How To Read Music(ISBN=9780517884386)

　　A basic primer for anyone without musical training who wishes to learn to read musical scores when singing or taking up an instrument, this accessible and complete book covers classical, popular, jazz, and folk music. Well-known pieces are accompanied by a muscial dictionary, a note directory, and a guide to musical signs.

I ntroduCtlon
Howto use this book
How Notes are named
How Notes are written
Notes with different shapes
Reading a Melody
Notes above and below the Staves
Rests
CUrved Ljnes
Dotted Notes
Time Signatures
Sharps，Flats and Naturals
Keys and Key Signatures
How Fast?
How Loud?
MusicaI Shorthand
Notes played or sung together
Music on more than one Stave
Chords
Choosing your first pieces of music
Other Notes and Rests
Triplets
More Time Signatures
Minor Keys
E#，B#and DoubleSharps(X)
C b，and Double Flats(bb)
AIl the Keys—Major and Minor
Octaves and Octave Signs(8ve)
Other Signs which a仟ect notes
Notes which are to be repeated
The other Clef．．．．．——the C Clef
Key Signatures for the C Clef
Directory of Musical Signs
NOte Directory
A Short Musica I Dictionary
List of music in this book