Read Music FAST! Part 2: intervals & key signatures
What you'll learn
- Know what an interval is
- Recognise 2nds, 3rds, 5ths and octaves in a score and on the keyboard
- Read a key signature
- Work out any major scale quickly and easily
- Work out any minor scale quickly and easily
- Know what key a piece is in by looking at the key signature
- ... and know what the key signature is if you know what key the piece is in
Requirements
- Students need to have completed my "Read Music FAST!" course
Description
"Terrific course with innovative approaches to learning sight reading and beginning music theory, clear explanations and demonstrations, and abundant resource materials, all delivered in a calm, friendly manner. Would give 10 stars if I could. Thank you, Benedict!" - Taome N
"His unique method of understanding scales is, by itself, worth the price of the course. Check it out. Definitely one of the best online classes I’ve taken." – Lynn Kear
"If only every teacher/instructor could make learning this easy for their students." - Nana Okyere
Since I launched my "Read Music FAST!" course 2 years ago people have been asking for a sequel, and I've finally had time to make one. In Part 1 I showed you how to read individual notes really fast using my unique reference note system. In this course I show you how to read notes in context, by getting really good at reading the distance between notes, and how to read and memorise the key signatures, all using lots of worked examples. I also reveal my Red/Blue System for working out major scales which I've been teaching my private students for years but have never published publicly before.
Note: this course does not teach you who to read rhythm. That's a huge subject that will require an entire course to itself!
Who this course is for:
- This course is for anyone wanting to apply the note-reading skills they learned in my "Read Music FAST!" course to real pieces of music
- This course is *not* for anyone wanting to learn how to read rhythm - I hope to cover that in a later course!
Course content
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Instructor
![Benedict Westenra](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.7 Instructor Rating
- 6,041 Reviews
- 23,454 Students
- 4 Courses
I'm a London-based piano coach with over 10 years of teaching experience. Students include signed artists, senior record executives, and other industry professionals.
I'm currently workshopping a musical which I wrote the book, music, and lyrics to, and which I was invited to play to Stephen Sondheim, plus I've also worked as an official arranger for Beyoncé, Michael Bublé, Cher, and others.