Read Music Method Mini Book 1
Early Elementary Lesson Book $6.50
The original Read Music Method, the Graph to Staff Approach, has been updated and split into two mini books! Read Music Method Mini Book 1 makes those first lessons of teaching children how to read music even easier. Students learn to read music from the first lesson with Middle C as their central landmark. Within a few lessons, they begin writing their own simple tunes and playing them. This book also covers whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes with multiple hands on experiences.
Read Music Method Mini Book 2
Early Elementary Lesson Book $6.50
Read Music Method Mini Book 2 is the perfect follow-up to Read Music Method Mini Book 1. Mini Book 2 begins by reviewing Middle C Position, then introduces C scale, C position, and C chords. Students begin playing with multiple fingers at the same time and become familiar with intervals and triads. Flats and sharps, and time signatures are explained in easy terms. Eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and triplets enter the picture, too!
Read Music Method,
Early Elementary to Late Elementary Workbook $8.55
The original Read Music Method, the Graph to Staff Approach, provides an unforgettably fun and easy way to teach and learn how to read music. The beginning stages of reading music are broken into easy progressive steps. Students gain a deep comprehension of the musical staff, and right away, begin writing and playing their own music. Tracking and note recognition become second nature. Children of all learning styles are tempted to quickly advance by the sheer fun of trying the next task!
the Graph to Staff Approach
Read Music Method, the Graph to Staff Approach, provides an unforgettably fun and easy way to learn how to read music and play piano. The beginning stages of reading music are broken into easy progressive steps. Students quickly gain a deep comprehension of the musical staff, right away begin writing and playing their own music, develop eye to finger dexterity, recognize notes and intervals like old friends in both treble and bass clefs, and learn to read rhythm and time signature notation. Read Music Method is filled with page after page of songs and exercises to build on new skills. Ages 12 and up can set their own pace and quickly make the leap from beginner to intermediate!
Read Music Method,
Adult Beginner
Elementary to Early Intermediate
$8.55
Halloween: Featuring the Bat King and Nine More Original Spooky Songs
Halloween: Featuring the Bat King and Nine More Original Spooky Songs is an exciting collection of Halloween piano originals designed to delight students. Not only are these songs fun to play, they are fun to teach! This book starts out with two beginner appropriate pieces in Middle C Position, next offers several spooky songs in C Position. Then the final five pieces are sure to please the fingers and ears of early intermediate to intermediate students. Each Halloween for years to come, these animated compositions will thrill and chill!
Adult Beginner
Elementary to Early Intermediate
$8.55
Read Music Method for adult beginners: Large Print provides an unforgettably fun and easy way to learn how to read music and play piano. The beginning stages of reading music are broken into easy progressive steps. Students quickly gain a deep comprehension of the musical staff, right away begin writing and playing their own music, develop eye to finger dexterity, recognize notes and intervals like old friends in both treble and bass clefs, and learn to read rhythm and time signature notation. Ages 12 and up can set their own pace and quickly make the leap from beginner to intermediate!
Read Music Method for adult beginners: Large Print
So much to Gain!
What Read Music Method has to offer:
1. Students learn to read and write notes on the staff.
2. It's especially great for kids who like to play by ear!
3. Great for homeschoolers!
4. Great for music classrooms/elementary math units.
5. Band students learn to read music.
6. Vocalists develop ear training and learn to read music.
7. Encourages creativity and composition.
8. Makes reading ledger lines easy.
9. Students build piano fingering technique.
10. Rhythm reading is made easy.
11. Note value makes sense.
12. Students gain confidence in reading music.
13. Students discover that music is mathematical.
14. Provides a strong knowledge base for piano pedagogy students, music majors, elementary educators, & band teachers.
Notes from the Author
My objectives in writing Read Music Method
Students will:
1. Build a solid basic skill of reading lines and spaces.
2. Recognize intervals like old friends
3. Recognize notes by reading, writing, and listening.
4. Quickly and easily begin reading notes on the musical staff.
5. Develop a strong base to return to when a music-reading crisis hits.
About the Author
Joanna Rogers, mother of seven children and well-loved piano teacher, has built a career around the joy of music. For thirty years she has tuned-in to discover the learning styles and preferences of her many students, becoming acutely aware of the processes of teaching children to read music. Designing lessons to reach every student and make piano lessons fun; she created the Read Music Method. Joanna has a BA in Elementary Education from the University of Phoenix, and studied piano pedagogy at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho and Illinois Central College.