reading

Reading: Sixteenth Notes and Rests in 4/4

Teacher: Joe Porcaro Length: 20 min Category: Reading

This lesson gets you into sixteenth note reading using only sixteenth notes and rests. Count out loud.

4a – 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.

Reading: Week 14 Reading Exercises

Teacher: Joe Porcaro Length: Category: Reading

This week we will focus on our time signatures and the relationships between our various note values.

4b – Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4 | Lesson Review

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 21 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.

Reading: Week 15 Reading Exercises

Teacher: Joe Porcaro Length: Category: Reading

This week we focus on different rest values in various time signature and various pulse feels.

5a – 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.

Reading: Week 16 Reading Exercises

Teacher: Joe Porcaro Length: Category: Reading

This is the last week of our beginner course so we will put together everything we've worked on these 16 weeks!

R5a – 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.

R4b – Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4 | Lesson Review

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 21 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.

R4a – 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.