Read Music in 15 Minutes

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @kiradot8071
    @kiradot8071 6 лет назад +1170

    Treble Clef
    2:11
    Introducing Ledger Lines
    4:24
    Bass Clef
    5:14
    Sharps, Flats, And Naturals
    7:06
    Key Signatures
    9:38
    Dynamic Markings
    12:04
    Practice Tips
    14:08
    Also, helpful
    6:29

    • @RyanTheHuman-tr1ol
      @RyanTheHuman-tr1ol 6 лет назад +13

      Kira Dot thanks for this😁✌🏻

    • @kiradot8071
      @kiradot8071 6 лет назад +3

      RyanTheHuman 11502 Totally!

    • @jg63776
      @jg63776 6 лет назад +9

      It’s in the description.

    • @kiradot8071
      @kiradot8071 6 лет назад +3

      Joshua G Ok. I just did it for myself.

    • @kiradot8071
      @kiradot8071 6 лет назад +2

      Joshua G I wanted the links.

  • @rogerlill
    @rogerlill 8 лет назад +1525

    This is the simplest, clearest explanation I've seen on the basics of reading music. Thank you very much.

    • @jazztutorial
      @jazztutorial  8 лет назад +43

      That means a lot Roger. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. Really hope this helps, and I think in a couple of weeks of just sight-reading pitches you can get quite confident.
      Let me know how you get on!
      Julian

    • @andreekarta6870
      @andreekarta6870 8 лет назад +7

      i'm agree with roger.nice lesson dude!keep it up :)

    • @legendarylou8429
      @legendarylou8429 8 лет назад +9

      I completely agree, this is a really good video. I learned from this. Thank you. Thumbs up from me.

    • @shudduptimmy3880
      @shudduptimmy3880 8 лет назад +3

      Roger Lill I agree with u

    • @berringervids
      @berringervids 8 лет назад +2

      I agree... I went to school for a year when I was 8 for this... I must say this video cleared up a lot of my questions from that time! Thank you! (Almost 30 years later now :) )

  • @rogerhurd8741
    @rogerhurd8741 3 года назад +333

    I have been playing guitar for over 50 years, and started playing piano about 2 years ago. All by ear, but with your video, and a book, I am learning to finally read music! Thank you for this video… gives old school playing by ear folks hope.

    • @bertjesklotepino
      @bertjesklotepino Год назад +31

      Sir, if you can play by ear, keep it alive.
      That is in my opinion a better skill than to be able to read notes and such.
      If you can play along with a song you hear on the radio without having to look at any notes, well, in my opinion that is real skill.
      Playing by notes on paper is in my opinion feeding a score of music to a music box.
      Like robots.
      You probably put more feeling into what you are playing by ear than those who play by notes will ever do or be able to do.
      (i am dutch, hope this makes any sense)

    • @f3uibeghardt522
      @f3uibeghardt522 Год назад +7

      Well, it's been a year. Did you follow through and learn to read competently in that time?

    • @bsc4344
      @bsc4344 Год назад +8

      @@bertjesklotepinomagnificent summary of the difference between the spiritual and the mechanical result of “playing music”. By Ear that results in beauty is more valid than a soulless expertly cranked out robotisism, in my book.

    • @layna7930
      @layna7930 4 месяца назад

      Which book?

  • @BirdYoumans
    @BirdYoumans 3 года назад +131

    I made a living playing music largely by ear all my life. I'm now 76 and mostly just do videos for youtube at this point. Tho I can read to some extent, just always could learn it much more quickly if I heard it first. Other than not getting into the time values (and you're right, the much harder half of reading) much, the rest of what you covered was really succinct and to the point. Bravo. Anyone not able to understand how to read pitch from this might want to look into another hobby lol! But again, excellent job on pitch and dynamics.

    • @oldrrocr
      @oldrrocr 3 года назад +4

      Best video on this topic.
      promised my mom that I would learn to read music if they bought me a guitar - that was 55 years ago.
      Hey, we didn't put a time limit on it...
      she was right though - I had no future in music. (Thanks Ma!)

  • @bitmau5
    @bitmau5 5 лет назад +3101

    I played this at 2x speed and learned to read music in 7 1/2 minutes

    • @Needandeli
      @Needandeli 5 лет назад +90

      I watched it backward and had the Benjamin Button effect as I learned to read music.

    • @bitmau5
      @bitmau5 5 лет назад +19

      Bass Cleff 𝄢 @Anthony Gomes . There are 2 Staffs, one on top, one on the bottom. Top is your right, bottom is your left. The Top on is the Treble cleff. Left hand plays the lower notes, hence the name Bass Cleff. It looks like this: 𝄢

    • @jimcrosby3944
      @jimcrosby3944 5 лет назад +16

      That's like doing 6 Minute Abs in three minutes.

    • @jimmyt6871
      @jimmyt6871 5 лет назад +17

      bro, u deserver harvard scholarship

    • @nicolasmango290
      @nicolasmango290 5 лет назад +1

      hahhhaha . :D

  • @lokeswardaimari9922
    @lokeswardaimari9922 5 лет назад +615

    EGBDF - Every Good Burger Deserves Fries
    GBDFA - Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart

    • @FollowMe4REP
      @FollowMe4REP 5 лет назад +18

      Lokeswar Daimari IABIGEIDNF - If A Burger Is Good Enough, It Doesn’t Need Fries (pianos in the future are shaped weird, and we have really good burgers, spoiler alert)

    • @Linkin-2603
      @Linkin-2603 4 года назад +5

      Burritos if they were INXS: Never tear us apart.

    • @orchestrate
      @orchestrate 4 года назад +7

      America 100

    • @MerlinZuni
      @MerlinZuni 3 года назад

      Both true statements

    • @lyn3667
      @lyn3667 3 года назад +3

      I'm so going to use Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart, thanks!

  • @komalthecoolk
    @komalthecoolk 6 лет назад +5346

    Remembering the notes is not difficult. Reading them while playing is.

    • @davidlgomes7120
      @davidlgomes7120 6 лет назад +120

      Practicing is ,,,again is!

    • @greedokenobi3855
      @greedokenobi3855 5 лет назад +207

      Thats what I think also atm. I can also imagine it will become easy eventually. But for now I agree. Maybe if I slow a 120 bpm song down to 10 bpm lol.
      I think it’s like children that are just learning how to read. “The.....bbbbear.....wwwalks......in......the.......fooorrest......and......the........bbbbbirds..” etc. Might take me some weeks, maybe months, hopefuly not years lol. Depending on how much practise time I can create.

    • @aku7598
      @aku7598 5 лет назад +25

      use solfege as the lyric of the song.

    • @brianambelis5869
      @brianambelis5869 5 лет назад +10

      @@aku7598 yo what do you mean by that? Are you saying to hum/sing the notes using solfege while playing the instrument?

    • @joycetoingar9960
      @joycetoingar9960 5 лет назад +27

      I play Viola pretty well and I can't tell you what the notes are on the page I just know how to play them

  • @nadaemad9031
    @nadaemad9031 3 года назад +796

    I can't understand those people who dislike the video the man Is teaching us FOR FREE And he shares his talent with us I am really thankful💜💖

    • @clifst.laurent1068
      @clifst.laurent1068 3 года назад +11

      I haven't even read through the comments much and there's no reason to be mean however there are some inaccuracies here that I've noticed so I can understand why they wouldn't like. For example F stands for Forte...not Fortissimo.. thats FF.

    • @pamelasutton4554
      @pamelasutton4554 2 года назад +4

      wdym nobody disliked the video (:

    • @arke5713
      @arke5713 2 года назад +4

      @@pamelasutton4554 its an update where youtube removed the dislikes, so you cant see them. its kinda stupid

    • @dmarb17
      @dmarb17 2 года назад

      Doesn't help to have taco bell commercials during your workout.
      I'm disliking it for that.... ha ING commercials DURING the workout.

    • @spalding1968
      @spalding1968 Год назад

      There are dislikes because he is not being honest . It takes years to sight read music fluently . It’s not going to happen in 15 minutes , 15 hours or fifteen weeks .
      It takes years to site read fluently .

  • @LyricsForChrist
    @LyricsForChrist 6 лет назад +381

    Thank you so much! I've been trying to read music for years, but I've just given up because it seemed too hard. You explained it very clearly. Thanks :)

  • @amymorgan8109
    @amymorgan8109 5 лет назад +79

    This did exactly what you hoped it would; boost my confidence! I'm 54, and want to learn to play the piano. Thank you.

  • @learntocrochet1
    @learntocrochet1 5 лет назад +197

    My grandmother, who taught music for forty years, always taught "How to read notation, not music. Music is what is created, notation is the creation read on paper."

    • @YourOnlineMusicTeacher
      @YourOnlineMusicTeacher 5 лет назад +3

      I could agree

    • @elleondejuda4681
      @elleondejuda4681 3 года назад +4

      Sounds very similar to reading rhythmic notación...which work a lot for sight reading etc.is very fun to sight read ,you can practice any where even w no instrument.

  • @brigittemccray8330
    @brigittemccray8330 3 года назад +69

    I just started learning how to play the flute as an adult and it’s been 25 years since I’ve played an instrument. This was such a great refresher! Thank you!

  • @miles6305
    @miles6305 7 лет назад +399

    "every good bathroom deserves febreze" is the best thing my teacher could come up with in order to keep us 3rd graders interested

    • @jennyoyster5054
      @jennyoyster5054 6 лет назад +5

      doctorwhat Oh wow....that one is funny, lol 😂😂😭😭❤️❤️✨✨.

    • @ohsnapitstheresa2340
      @ohsnapitstheresa2340 6 лет назад +18

      "every GROSS bathroom deserves febreze"

    • @mardz583
      @mardz583 6 лет назад

      ˚✧₊⁎❝᷀ົཽ≀ˍ̮ ❝᷀ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚

    • @AnnetteLopez143
      @AnnetteLopez143 6 лет назад

      i twee grad

    • @travis9190
      @travis9190 6 лет назад +5

      Every good boy does fine | face

  • @sammylee5474
    @sammylee5474 5 лет назад +1995

    My music teacher had us learn
    Every good burger deserves fries

    • @128ajb_02_Music
      @128ajb_02_Music 5 лет назад +77

      Sammy Lee I had every good boy does fine. But all the same.

    • @netsu4511
      @netsu4511 5 лет назад +31

      Every good boy deserves friends

    • @adandesjardins2895
      @adandesjardins2895 5 лет назад +99

      Empty garbage before dad flips

    • @jaredvalisno7762
      @jaredvalisno7762 5 лет назад +65

      My teacher taught me every good boy desevers fuck

    • @youtubelover9760
      @youtubelover9760 5 лет назад +25

      Mine was every good band deserves fans and every good boy deserved fudge

  • @DelightfullyGrace
    @DelightfullyGrace 4 года назад +663

    *me in quarantine, without an instrument:* _still watching this video and taking notes_

    • @carlus6432
      @carlus6432 4 года назад +3

      Lol

    • @Shreyaaaa0610
      @Shreyaaaa0610 4 года назад +4

      Me toooo! Lol!😅

    • @karlgw
      @karlgw 4 года назад +8

      www.onlinepianist.com/virtual-piano

    • @Linkin-2603
      @Linkin-2603 4 года назад +4

      I'm watching this because I dream of becoming a musician and I know I'm not the best version of me I can be music-wise. plus so I can actually learn Piano when I get around to it. I play the guitar, a tiny bit of basic BASS and soon I'll be getting drum lessons

    • @theedittingjoke
      @theedittingjoke 4 года назад

      I'm on soundtrap

  • @SmellTheRoses0
    @SmellTheRoses0 3 года назад +152

    "Every Good Boy Does Fine!" was taught at my elementary school. I still remember it.

    • @robaldrich7399
      @robaldrich7399 3 года назад +2

      That's exactly what popped into my head lol

    • @antsinyourpants4095
      @antsinyourpants4095 3 года назад +1

      That's what my dad taught me as well ☺️

    • @gabrielmyre
      @gabrielmyre 3 года назад +1

      Yup, me too.

    • @analioliva9854
      @analioliva9854 3 года назад +2

      Ours was every good boy dosent fart

    • @Laz3rCat95
      @Laz3rCat95 3 года назад +1

      one I learned was "every good body deserves fudge"

  • @stanieldaniel5912
    @stanieldaniel5912 7 лет назад +178

    My old band teacher taught us “Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips” for treble and “All Cows Eat Grass” for bass.

  • @theadamblock
    @theadamblock 8 лет назад +186

    I just started trying to learn piano, and I have a feeling I'm going to utilize this channel a lot. Plus, it's a lot more fun to learn along to an British accent :)

  • @AlbertoFranciscoTembe-y1d
    @AlbertoFranciscoTembe-y1d Год назад +39

    Amazing, complex stuff in a simple and clear manner. I loved it so much. God bless you, professor.

  • @carlfasbinder5746
    @carlfasbinder5746 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @chloeblume5702
    @chloeblume5702 4 года назад +124

    OMG I WAS EXPLAINING THIS TO MYSELF FOR A SECOND AND I STARTED TALKING IN A BRITISH ACCENT HELP ME

    • @weydamillieh1132
      @weydamillieh1132 3 года назад +1

      where are you from anyway haha

    • @chloeblume5702
      @chloeblume5702 3 года назад +4

      @@weydamillieh1132 not the UK😭🤚

    • @sfoster9179
      @sfoster9179 3 года назад +2

      He is English, he does not have an accent. It is you who have the accent.

    • @weydamillieh1132
      @weydamillieh1132 3 года назад +7

      @@sfoster9179 Everyone has an accent ;)

    • @ldcommando1616
      @ldcommando1616 3 года назад +4

      Shhhhh, just let it happen...

  • @Id0N0tH4te
    @Id0N0tH4te 5 лет назад +27

    Nicely structured, well made, nice volume, speaking and very clear. Well made sir you deserve a like.

  • @Raequest
    @Raequest 4 года назад +19

    Thank you for making this easy for people entirely new to music to understand. I'm very late into learning how to play an instrument and reading music so this is a life saver. Every video I've come across marked as beginner wasn't very beginner like to me, most of them expect you to have the basics down already. I won't be getting my instrument until next year (I'm getting my hurdy gurdy made from scratch) but I'm trying to learn enough in advance so that I'm not struggling too hard. Thank you!

    • @alyssa2084
      @alyssa2084 10 месяцев назад

      how’s the progress?

  • @ziggy979
    @ziggy979 Месяц назад +2

    That this video is still receiving comments means to me that the world is not falling apart, yet. To read music is one of the most civil and refined aspects of human behavior. To play music is that which is universal and transcends all barriers of language. If our leaders read music and played music, instead of play war, the world might have a chance at longer term survival. Bless this man with a very cool and calm and understandable voice. I am sitting down now to pay the piano after being absent from the keyboard for 57 years. Ziggy😊

  • @andrewpearce1723
    @andrewpearce1723 Год назад +11

    I've tried to learn to read music for over 20 years, even going to music college, I found your way of explaining much clearer.

    • @kenadler4255
      @kenadler4255 Год назад +1

      If you've tried for 20 years and are still confused to the point that you need a beginner's video, music just may not be for you.

    • @andrewpearce1723
      @andrewpearce1723 Год назад

      @@kenadler4255 it's not so much music, it's theory, notation and guitar tab that I struggle wit. I play guitar, I play by ear, I was at music college and had to do an audition, the head of music said I had moderate skill which coming from him considering some of the people he knew In the industry is a compliment and he put me on to the intermediate course which covered production and performance. We learned theory, equipment, recording techniques, radio, live performance, software, mixers, digital and outboard gear, sampling, setting up equipment, the science of sound, acoustics, and other stuff, Unfortunately I had to drop out of the course but have had positive feedback for my playing. The other parts of the course I could do. However I haven't played in a while so am very rusty now.

  • @noahreyes_
    @noahreyes_ 6 лет назад +444

    3:19
    Me: Every good boy deserves fudg-
    Him: Food.
    Me: ...Excuse me?

    • @nakedhombre
      @nakedhombre 5 лет назад +11

      Noah Reyes /Yes I totally agree if every boy is good then he deserves a treat and their treats should be fudge food is a little bit humdrum and will make you obese by the time you’re 50!

    • @EclecticEssentric
      @EclecticEssentric 5 лет назад +7

      We had the EGB Does Fine. We got no treats at all. Gipped.

    • @deaned195
      @deaned195 5 лет назад +1

      Exactly

    • @lillianschottenheimer6689
      @lillianschottenheimer6689 5 лет назад +1

      Noah Reyes 😂

    • @wow2680
      @wow2680 5 лет назад

      I said the exact same except I said football

  • @bignerd7683
    @bignerd7683 4 года назад +20

    I loved this video i absolutely feel better about reading music. Ive been playing bass but never learned how to read and just used tab, but i finally picked up a keyboard in order to make me learn notation and grow as musician. You were an extreme help and made things much much more clearer thank you.

  • @jimstewart8122
    @jimstewart8122 11 месяцев назад +5

    I'm just about to begin learning piano. Delivery any day now, and I've been watching a lot of beginner tutorials, especially around reading music. I know this is a very old video and you probably won't see this comment, but I felt compelled to let you know how helpful this was for me. Other videos were good but left me with questions. You've answered all of them in this video and my confidence and excitement has risen hugely as a result. Thank you so much. 👍👍

  • @alexhallam3456
    @alexhallam3456 4 года назад +9

    This is by far the most helpful video of such a complex subject I have ever seen on youtube. Thanks for the good work and the millions of people you have helped by doing this.

  • @kekekw3478
    @kekekw3478 4 года назад +29

    I like how his advices is mainly for beginners. Of course rhythm is important, but for beginners, we should have different priorities for efficient improvement.

  • @angelocast
    @angelocast 2 года назад +8

    Hi Julian! Thank you so much for these amazing videos.
    I started to play piano since the 80s just by listening and never went deep on the reading and writing but I feel is time. This year will refresh and master this specially to keep creating my own music.
    New subscriber here! Will keep learning from you!

  • @JMSsheppey
    @JMSsheppey 2 года назад +5

    I’m new to piano playing and reading music, this simple but great little video has just taught me a few things that are going to be soooo helpful. Thank you.

  •  5 лет назад +357

    I was taught, "Every good boy does fine." And FACE, F-A-C-E.

    • @tardoos1092
      @tardoos1092 5 лет назад +5

      The Scoop! I learnt Every good boy deserves football

    • @frankie__grace8018
      @frankie__grace8018 5 лет назад +9

      I learned it as, Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips

    • @kevinheiman944
      @kevinheiman944 5 лет назад +1

      Do u know mr rangel?

    • @gubeams9510
      @gubeams9510 4 года назад +7

      I learnt it as every gay boy deserve friends

    • @whiteflag1461
      @whiteflag1461 4 года назад +1

      Thanks for the great Tip. Does is a lot easier to remember than deserves, guess cause its shorter?

  • @kkiirrii
    @kkiirrii 5 лет назад +205

    Treble:
    Every
    Good
    Boy
    Deserves
    Fudge/fry bead
    And FACE
    Bass;
    Good
    Boys
    Don’t
    Fight
    Anyone
    And for the spaces on bass:
    All
    Cars
    Eat
    Gas
    OR
    All
    Cows
    Eat
    Grass

    • @Inserthandlenamehere42
      @Inserthandlenamehere42 5 лет назад +2

      Hey It looks like you know music theory and while watching this I was able to understand most of it except the part of the key signature I know what it is I just don't know how to use it or how to apply it I was wondering if you could help me out with that

    • @Inserthandlenamehere42
      @Inserthandlenamehere42 5 лет назад +2

      Nvm sorry just went back lol It was just hard to tell what notes where being sharped because the symbol was a bit big

    • @lksa983a
      @lksa983a 5 лет назад +4

      Who likes fudge, it should be:
      Every
      Good
      Boy
      Deserves
      Fanny

    • @beatricejacobs609
      @beatricejacobs609 5 лет назад +2

      How cars eat grass

    • @wow2680
      @wow2680 5 лет назад +1

      @@lksa983a omfg yes

  • @KawaiiYandereee
    @KawaiiYandereee 5 лет назад +13

    Dude thank you so much! I could hug you right now, you boosted my confidence and my will to start learning! It's been a long dream of mine to learn an instument, rather than just using my voice to feel connected to music. I just hope that learning piano on my own isnt that hard, if not impossible...
    Either way, you were way more understandable than other people that made a video on how to read sheet music and for that, I thank you.

    • @KingNimby
      @KingNimby 3 года назад +1

      How Has learning piano been going ?

    • @KawaiiYandereee
      @KawaiiYandereee 3 года назад +1

      @@KingNimby not that good, but not that bad either... I dropped it cause of university recently... I did actually learn how to play quite a few (easy/simplified) songs though!!
      I like playing the piano, its really interesting and it inspires me a lot, but it just takes a lot of time and dedication that im not able to give at this point of time :/
      Still, I learned a lot in a year and a half, I'd gladly continue learning how to play, when I got the time :]

  • @skullbonefortnitefilms4156
    @skullbonefortnitefilms4156 3 года назад +8

    An excellent explanation. I'm just starting out on piano, very late in life, hopefully, i will have enough years left in me to attain a decent standard. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos.

  • @frankhernandez1995
    @frankhernandez1995 5 лет назад +72

    This convinced me to stick with the cowbell.

    • @thecrooner4jc
      @thecrooner4jc 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/cVsQLlk-T0s/видео.html

  • @thinkermonkeytv9087
    @thinkermonkeytv9087 4 года назад +4

    1st "learn to read music" video I've watched, and you made learning to read music a less daunting subject, much appreciated.

  • @waterbottle6417
    @waterbottle6417 8 лет назад +40

    Treble Clef: Elephants Go Bouncing Down Freeways
    Bass Clef: Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart

  • @CutcliffePaul
    @CutcliffePaul 3 года назад +11

    This is an excellent introduction to reading music and it brought back memories of studying music when I was a kid. I was told by my parents that I'd thank them later for pushing me to study music, even if I never used it in my career. They were quite right, of course. 😍
    Just one tiny little detail stood out as being not quite right, although I really hate to nitpick: the video said f means fortissimo and p means piano, when in fact, f means forte (loud) and ff means fortissimo (very loud), although p really does mean piano (soft) and pp means pianissimo (very soft).

  • @ChefGL1TCH
    @ChefGL1TCH 8 лет назад +1804

    great burritos don't fall apart

    • @ginguu2490
      @ginguu2490 8 лет назад +6

      M1911A1ak47 nice

    • @God8-O
      @God8-O 7 лет назад +13

      M1911A1ak47 As God I can say that is true.

    • @stormxmetal_11_x20
      @stormxmetal_11_x20 7 лет назад +1

      God :-O ™®®🔝🔜🔵🔴⚫️🔜

    • @kuanlinpaihan
      @kuanlinpaihan 7 лет назад +5

      BAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

    • @jazztutorial
      @jazztutorial  7 лет назад +27

      That's a good one! Love it :)

  • @RedUncle
    @RedUncle 9 лет назад +4

    great video! the acronym I learned was "every good boy does fine" - still remember it all these decades later!

    • @jazztutorial
      @jazztutorial  9 лет назад +2

      +bla mane Thank you Bla for sharing! I agree, whichever one you use, seems to stick for life. Glad you like this one :)

  • @AlexiaRomeroOfficial
    @AlexiaRomeroOfficial 7 лет назад +17

    I am trying to learn how to read music I just want to thank you for taking the time to reach us! You’re a great teacher will definitely be subscribing 😊 thank you!

  • @richardwilliamson1639
    @richardwilliamson1639 Месяц назад

    As a non-musician, I have always been fascinated by people like you and the secret code you can read. Music is one of the greatest reasons to live. Thank you for sharing your secrets in such a beautifully simple way. I'm beginning to catch on. Bravo!

  • @castonwebber1716
    @castonwebber1716 6 лет назад +23

    I wish I had learn reading music years ago, thanks Bradley.

  • @WiLdFlOwEr126
    @WiLdFlOwEr126 4 года назад +5

    Thank you so much this video is clearly explained and has helped me so much. I am 49 and starting from scratch with a clarinet and reading music. I couldn't understand why some of the music I was getting had bummed notes. Didn't realize it was a flat or sharp denoted at the start next to the treble clef. All the other things were great to be explained properly too. Great video!!

  • @sami652005
    @sami652005 5 лет назад +4

    The best lesson I have seen so far. So precise and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing. God bless!

  • @MrYoungpyro
    @MrYoungpyro 2 года назад +1

    Very helpful refresher!

  • @DalgonaC
    @DalgonaC 8 лет назад +25

    Wow, thank you so much! I've learned quite a bit from this video. I'm hoping to purchase a keyboard and really learn how to play an instrument.

  • @karenblade4261
    @karenblade4261 7 лет назад +186

    E-Every
    G-Good
    B-Boy
    D-Does
    F-Fine
    Every Good Boy Does Fine!

  • @megaturtle9547
    @megaturtle9547 4 года назад +134

    "EVERY FUCKING GOOD ASS BOY CLEARLY DESERVES EXTRA FOOD"
    i am so thankful for my abilty to quickly come up with random sentences like this

    • @poppypinktv
      @poppypinktv 3 года назад +2

      Good One 🤣

    • @IAmLedsterOo
      @IAmLedsterOo 3 года назад +3

      You filled in the gaps. Congrats.

    • @megaturtle9547
      @megaturtle9547 3 года назад

      @@IAmLedsterOo ^-^

    • @adrianmach7952
      @adrianmach7952 3 года назад +3

      I mean, E F G A B C D E F, at this point, you don't need sentence, its just letters of alphabet in order

    • @megaturtle9547
      @megaturtle9547 3 года назад +4

      @@adrianmach7952 doesn't matter, i made a funny

  • @tomdsouza7873
    @tomdsouza7873 5 месяцев назад

    Great lesson on how to read music. I used to play alto sax in high school which was more than 30 years. Nice to realize I haven't forgotten everything and some of the info are coming back to me slowly.

  • @brookecarmichael5785
    @brookecarmichael5785 8 лет назад +409

    I always say "every good boy does fine"

  • @josslynnriot428
    @josslynnriot428 9 лет назад +466

    E-ven
    G-irls
    B-uy
    D-rugs,
    F-ool

  • @changi4729
    @changi4729 5 лет назад +33

    You have just taught me in 15 minutes, what my GCSE music teacher failed to teach me in 2 years. Thanks.

    • @downunder874
      @downunder874 2 года назад

      Google Chrome Sucks Eggs? I happen to believe that Chrome is an excellent browser

  • @beckyheath7874
    @beckyheath7874 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much Julian - I play several musical instruments , most by ear or tabs or chords....Started playing piano now and really thought I wanted to understand
    music because I have never understood it or like you say - feel put off....
    Your video out of many has explained everything! just what I was after, no fancy chat or showing off, you truly deserve all the thanks we all give!
    I may understand my piano playing a lot more now rather than spending hours looking for chord versions of songs because the thought of learning
    music daunted me!
    Thank you!!! :)
    Rebecca-May

  • @VineetSingh-um2cd
    @VineetSingh-um2cd 5 лет назад +55

    The video was really great and this is my acronym for EGBDF
    Ever
    Green
    Beauties
    Don't
    Fade
    Thank u for reading😊

  • @YousefTobail
    @YousefTobail 5 лет назад +1422

    I watched this backwards and lost my ability to read music.

    • @jayclyde6045
      @jayclyde6045 5 лет назад +50

      It's okay, this happened to me as well, just watch this video once 2x fast once a day for week, you'll be right as rain!!!

    • @jamesroche9636
      @jamesroche9636 4 года назад +42

      Jason C i find that downloading this onto a usb and microwaving it for about 2 mins everyday and taking one every afternoon is good enough to consistently keep it in your brain. If you dont have a microwave you can always buy a usb port and plug it in directly.

    • @MikeGreenwood51
      @MikeGreenwood51 4 года назад +6

      Just play 'Whole Lotta Love' backwards a few times and you'll be a lot better.

    • @dimmoire
      @dimmoire 4 года назад +1

      your pfp tho

    • @gamingwithbrick3556
      @gamingwithbrick3556 4 года назад

      bruh

  • @thetrickster42
    @thetrickster42 7 лет назад +18

    I avoided these videos in my feed for a long while because of the clickbaity titles, but once I watched one they were too good not to watch.
    Thanks very much for making all these really clear, helpful videos.

  • @goodnews143
    @goodnews143 10 месяцев назад

    ❤ Thank you!!

  • @jayceegarrido6724
    @jayceegarrido6724 8 лет назад +43

    This might be a dumb question idk but at the part around 10:10 when you are explaining key signatures how do you know it was referring to c and f

    • @jayceegarrido6724
      @jayceegarrido6724 8 лет назад +1

      Because the key signature kind of lands above more than one note which part of it do I look at

    • @Spaceizcool
      @Spaceizcool 8 лет назад +2

      i was thinking the same

    • @jayceegarrido6724
      @jayceegarrido6724 8 лет назад +6

      Bebopity i looked it up so for sharp key signatures look at the area in between the two horizontal lines abd where it lands according to the notes and for flat key sigs its where the circle is in the italic b shape

    • @Spaceizcool
      @Spaceizcool 8 лет назад

      Thanks!

    • @RandomPerson-jg5qm
      @RandomPerson-jg5qm 7 лет назад +1

      I still don't understand this part? where does it signal the notes? the hashtags are way above?

  • @autumnrose8617
    @autumnrose8617 4 года назад +356

    "Rhythm is not important..."
    Me a drummer: *gasp* :O *stunned Pikachu*

    • @kewlfonz
      @kewlfonz 4 года назад +6

      100% ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!!

    • @lvbboi9
      @lvbboi9 4 года назад +1

      @@kewlfonz what??

    • @kewlfonz
      @kewlfonz 4 года назад +13

      "Rhythm is not important..." = Wrong!!! - "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing..." = CORRECT!!!

    • @pokocrow
      @pokocrow 4 года назад +3

      It’s called surprised pikachu face you weirdo

    • @EJM07
      @EJM07 4 года назад +1

      @@pokocrow whatever

  • @mackeguitar
    @mackeguitar 5 лет назад +16

    15 minutes later still not able to read but Im happy to know that Every good boy deserves food

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 3 года назад +2

      You're not going to get it in 10 minutes, I assure you. Get an app to help you. I like Perfect Ear.

  • @theclephane2914
    @theclephane2914 4 месяца назад +2

    When I was 65 years old, my wife got me up in an open mic and having me sing a song that I sing around the house. Tom Cash song called. Do what you do well boy. She played the guitar and I sang the song. it was like lightning to me. I loved it. She’s been a musician all over life and a singer and she told me I sang this song well. She’s been an open me for 20 years. Before that she played in community band and another band.
    She signed me up for singing lessons and I’ve taken singing lessons for about a year. My major problem is rhythm. Pitch natural. We didn’t take long at all to learn pitch. I didn’t realize I had a rhythm problem because I was a dancer and I danced to all the beats of the music not just the basic rhythm of the song. rhythm is extremely important. The people you’re playing the music to don’t hear the rhythm correctly and they know the song it’s going to be in their mind. You have lost the crowd. Learn the rhythm. Listening to it Once doesn’t do it for everyone.

  • @mharris7190
    @mharris7190 2 года назад +3

    Great vid! The only thing I’d clarify is that for a key signature, let’s say you’re in the key of G so you have that 1 F# notated. It means you play ALL Fs as F sharps. Even though the bottom space doesn’t have a sharp symbol, it is also played sharp, and same thing with any other Fs.

    • @AchiragChiragg
      @AchiragChiragg 11 месяцев назад

      What do you mean bottom space is also played as sharp?

  • @latinoticiastelevision3050
    @latinoticiastelevision3050 9 лет назад +5

    Julian, thanks for the lesson !!! But in the same note, how do you read 32nds and 64ths, i know they don't get that much uses in pop music, and mostly is for classical music, but still will be good to know how to handle them. And why don't you make your book available in Amazon, that'll be great i can get it because it's easy to buy books from amazon. Thanx man you are a great help for beginners.

  • @ladytrashcan5829
    @ladytrashcan5829 5 лет назад +350

    *now I need to buy a piano*

    • @corazonmonicasarimos4908
      @corazonmonicasarimos4908 5 лет назад +5

      We have piano for sale...

    • @ludwigvanbeethoven5176
      @ludwigvanbeethoven5176 5 лет назад +6

      Me too but we cant afford a piano

    • @ladytrashcan5829
      @ladytrashcan5829 5 лет назад +4

      @@ludwigvanbeethoven5176 Same goes for me too, nor do we have the space for a grand old piano. Gotta make do with a synthesizer for now lol.

    • @endesshrizn9388
      @endesshrizn9388 5 лет назад +5

      Same
      1.I don't have that money
      2.in fact I don't have space for one of those guess
      I just gotta stick with a keyboard😕😕😕😕

    • @peabean8755
      @peabean8755 5 лет назад +5

      EndłessHørizøn a keyboard is basically a piano

  • @barbaramurphy2778
    @barbaramurphy2778 Год назад +2

    Thank you Bradley. You are the only one who was kind to show us how to read music.
    It was very encouraging. I still don't know the keys without looking though.
    Excellent lesson!!!!

  • @modestdressing4319
    @modestdressing4319 7 лет назад +110

    For some reason, the phrase that stuck with me for the bass clef was: "Granny boogies down fifth avenue." Lol!

  • @acts.412
    @acts.412 5 лет назад +5

    Thank you very much. I'm trying to start learning piano and reading music. This was very helpful and encouraging :)

  • @66y_mas0n_2
    @66y_mas0n_2 5 лет назад +143

    Every good boy does fine, that's the one I use

    • @kevinheiman944
      @kevinheiman944 5 лет назад

      U know mr rangel?

    • @hillary96renteria82
      @hillary96renteria82 5 лет назад +3

      @@kevinheiman944 everyone uses Every Good Boy does fine, lol. I know people who haven't touched an instrument in years that remember that

    • @victoriacser5065
      @victoriacser5065 4 года назад +2

      Don't forget Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart and All Cows Eat Grass for bass clef

  • @lawrencescotto
    @lawrencescotto Год назад

    OUTSTANDING VIDEO! I took "producing music course for recording my music in a DAW and I needed a "crash course" on reading music and your video was extremely helpful! Tank you for sharing your knowledge! It is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

  • @sundaysplace
    @sundaysplace Год назад +6

    When I was a little girl my grandmother taught me the things you teach in this video. It has been over 20 years since I thought of music and this video brought it all back. Wonderfully done! I was taught: Every Good Boy Does Fine :)

  • @priestleyharker4046
    @priestleyharker4046 5 лет назад +823

    And just like that, I'm lost

    • @h0rrifyme
      @h0rrifyme 5 лет назад +18

      I know right, I'm only four minutes in and I'm confused

    • @digitig
      @digitig 5 лет назад +7

      Quite. I looked at this to see whether it might help my wife learn. I gave up with "there are two kinds of clef". If you know what a clef is, you don't need this video, but he doesn't explain it.

    • @pineapplefriedrice9598
      @pineapplefriedrice9598 5 лет назад +8

      Tim Rowe the treble clef is the more complicated sign that is on the top and the 2nd clef is the Bass clef which is on the bottom (look at the video time stamp 2:29). The treble clef represents the right half of the piano which you will be playing with your right hand and the bass clef is for the left side while playing the notes next to it with your left hand. The line sets on the treble and bass clef are different, but when looking at it closer by finding all of the notes the treble and clef notes end up connecting bc of the middle c.

    • @digitig
      @digitig 5 лет назад

      @@pineapplefriedrice9598 I know that and you know that. But my wife doesn't, so she'd be thrown by an important technical term being thrown in with no explanation.

    • @pineapplefriedrice9598
      @pineapplefriedrice9598 5 лет назад +1

      Tim Rowe well then teach her that part so she understands😂

  • @wendyhall8801
    @wendyhall8801 4 года назад +16

    Thanks Julian - I find your teaching really clear and that it gives me a “can do” feeling

  • @gaylenescott1317
    @gaylenescott1317 Год назад

    Thanks for this great reminder... Haven't had to read music for years but you've just restored my interest...
    You make it sound so easy....

  • @GetPianoLessons
    @GetPianoLessons 8 лет назад +90

    "Every Good Boy Does Fine".. that's the original for treble clef!

  • @Pennaertz
    @Pennaertz 5 лет назад +89

    12:28 "F stands for fortissimo"... I think this should be Forte. FF stands for fortissimo. Great and nice video! So well explained throughout.

    • @andrewgonzalez7143
      @andrewgonzalez7143 5 лет назад +2

      I was thinking the same thing since "issimo" is usually to take a characteristic further.

    • @argus456
      @argus456 5 лет назад +6

      That is indeed correct, f = forte, ff = fortissimo, fff = fortississimo. Same system for piano: p = piano, pp = pianissimo, ppp = pianississimo

    • @rubber7506
      @rubber7506 4 года назад +2

      @@argus456 fortissimissimo*
      pianissimissimo*

    • @dabnbong
      @dabnbong 4 года назад

      I don't understand why the first #0 was an F? After everything i written down i referred to my notes.. and that F doesn't make sense to me.. if the 2nd one was Every, Good, Boy,... then its a B but the F looked like it was in the same spot just on the bottom line. why can't you do Every, good, boy, on the first one when they are both trebel clef? Let me know if this question doesn't make sense.. but please anyone answer?

    • @rosemariemann1719
      @rosemariemann1719 3 года назад

      I always thought "f" was
      "forte" , not "fortissimo".
      Glad to see someone else
      noticed this 😊.
      🇬🇧🐒😊🎼💕🎹

  • @realraven2000
    @realraven2000 9 лет назад +9

    12:34 f stands for forte (loud). ff is fortissimo very loud). mf mezzoforte (half loud)

  • @azad562
    @azad562 Год назад

    The best explanation I have ever come across! There are millions of video on RUclips claiming to teach how to read music but the have utterly failed except this one. This one though is not comprehensive but definitely a very good to start with

  • @Crates94
    @Crates94 7 лет назад +23

    Music schools hate this man.

    • @mrewan6221
      @mrewan6221 5 лет назад

      Half-note in the 6/8 example! Rhythm [isn't very important], yet pedalling for one specific instrument is.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 3 года назад

      This doesn't cover a whole lot. It's like very, very basic reading...

  • @chaimjacobson3300
    @chaimjacobson3300 5 лет назад +5

    Thank you so much I can now play literally
    any sheet music

  • @dave1ahc
    @dave1ahc 3 года назад +8

    I’ve been taking lessons actively now for more than six years and consider myself a serious Advanced student. But I decided to watch this because I always believe in going back to basics and it was really great even though I know how to read music it was still good to get some of the lingo that I wasn’t fine tuned on. Thanks it was very good!

  • @rebeccalane3039
    @rebeccalane3039 4 года назад +1

    Thankyou for this tutorial - at last it makes sense. I struggled with music lessons at school where the whole thing seemed to be a maze of funny symbols, minims crochets ... I was lost! Sadly I have no access to any instrument now but I’m so pleased to now be able to “ crack the code “ !!

  • @elainawilliamson4466
    @elainawilliamson4466 6 лет назад +23

    Every Good Boy Deserves Freedom.

  • @banana9617
    @banana9617 6 лет назад +51

    “Every good boys does fine” (EGBDF)
    “Good boys do fine always”
    (GBDFA)

  • @STANKBREATH
    @STANKBREATH 7 лет назад +4

    Thank you so much!!! This was easy and clear! I've learnt more in these 15 minutes than i have in my 1 hour music class!

  • @GreatGownsBeautifulGowns2018
    @GreatGownsBeautifulGowns2018 3 года назад

    Every good boy deserves food in his face. Thank you. This video was so helpful. I have a classical concert that I am going to perform in and I need to be reminded on how to read music again after many many years.

  • @zeeblaspheme2372
    @zeeblaspheme2372 4 года назад +7

    Thank you so much for the information! Really appreciate you taking your time to educate the rest of the music community. 🖤

  • @claramelb7476
    @claramelb7476 5 лет назад +13

    Thank you so much! I actually understood most of it
    I’ve got 2 questions though:
    1. Why are some notes backwards? What I mean is this 🎵 looks normal to me but there are some where the dots are up (the lines linking notes is down instead of up) I don’t know if you understand what I mean
    2. At 10:10 how did you know that it’s only C and F that are sharpened?
    I don’t see the relationship between C nor F with #

    • @metronome7698
      @metronome7698 5 лет назад +2

      I’ll try to answer your two questions. For question 1, the notation generally tends to extend the note towards the middle of the staff. Whether they do this because it looks nicer or because it allows more space for other notations I’m not sure. As for question 2, the c# and f# shown in the music are simply one octave lower than the #’s shown in the key signature. This means that if you go down exactly 7 notes from the sharp on the c line in the key signature, you reach the middle c.

    • @davidmiller9485
      @davidmiller9485 5 лет назад +2

      i'm going to add to trey's post on the second answer, if you look near the clef mark, you will see the the sharp and flat symbols on top of the lines or spaces. this tells you which notes are sharpened or flattened. In this way by "counting" from middle C you tell which notes are to be flat or sharp.

    • @MiguelY22
      @MiguelY22 4 года назад +2

      The C and F are sharp because the middle of the # symbol is on the space for C and the line for F .

  • @VioletFeatherWind
    @VioletFeatherWind 4 года назад +64

    The one i was taught was “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge”

    • @VioletFeatherWind
      @VioletFeatherWind 4 года назад

      ChilliShadow no, I was taught music, sadly, I’m not a teacher 😅

    • @sandisloan7003
      @sandisloan7003 4 года назад

      I was reading these to see if anyone else had the same...every good boy deserves fudge...I was thinking I must be the oldest one reading this lol

    • @fred.the.cactus.1715
      @fred.the.cactus.1715 4 года назад

      Sammeee
      I just saw a comment that said:
      GBDFA: Good Burritos Dont Fall Apart
      So I'm using that one xD

    • @juliekrol
      @juliekrol 3 года назад +2

      That’s what I learned in Ontario, Canada 😂

    • @huzayfasyed5488
      @huzayfasyed5488 3 года назад

      @@juliekrol haha same

  • @secondvisions9759
    @secondvisions9759 2 года назад

    I'll be 64 next week
    I studied piano from a sweet old little lady who had crippling arthritis in her hands around 4 or 5 years old
    I was blessed with the tonal ability to play by ear so I would get her to play it then she thought I was reading the music
    A few years ago I got back into music, the local library let's me play their piano 🎹 probably 120 years old and it sounds incredible
    Listening to your video just taught me more than I've learned trying to learn off of sheet music I've purchased
    In fact I'd have to say this is the most informative way I've ever had this said to me
    Thank you Sir

  • @gabbishleegifted4752
    @gabbishleegifted4752 4 года назад +6

    I look at the lines and spaces as triads instead like in the key of C; kill two birds learning triads and notation instead of a silly sentence.
    Treble clef
    Lines are: EGBDF
    3rd E minor EGB
    5th G major GBD
    7th B diminished BDF etc
    spaces are: FACE(G)
    4th F major FAC
    6th A minor ACE
    R. C major CEG etc

  • @trevorchubbard
    @trevorchubbard 6 лет назад +1175

    E-very
    G-ay
    B-oy
    D-eserves
    F-un

    • @jonationnougat9785
      @jonationnougat9785 6 лет назад +25

      Send Help. O shit boi

    • @kirishil6905
      @kirishil6905 6 лет назад +45

      Every
      Good
      Band
      Deserves
      Fudge

    • @itsaquagamer6101
      @itsaquagamer6101 6 лет назад +59

      E-very
      G-ood
      B-oi
      D-oes
      F-ine

    • @haddalee1622
      @haddalee1622 6 лет назад +2

      Haha

    • @LyubomirLalovMulti
      @LyubomirLalovMulti 6 лет назад

      Thanks for the Video! Excuse me for butting in, I am interested in your initial thoughts. Have you considered - Millawdon Future Ticket Trick (should be on google have a look)? It is a smashing one off guide for teaching children to read minus the hard work. Ive heard some incredible things about it and my mate after many years got cool results with it.

  • @miroslaw7
    @miroslaw7 3 года назад +3

    Great video , only correction on dynamics “F” stands for FORTE - loud. FF stands for FORTISSIMO - very loud. 👍

  • @terriekicklighter3469
    @terriekicklighter3469 3 года назад +1

    Best introductory overview I have run across so far. I actually leaned something. Thank you.

  • @Hoezi02
    @Hoezi02 5 лет назад +6

    Man this is probably the best video on this topic in RUclips!
    Very helpful, thank you!
    Is there also on that explains what it means when notes are connected via straight and curved lines?

  • @TwistedMind86Chern
    @TwistedMind86Chern 4 года назад +7

    The rhythm is the most importand and the most difficult part in music .

  • @ju-linguajardo2554
    @ju-linguajardo2554 7 лет назад +15

    E-even
    G-Garfield
    B-buys
    D-dog
    F-food

  • @FulanodeTal-ky4us
    @FulanodeTal-ky4us 2 года назад

    Excellent video. Very reassuring when you say "we´will deal with rhythm later" For the moment we should follow our hearts and deal with pitch. Thank you so much. You start us up in a confident manner.