reading

Reading: Theory Of Time Signatures | Exercise

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 1 min Category: Musicianship, Reading

Understanding this lesson is understanding how to read music. Be sure you watch the main lesson and read all the workbook pages. The "rule" on page three is the key to analyzing whatever is written.

How to Practice out of “Syncopation”

Teacher: Rich Redmond Length: 31 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Independence, Reading, Secrets From the Pros

Sit back and watch how Rich Redmond uses Ted Reed's Syncopation to practice styles, technique, reading and independence.

Reading: Theory Of Time Signatures | Lesson Review

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 18 min Category: Musicianship, Reading

Understanding this lesson is understanding how to read music. Be sure you watch the main lesson and read all the workbook pages. The "rule" on page three is the key to analyzing whatever is written.

Chart Reading Interpretation

Teacher: John Ramsay Length: 31 min Category:

This lesson covers the fundamentals of how you will be expected to approach chart reading.

Reading: Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4 | Exercise

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 2 min Category: Reading

Joe Porcaro is in the PAS Hall of Fame and is a legendary Studio Musician playing on over 1000 movies and recordings. He wrote the curriculum and is a teacher at the Los Angeles College of Music.

2a- Learning Note Values | Lesson Review

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 13 min Category: Reading

The most important part of this lesson is to learn the note values at sight. Test yourself by naming all the notes on page six of the download and fill in the worksheet test on page five.

Reading: Whole and Half Notes and Rests in 4/4 | Lesson Review

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 4 min Category: Reading

In this lesson you will be reading whole notes, half notes and rests. This lesson also introduces bar line counting, where the first beat in each measure represents the number of that measure. If bar line counting seems a little difficult, then continue to count as we did in the previous lessons where the first beat in every measure is one. Barline counting is important as it will help you keep your place especially if you are playing the same thing over a long period of time.