This is a fundamental piano technique which will allow you to carry out succession of more than 5 notes. It makes up the basis to learning scales!

However this technique must be learned immediately and in the correct way.
Very often, people who start learning the piano on their own do not go through this passage correctly.
This causes a series of problems which are difficult to resolve, so today we will see in-depth how to carry out the thumb passage technique correctly.

Furthermore, we will start music reading in bass clef through specific exercises which can be printed out along with the audio files.
Have a good lesson!

Learning material of this lesson

6 videos	18 mins
1. How to play a succession of more than 5 notes	3m 01s
2. The thumb passage technique and how not to carry it out	3m 38s
3. First two phases of the technique	3m 17s
4. Third phase of the technique	1m 55s
5. Return of the third finger	1m 19s
6. Introduction of music reading exercises in bass clef	5m 05s
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The 52 essential music reading exercises (part 6)

More complex exercises

Today we will conclude the lessons on the study of fundamental music reading exercises.

We will do this with some exercises which begin to be more complex. In fact we will put together everything that we have learned up to now:

Read notes of different pitch and duration
Carrry out disjunct motions to different extents
Mix different figures (minime, crotchet, quaver, semi quaver)
Read groups of semiquavers with disjunct motions

Without realizing you have progressively learned to read music using basic rhythmic figures.

You can immediately apply all this in order to read music and play it on your instrument

Now you are ready to take a new step: to learn new and more complex rhythmic figures.

Learning material of this lesson

Video Introduction to exercises
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+ 7 audio files

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