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Music Music Fundamentals Reading Music

Read Music FAST! Part 2: intervals & key signatures

Sequel to my top-rated course, showing you how to read notes in context and decipher key signatures
Highest Rated
Rating: 4.8 out of 54.8 (636 ratings)
4,261 students
Created by Benedict Westenra
Last updated 11/2020
English
English [Auto]
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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

12 sections • 52 lectures • 3h 49m total length

  • Preview04:44
  • Preview02:59
  • Preview04:46

  • 2nds
    04:54
  • Ties
    01:51
  • 2nds test #1
    01:54
  • Solution to 2nds test #1
    07:45
  • 2nds test #2
    00:01
  • Solution to 2nds test #2
    06:21

  • 3rds
    01:17
  • 3rds test #1
    00:01
  • Solution to 3rds test #1
    03:24
  • 3rds test #2
    00:01
  • Solution to 3rds test #2
    05:08

  • 5ths
    02:45
  • 5ths test
    00:01
  • Solution to 5ths test
    03:46

  • Octaves
    05:34
  • Octaves test
    02:11
  • Solution to octaves test
    06:42
  • Other intervals
    02:27

  • Sharps & flats
    03:27
  • Sharps & flats test #1
    00:01
  • Solution to sharps & flats test #1
    03:17
  • Sharps & flats test #2
    00:01
  • Solution to sharps & flats test #2
    03:25
  • Sharps & flats test #3
    00:01
  • Solution to sharps & flats test #3
    07:01

  • Why people use key signatures
    07:09
  • The "quick" way of reading them
    10:00

  • The circle of 5ths
    06:51
  • What is a scale?
    10:32
  • Red notes and blue notes
    10:12
  • Red / blue test
    00:16
  • The red / blue method for working out major scales
    09:07
  • All the major scales
    05:15
  • Using the major scales to read key signatures
    05:43
  • 5 sharps or flats
    02:18
  • 6 sharps or flats
    05:07
  • 7 sharps or flats
    03:51

  • Perfect 5ths
    07:17
  • Memorising the circle of 5ths chart
    11:49
  • Relative major and minor scales
    12:59
  • The red / blue method for working out minor scales
    06:23

  • Practicing scales
    03:00
  • How to really master any scale
    03:38

Instructor

Benedict Westenra
"The best piano teacher in London", 1,000+ 5* reviews
Benedict Westenra
  • 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.

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