David Livianu was born and educated in Bucharest, Romania; he received his Masters in Music degree from the Juilliard School in New York City in 1982. He studied composition under Professor Milton Babbitt, with a full scholarship. He specializes in ear-training and sight-singing with an emphasis on the development of absolute and relative pitch, commonly known as perfect pitch. Currently he lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. The exercises offered can be used by anyone that has an interest in developing a musical ear; by listening and singing along you will be able in a short period of time to start distinguishing between the various notes and also the distances between the notes. The exercises start from the rudimentary steps of learning the 7 notes to complex combinatorial patterns of intervals, 3, 4, 5, and 6 note chords, encompassing the Major and minor scales from no sharps and no flats, to 7 sharps and 7 flats. The key to success is daily practice and personal participation. If you would like a list of all the exercises + a printed copy of the sheet music for this and other exercises, send an e-mail to david@livianu.com

sight singing

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How to Read Music for Beginners

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How to Read Music for Beginners

This is video screen capture of a flash tool I wrote to teach the bass clef on the piano. You can study to your hearts content by following this direct link: www.learn-bass-clef.info If you are interested in improving your sight reading skills, check out my book “The Secrets of Sight Reading Piano Music” at www.patternpiano.com I have many more free flash tools at my website www.pianochordfinder.org

How to Sight Read Music

Clip from neffmusic.com of video lesson 1 on sight reading music.

How to Sight Read Music