Music Symbols Made Simple: A Super-Simple Parent's Guide to Ensuring That Your Child Succeeds in Music

Music Symbols Made Simple: A Super-Simple Parent's Guide to Ensuring That Your Child Succeeds in Music
Chris Ellis (Author)

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Music

As a Music instructor, I have found that many students are not taught Music Theory until much later in their studies. It is not until the student has advanced that he or she learns what some of the symbols in Music mean and as important, how they coordinate and relate to one another and to the instruments that the student is trying to learn.

In various teaching methods that I have seen, the student is confronted with a page of symbols that he sees for the first time and has no idea what they are. The teacher then plays the piece for him and he is supposed to figure out the meaning of all the symbols in the piece just by hearing it played. This is akin to learning how to read by having someone read a sentence to you and expecting you to understand all of it despite never having seen or heard of the Alphabet.

A student learns to read by taking each of the individual symbols of the alphabet and learning exactly what they stand for. He then learns how to put the symbols together in a way that makes sense. Once he does that, he learns all of the symbols of punctuation and how they relate to the words.

In short, there is a lot of time in the child's early years, spent learning the individual symbols for reading and writing. At that point, he learns the rules and principles that govern writing. This takes years.

On the other hand, most Music methods barely touch on Music Theory which includes the definitions of the words and symbols, how they relate to one another, and the basic rules that you follow to ensure that the music is comprehensible. Music notation (the written communication of Music), and Music itself is a system of communication. If you know and can use the rules of this method of communication, you will succeed in Music. If you do not, you will never get past a certain point in your training and you will always have a bit of confusion on how to play what you see on the printed page.

For this reason I have created this book.

This book is meant to be a primer, in other words, it is an introduction to the basic words and symbols you first come across in the subject of Music.

After reading and understanding this volume, you should approach your child's further studies in the same way. Look up the definitions of the symbols. Coordinate them in your mind and ensure that your child can do the same so that you both understand their usage.
Developing good study habits and ensuring that you understand every concept will ensure that you receive a depth of knowledge in the subject of Music that will allow both you and your child to do whatever you want with it. The sky is the limit once you know the principles and the rules.

• Rank: #106239 in eBooks
• Published on: 2014-02-21
• Released on: 2014-02-21
• Format: Kindle eBook