READING and WRITING MUSIC

Try to guess what the printed music will sound like before you play
Basic Alphabet Natural Notes
Chromatic Alphabet - Hybrid - Sharps and Flats
Follow sheet music while listening to recordings
Symbols
Notes and rests
Ties & Dots
Read note names ‘in time' (with the rhythm)
Read tbe rhythm only
Read the note names only
Notation
tablature, Chord Diagrams
Ledger Lines
Looking Ahead
Chord Names
Position Reading
Moving the eyes
Music Stand Position
Peripheral vision

Single String Reading allows you to develop an clear picture of distance relationships between
notes as well as creating an overall picture of the guitar

BASICS OF PITCH
The Musical Alphabet
The Keyboard
White Keys
The Staff
Clefe
The G Clef (Treble Cleft
The Octave
Ledger Lines
Note Reading in the G Clef
Relating the Treble Clef to the Keyboard
Introduction to Singing—Why Sing?
Singing in the Treble Clef
The F Clef (Bass Clef)
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Note Reading in the F Clef

Relating the Bass Clef to the Keyboard
Singing in the Bass Clef
The Grand Staff
Further Study of Ledger Lines
Octave Higher (8va) or Octave Lower (8vb)
ACCIDENTALS
Sharp. Flat. Natural
Drawing Accidentals on the Staff
Relating Accidentals on the Staff to the Keyboard
Enharmonic Spellings
Diatonic and Chromatic Half Steps
Chromatic Scales
Whole Steps
Double Sharp. Double Flat
SCALE KEY SIGNATURES
Major Scale Key Signatures
Major Scales with Sharps
Finding the Tonic Note in a Major Scale with Sharps
Major Scales with Flats
Finding the Tonic Note in a Major Scale with Flats
Circle of Fifths—Major Keys
"Courtesy" Accidentals
Transposition: Using a Key Signature