Improve Your Music Reading Skills

These are the notes we will be practicing in this section

Here are some fun apps and a free online game to practice note recognition

Name that NotePlay this fantastic game to learn the notes on a musical stave. How many points will you score?

‎Flashnote Derby‎Flashnote Derby is a fun way for kids to learn and practice reading music notes. Each race is a timed test in which the student identifies different notes in order to urge their horse on towards the finish line. Answering quickly and correctly will cause their horse to gain ground, while incorrect…

‎StaffWars‎StaffWars is a game designed to help beginning and intermediate musicians learn, practice and woodshed the note names of the treble, alto and bass clefs. THE APP for anyone who wants to master these clefs.

Here are some fun worksheets you could do to practice note reading and writing. (if you don't have a printer - try saying the answers outloud instead of writing down?)

name notes spaces.pdf

Write the names of the notes underneath.

name the notes lines.pdf

Write the names of the notes underneath

Now try playing these bars of music on your instrument.

Go as SLOWLY as you need to.

If there are any notes you haven't learn yet, miss them out, or look them up!

Rhythm Reading

Crotchet

ONE beat long note

Minim

TWO beat long note

Dotted Minim

THREE beat long note

Semibreve

FOUR beat long note

Quavers

HALF a beat each

Crochet Rest

ONE beat long rest

Minim Rest

TWO beat long rest

Semibreve Rest

FOUR beat long rest

If you are having trouble remembering how many beats the notes are worth, try this worksheet.

Copy of it-all-adds-up-worksheet-two.pdf

Try these videos to practice rhythms

Clap along to the rhythms in these videos.

You might notice that the video uses the Ta and Ti-ti system to name the notes. You might be used to using this with your teacher. It's the official names of those notes, but it can be a helpful way to read the rhythms right.

Play some of the rhythms on these sheets - download a free metronome or tap your foot to keep in time.

That's Flute - page 52.pdf

All the notes here are Bs - when you feel confident you could try changing notes and making your own pieces to the rhythms.

That's Flute - page 53.pdf

All the notes here are Bs - when you feel confident you could try changing notes and making up your own pieces to the rhythms.

In these videos, play the short bars of music and then listen back to see if you got it right.

How to use the videos...

Wait 4 beats
Play the notes
Listen to see if you got it right
Play it again (with the computer)
Wait 4 beats and continue in the same way

Flute 1 Bronze Sight-reading level 1.mov

Level 1

Flute 1 Silver Sight-reading level 1.mov

Level 2

Now you've finished the exercises on this page...

Head over to the beginner pieces section and choose something new to play.

If you keep coming back to this page, slowly your reading will improve.

Page updated

Google Sites

Report abuse