Calvin T asked:


i have only been taking private lessons for about 5 years now with my clarinet and sax. i just joined a summer concert band at a nearby community college. i find it difficult keeping up with the tempo, counting rhythms/rests etc. can someone help? i have no band experience i look like a fool out there.

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the king asked:


i am a jazz guitar player and i really want to learn to sight read music can anyone help

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Blake asked:


A few months ago, i started learning to play the cello, and as you can imagine, we had to learn to read music first. Then we started to learn how to play certain notes in first position. I practiced a lot at home and memorized all of our notes so far in first position, and I can play the notes when I see them on the staff. However, my teacher tells us to write in the note numbers and I did once but it didn’t make it easier. My question is why is it easier for me to play when looking at the actual notes and which do you think is better for a beginning student to do: Write in finger numbers underneath/ on top of the music, the notes, or just learn to read looking at the quarter/eighth/etc notes themselves?

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throwingbacktheapple asked:


I’m am relatively good at playing bass, but I don’t know how to sight read.What would be the best way to improve my reading skills? I’m talking contemporary music, nothing too serious like jazz or classical contra-bass.

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Emily asked:


I’m 15 years old and I play guitar. I taught myself how to play by ear and by using tabs online. I sing in my schools choir and I used to play the flute so I know some basic things. I don’t sight read music very well, mainly because I can’t get used to how the rhythms are being expressed. I listen to a lot of classical, jazz, and indie music that’s more complex than what most people my age listen to, but I have no idea what is going on in those songs. I’d like to be able to recognize “Oh, this song’s in 5/4.” or whatever.

I especially need help with time signatures and how to recognize what they are/count with them. For some reason I never got the hang of recognizing what key something is in, or the names of what note/chord is being played.

Are there any good sites/tips that could help me understand a bit more? My lack of knowledge is sort of hindering my learning the guitar, and I’m not going to be able to learn in school until at least next year. Thanks!

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