37 PAGES ENABLING COMPETENT NOTE READING
Here is a fun and easy way to teach the music notes to beginners! The Easy Notes theory books can be used right from the very first lesson. The books teach four octaves of music notes through characters and stories that link to each note’s position on the piano keyboard and on the music stave. This enables the beginner to instantly recognize the notes on the stave, and link them to the notes on the piano. The stories are fun to teach, and children, teenagers, and even adults love them! They spark the imagination, turning ‘boring’ notes into lovable and memorable characters.
Easy Notes makes learning the music notes fun and easy. It really works!
- 37 pages of theory packed with stories, pictures and exercises.
- The books systematically teach four octaves of notes in the treble and bass, as well as rhythm and dynamics.
- Level 1 teaches the C position and G position notes.
- The books also use stories to teach sharps, flats, and chords, and how to draw note stems and clefs.
- The books include a full set of tear-out note flashcards.
- Each book has a rhythm section, Easy Beats, which teaches beginner rhythm and dynamics through stories.
CENTER SECTION OF FLASHCARDS
The theory books include a center section of tear-out flashcards. Flashcards are an excellent way to practice quick recognition of the notes - a crucial skill for effortless music reading!
The flashcards are laid out in the order that the notes are taught so that they can be torn out one by one as the notes are learned. Easy Notes Level 1 has 19 flashcards; Level 2 has 12 flashcards.
RHYTHM SECTION
The Easy Beats section in the Level 1 book teaches these beginner rhythm concepts through characters and stories:
- quarter notes and rests
- half notes and rests
- whole notes and rests
- dotted half notes
- dynamics: f, mf and mp
- tied notes
- ¾ and 4/4 time signatures
- writing the counts and bar lines in music
