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Sight Reading |
Note Reading Training |
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Free online software!
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Learn to read sheet-music notes &
identify them on the piano via a fun game.
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Circle of Fifths |
Scales, Chords, Intervals |
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Learn music theory:
see all the scales on one page and see how they relate to
each other, the musical staff, and the keyboard.
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My Music |
Free Music |
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Listen to me playing some of my favorite songs on the piano.
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At age 50 I decided to take up the piano, and learn to read music. I guess you're never too old to learn and enjoy something new.
The Note-reading Training page features a game where you earn points by clicking on the piano key corresponding to the note on the music staff. The notes are random within a selected scale. It's the only free site I've seen that combines learning scales, note-reading, and keyboard learning in one game.
Under that page's Learn More link, I have put together my notes on how to read music (at least as far as recognizing the notes.)
The Circle of Fifths page has an interactive circle showing all of the major and minor keys, how they relate to each other,
and what their scales look like on the music staves. It identifies the keys on the piano -- and their fingering, and shows what chords are in
the key. It's quite comprehensive.
Under that page's Learn More link, I have put together my notes on music theory concerning scales, chords, intervals, etc.
I hope you find it a fun, easy way to learn these concepts.
Finally, I've included a few of the songs I've been learning to play on the piano.
Don't expect too much: these were recorded after less than
2 years of weekly 1/2 hour lessons (combined with a fair amount of practice.) I just want to show other seniors that it is
possible -- and fun -- to learn an instrument at our age.
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