Music math using 16th notes11/6/2023 ![]() This is exactly how people who are very experienced with sheet music use sheet music to understand what a composer intended. When you have enough experience working with reading music, when you see a concert pitch A, you will hear 440 Hz in your head. When you see a group of 4 16th notes, your eyes will skip over them in the same amount of time that it would take them to move over a quarter note in the same piece, provided that the music is flowing at the same rate, of course. It can take a long time to develop this skill. Most of the time, theory professors will teach students singing to help them develop the skill necessary to sight read. There is something about actually learning to sing that helps a lot of students learn how to read music. Of course, this likely has to do with the same effect that happens when children learn how to read. They already know how to speak, and all they are doing when they learn how to read is to interpret a written representation of spoken words. When you learn how to read music, you’re simply learning how to interpret a written representation of sung tones. Just like learning to read books, it’s best to start at the beginning with reading music. ![]() Start by learning the note names and how those names relate to pitches in your voice and on your instrument. There are several clefs that music can be written in, but the most common are bass and treble clef. Bass clef is generally used to notate lower pitched instruments and voices and treble is used for higher pitched voices and instruments. Piano students will need to learn to read both clefs since their music spans several octaves and is written in both at the same time. It can be helpful to use mnemonic devices to remember the note names. Find something that will stick for you and soon you’ll be able to name the notes without even having to think about it! The example below shows mnemonic devices that can be used for the lines and spaces of bass and treble clef, but the possibilities are endless. In addition to learning note names and how they relate to your instrument, it’s also a good idea to learn how they sound and feel when you sing them. Learning sight singing can make a big difference in how easy it is for you to read sheet music.
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