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      • 01. – Repetition
      • 02 – Sequencing
      • 03. Anticedent and Consequent
      • 04 – Embellishments – Grace Notes
      • 05. – Rhythmic Motifs
      • 06 – Theme and Variation
      • 07 – Retrograde & Inversion
      • 08 – Augmentation & Diminuation
      • 09 – Melodic Permutation
      • 10. Rhythmic Displacement and Augmentation
      • MELODY COMPOSITION
      • MOZART’S MELODIES – ROB KAPILOW
    • NOTATION & RHYTHM
      • 01. Staff, Clefs, Pitches
      • 02 Grand Staff & Ledger Lines
      • 03 Beat, Rhythm, Tempo, Measures
      • 04 Note Values
      • 05 Rest Values
      • 06 Time Signature or Meter
      • 07 Adding Dots and Ties
      • Reading Music Videos
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How to Read Notation

How to Read Notation Blog

How to Read Notation for Drummers – Blue Devil Beat blog

 

How to Read Music Youtube series – see below for links

 

  1. Staff
  2. Clefs
  3. Notes – Pitches
  4. Note Values
  5. Time Signature
  6. Rests
  7. Dots and Ties
  8. Accidentals part 1
  9. Accidentals part 2
  10. Key Signature
  11. Simple Meter
  12. Compound Meter
  13. Asymmetric Meter
  14. Strong Weak
  15. Syncopation

 

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