Musical Symbols

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Learning to play an instrument is not unlike learning to speak a new language. It’s important to listen, follow the rhythm, understand new vocabulary and structure. Repetition and practice are not just helpful but necessary.

A lot of times when we begin to learn to read music in order to play the piano (or any other instrument), we focus on the notes — that is, trying to play the correct pitches. But if you look at a piece of music, there is so much going on in that music besides just the notes.

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Examine the piece of music above and you’ll see all sorts of musical symbols, lines, numbers and words. These are so important for a musician to understand not only so that a piece is played accurately but also so that it is played beautifully!

I’ve put together a set of 18 flash cards with basic musical symbols (these are symbols that I teach in Level 1 of my Busy Kids Do Piano course).

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Use these flashcards to review foundational symbols in music. Making sure your student can identify these symbols quickly helps ensure that your student is on his way to musical fluency!

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