Part 2

Deciphering Squiggles on Paper to Create Sound

IN THIS PART …

Find out how to read notes on — and outside of — the musical staff. Then, transfer that knowledge to play the notes on the piano.

Recognize different types of bar lines — single, double, repeats, and so on — and how they help you navigate your way through a piece of music.

Count a range of note and rest values, from whole notes to sixteenths. Learn to automatically know what to do when you see them in notation.

Navigate common time signatures: 4/4, 3/4, and more, and find out all about how they work and the different types of feels that they lend to music.

Play a bunch of new songs right away, from “Can Can” to “When the Saints Go Marching In,” through a nicely streamlined approach.