Basic Music Literacy: Lessons in how to read and understand the universal language of printed music. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781463690175)

In this book you will find ten lessons in how to read and understand the universal language of printed music. I have written and used these lessons throughout my career in music education to help students in school choirs and general music classes understand a musical score. These lessons can help form a basis of understanding on how music is recorded in a printed format. In our modern age much of our music is recorded in an audio format and yet there is still a need for printed music. Long before audio recordings were possible composers relied on recording their compositions in print and much of that printed music survived for hundreds of years. Without the printed language of music and the many musicians who helped develop this printed language we would not know the music of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and so many earlier and later composers.

Author: Gillian Westerman, Jerome Westerman
ISBN-10: 1463690177
ISBN-13: 9781463690175
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2011
Pages: 98
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.20d