Learn to Read Music (Softcover)

Learn to Read Music (Softcover)
by Howard Shanet

Learn to Read Music (Softcover)
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Author: Howard Shanet
Brand: A Fireside Book/Simon and Schuster
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1971-06-01
ISBN: 0671210270
Number of pages: 180
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp
Product features:
  • Published by A Fireside Book/Simon and Schuster 180 Pages
  • by Howard Shanet
  • Author: Howard Shanet

Summary of Learn to Read Music (Softcover)

This book Will

1 teach the notation of music to those who have never known it before
2 serve as a systematic reminder for those who once knew how to read music but have forgotten most of it
3 serve as a practical classroom text book in the rudiments of music
4 serve as a helpful reference book for the student in music appreciation and related courses

This book Will Not

1 teach you to sing like Tebaldi
2 make you a wizard at the piano or any other instrument
3 turn you into an Irving Berlin or a Beethoven

But it will teach Anyone -- even the tone-deaf -- to read melodies and pick them out on the piano

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