Turn your speakers up! The following flash program is an excellent tool to help train your ears! A series of two notes will be played one by one. You are trying to figure out the distance between the two notes. You will not know the exact notes of the keys that are being played, but that is not important with this exercise. The intervals between the played notes are important.  Read the rest of this entry »

The diagram below shows the C note on the bottom. Every other note has a certain distance from the C note. That distance is an interval. The exact distance has different names. Look at the F note; it is the major fourth because it is the fourth note apart of the C major scale. You would count C as 1, D2, E3, and F is the fourth (4). If you heard the notes C and F played back to back, the interval difference between the two notes is a major fourth. When you hear two notes played, it is almost impossible to know the exact note that it is. For example, most people cannot hear a tone and immediately know that is a Bb (flat). However, when you hear notes played, it is possible to figure out the distance between those notes. You could hear single notes played back to back or two notes played together.   Read the rest of this entry »

This is the beginning to learning how to read sheet music. Learn about the treble & bass clefs and how to read notes on sheet music!

You’re getting there! To understand more about sheet music, you need to understand the different kinds of notes. The different types will tell you how long to hold the note down and let it play.