This document provides an overview of a short course that teaches the basics of reading music, including learning the fundamental areas of music like rhythm, pitch, harmony, dynamics, and form. It outlines topics that will be covered such as musical notation, identifying note names, understanding time signatures, and time values. The objectives are to teach students how to read music notation for voice, piano, guitar, and other instruments.

1. A short course on Reading Music Basics for Voice, Piano, Guitar and other melody-making machines!

2. What is “reading” music? Image: www.aubreyssong.org

3. Learning Objectives Image: www.drumnuts.com Five fundamental areas of music Musical notation Name musical notes

4. Five Fundamental Areas Rhythm Harmony Pitch Form Dynamics Image: personal.psu.edu Image: www.playpiano.com Image: www.guitarplayercenter.com

5. Notation Image: www.shanemcdonald.org Sharp notes symbol ♯ Flat notes symbol♭

6. Quick Quiz 1

7. Time Values Time signature Measure start and stop Image: www.shanemcdonald.org Beat counts

8. Quick Quiz 2 Image: www.shanemcdonald.org

9. Reference Ware, Clifton (2008). Adventures in Singing. New York: McGraw-Hill