TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to read music - Tim Hansen
Like an actor's script, a sheet of music instructs a musician on what to play (the pitch) and when to play it (the rhythm). Sheet music may look complicated, but once you've gotten the hang of a few simple elements like notes, bars and...
Curated Video
Understanding the Music Staff
This video describes how to identify both pitch and note duration.
Music Matters
Reading Bass Clef Ledger Lines - Music Theory
How well do you know your bass clef ledger lines above and below the stave? You may be fairly new to reading music or you may have been a musician for years but many musicians get caught out when it comes to reading notes on ledger...
Two Minute Music Theory
How Do Clefs Work?
What is a clef and how does it work? Why do we need multiple clefs?
Music Matters
Reading Notes in the Tenor Clef - Music Theory
How good are you at reading notes in the tenor clef? You may play an instrument that never needs to use the tenor clef but you might want to grasp the essentials of reading notes in the tenor clef. You might play with other...
Music Matters
Spot the Music Notation Mistakes - Music Theory
We explore an extract of music that contains some mistakes with its notation, can you spot them all? This music theory lesson explores some of the most common errors when it comes to notating notes, rhythms, time signatures and other...
Music Matters
Piano for Beginners Lesson 12 - Five Notes in the Bass Clef & Final Performance
In this video you will learn a new note, F, in the bass clef and will discover how to use all five fingers evenly in the left hand. There is a new piece to learn, which gives you the opportunity to read the notes C, B, A, G and F in the...
Music Matters
Piano for Beginners Lesson 11 - Five Notes in the Treble Clef, Ties & Dynamics
In this video you will learn a new note in the treble clef, G, and learn to use all five fingers in the right hand. There is a new piece to learn using C, D, E, F and G with all fingers on the move and a variety of rhythms. By the end of...
Two Minute Music Theory
Making the Alto Clef Make Sense
The Alto Clef can be very foreign to musicians. Some might even call it scary. So, today let's try to unpack the Alto Clef and maybe Demystify it just a little.
Music Matters
Alto Clef and Tenor Clef Explained - Music Theory
Learn all about the alto and tenor clef, how to draw them and how to read the notes. Instruments such as the viola read music in the alto clef. Other instruments, such as the trombone, also use the alto clef some of the time. The tenor...
Music Matters
Reading and Identifying Notes in the Treble Clef - How to Read Music
How to read and identify the pitch of the notes in the treble clef. Some people rely on reading the patterns of notes ascending or descending and on reading notes that are next to each other or leaping.This video explains how to read the...
Odd Quartet
Music Theory - How To Read Music
Music can get complicated, so how do musicians know which notes to play? This video looks at clefs and how they help musicians read sheet music.
Bridgeman Arts
Australia, c.1951: A bassoon player plays a piece of music in an orchestra
Australia, circa 1951: A bassoon player plays a piece of music in an orchestra.
Bridgeman Arts
Australia, c.1951: String instrument performers play a tune in an orchestra
Australia, circa 1951: String instrument performers play a tune in an orchestra.