ALFRED READY To Read Music Sequential Lessons In Music Reading Readiness

Ready to Read Music

Sequential Lessons in Music Reading Readiness

By Jay Althouse
Comb Bound Book
Grade: 4 & up
Item: 00-21835

Don't ask your students to read music until they are "ready to read music." This 100% reproducible book is packed with four sequential units of eight lessons each, all designed to prepare your students to read music. Most of the lessons are followed by a page of exercises, ideal for student assessment. And, as a bonus, you will find page after page of large, reproducible music symbols---great for bulletin boards and flash card learning. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. Recommended for grades four and up.

Contents

• Introduction
• Unit 1 -- Staff, Clefs, Notes
• 1. The Staff
• 2. Treble Clef
• 3. Bass Clef
• 4. Notes
• 5. Whole Note
• 6. Half Note
• 7. Quarter Note
• 8. Eighth Note
• Unit 2 -- Rhythm
• 1. Rests
• 2. Whole Rest and Half Rest
• 3. Quarter Rest and Eighth Rest
• 4. Barlines and Measures
• 5. Beats
• 6. Time Signature
• 7. Dots
• 8. Ties
• Unit 3 -- Pitch
• 1. Note Names in the Treble Clef
• 2. Note Names in the Bass Clef
• 3. Ledger Lines
• 4. Grand Staff
• 5. Sharp and Flat
• 6. Key Signatures
• 7. Naming Key Signatures
• 8. Natural Sign and Accidentals
• Unit 4 -- More Musical Symbols and Terms
• 1. How Loud? How Soft?
• 2. More About Loud and Soft
• 3. How Fast? How Slow?
• 4. Staccato and Fermata
• 5. Accent, Tenuto, and Marcato
• 6. Repeats, First and Second Endings
• 7. Vocal Music
• 8. Putting It All Together (L'il Liza Jane)
• The Symbols of Music
• Review Answer Key
• The Water Is Wide, a performance piece
• Ready to Read Music Certificate

Composed by: Jay Althouse
Format: Comb Bound Book
Page Count: 120
Item Number: 00-21835
ISBN 10: 0-7390-3285-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-7390-3285-5
UPC: 038081212265