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.
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.
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 .
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.
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)
@@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.
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
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 :) )
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."
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.
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)
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😊
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: 𝄢
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.
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!)
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!
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 :)
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. 👍👍
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
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!
@@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.
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!
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
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 :)
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.
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
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
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.
I was taught in school music lessons as a child "Every Good Boy Deserves Fun" and I like this one best as it does not make a child think of food if they are on a strict diet. Which is also my wish for all children learning anything new.
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!
Wow, here in 2021, I am now 83yrs, been playing guitar for years, everywhere you can think of.What a great inside this has given me, after playing everything by ear
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).
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Been playing trumpet by ear for 7 years now. Been trying to get extra help teachers no help. But researching this and finding this and going back to this video. Really helps a lot I can’t tell u how many times I’ve watched this😂
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 :)
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 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 :]
A good teacher and he makes it quite simple in this brief presentation. To the critics, I don't believe that he is trying to compete with the Berkeley School of Music. "Thanks for your effort".
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.
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!!
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!
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.
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.
@@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.
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!
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
I'm just about to learn the keyboard after having a stroke, so this video is essentially a god send as I need to get mobility back in my fingers. Thank you for explaining everything so clearly and precisely.
Treble clef EGBDF - Every good boy does fine (on the line) FACE - Face (in the space) Bass clef GBDFA - Good burritos don't fall apart ACEG - All cows eat grass Edit: From what I remember diminuendo and decrescendo are different. Diminuendo is a Decrescendo (getting quieter), but you also slow down.
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Remembering the notes is not difficult. Reading them while playing is.
Practicing is ,,,again is!
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.
use solfege as the lyric of the song.
@@aku7598 yo what do you mean by that? Are you saying to hum/sing the notes using solfege while playing the instrument?
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
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💜💖
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.
wdym nobody disliked the video (:
@@pamelasutton4554 its an update where youtube removed the dislikes, so you cant see them. its kinda stupid
Doesn't help to have taco bell commercials during your workout.
I'm disliking it for that.... ha ING commercials DURING the workout.
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 .
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
Kira Dot thanks for this😁✌🏻
RyanTheHuman 11502 Totally!
It’s in the description.
Joshua G Ok. I just did it for myself.
Joshua G I wanted the links.
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.
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)
Well, it's been a year. Did you follow through and learn to read competently in that time?
@@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.
Which book?
This is the simplest, clearest explanation I've seen on the basics of reading music. Thank you very much.
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
i'm agree with roger.nice lesson dude!keep it up :)
I completely agree, this is a really good video. I learned from this. Thank you. Thumbs up from me.
Roger Lill I agree with u
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 :) )
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."
I could agree
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.
EGBDF - Every Good Burger Deserves Fries
GBDFA - Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart
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)
Burritos if they were INXS: Never tear us apart.
America 100
Both true statements
I'm so going to use Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart, thanks!
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😊
This did exactly what you hoped it would; boost my confidence! I'm 54, and want to learn to play the piano. Thank you.
I played this at 2x speed and learned to read music in 7 1/2 minutes
I watched it backward and had the Benjamin Button effect as I learned to read music.
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: 𝄢
That's like doing 6 Minute Abs in three minutes.
bro, u deserver harvard scholarship
hahhhaha . :D
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.
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!)
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!
My music teacher had us learn
Every good burger deserves fries
Sammy Lee I had every good boy does fine. But all the same.
Every good boy deserves friends
Empty garbage before dad flips
My teacher taught me every good boy desevers fuck
Mine was every good band deserves fans and every good boy deserved fudge
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 :)
Ever learn to read music after this?
Same here
WHAT THE FUCK. I LEARNED IN 1 WEEK
Villager noises
@@ddmemes58 fgcfggfffffffuuuuuuuuuuuukkkkkkkkkkk yes
"every good bathroom deserves febreze" is the best thing my teacher could come up with in order to keep us 3rd graders interested
doctorwhat Oh wow....that one is funny, lol 😂😂😭😭❤️❤️✨✨.
"every GROSS bathroom deserves febreze"
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i twee grad
Every good boy does fine | face
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. 👍👍
*me in quarantine, without an instrument:* _still watching this video and taking notes_
Lol
Me toooo! Lol!😅
www.onlinepianist.com/virtual-piano
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
I'm on soundtrap
"Every Good Boy Does Fine!" was taught at my elementary school. I still remember it.
That's exactly what popped into my head lol
That's what my dad taught me as well ☺️
Yup, me too.
Ours was every good boy dosent fart
one I learned was "every good body deserves fudge"
My old band teacher taught us “Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips” for treble and “All Cows Eat Grass” for bass.
Sadly not all cows eat grass.
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!
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.
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.
@@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.
3:19
Me: Every good boy deserves fudg-
Him: Food.
Me: ...Excuse me?
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!
We had the EGB Does Fine. We got no treats at all. Gipped.
Exactly
Noah Reyes 😂
I said the exact same except I said football
great burritos don't fall apart
M1911A1ak47 nice
M1911A1ak47 As God I can say that is true.
God :-O ™®®🔝🔜🔵🔴⚫️🔜
BAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
That's a good one! Love it :)
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
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 :)
Adam Block Sammmmeeee
Adam Block I was thinking that myself about British accent.
Awesome
😂😂same
Did you learn to play?
Amazing, complex stuff in a simple and clear manner. I loved it so much. God bless you, professor.
OMG I WAS EXPLAINING THIS TO MYSELF FOR A SECOND AND I STARTED TALKING IN A BRITISH ACCENT HELP ME
where are you from anyway haha
@@weydamillieh1132 not the UK😭🤚
He is English, he does not have an accent. It is you who have the accent.
@@sfoster9179 Everyone has an accent ;)
Shhhhh, just let it happen...
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.
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
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
Nvm sorry just went back lol It was just hard to tell what notes where being sharped because the symbol was a bit big
Who likes fudge, it should be:
Every
Good
Boy
Deserves
Fanny
How cars eat grass
@@lksa983a omfg yes
Treble Clef: Elephants Go Bouncing Down Freeways
Bass Clef: Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart
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.
I was taught in school music lessons as a child "Every Good Boy Deserves Fun" and I like this one best as it does not make a child think of food if they are on a strict diet. Which is also my wish for all children learning anything new.
This convinced me to stick with the cowbell.
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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!
how’s the progress?
I was taught, "Every good boy does fine." And FACE, F-A-C-E.
The Scoop! I learnt Every good boy deserves football
I learned it as, Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips
Do u know mr rangel?
I learnt it as every gay boy deserve friends
Thanks for the great Tip. Does is a lot easier to remember than deserves, guess cause its shorter?
Wow, here in 2021, I am now 83yrs, been playing guitar for years, everywhere you can think of.What a great inside this has given me, after playing everything by ear
Nicely structured, well made, nice volume, speaking and very clear. Well made sir you deserve a like.
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).
1st "learn to read music" video I've watched, and you made learning to read music a less daunting subject, much appreciated.
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!
E-ven
G-irls
B-uy
D-rugs,
F-ool
lol
Much more memorable.
+J Riot (Lady Riot) lol
i love this one
LOL
"Rhythm is not important..."
Me a drummer: *gasp* :O *stunned Pikachu*
100% ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!!
@@kewlfonz what??
"Rhythm is not important..." = Wrong!!! - "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing..." = CORRECT!!!
It’s called surprised pikachu face you weirdo
@@pokocrow whatever
great video! the acronym I learned was "every good boy does fine" - still remember it all these decades later!
+bla mane Thank you Bla for sharing! I agree, whichever one you use, seems to stick for life. Glad you like this one :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
I watched this backwards and lost my ability to read music.
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!!!
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.
Just play 'Whole Lotta Love' backwards a few times and you'll be a lot better.
your pfp tho
bruh
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.
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.
Been playing trumpet by ear for 7 years now. Been trying to get extra help teachers no help. But researching this and finding this and going back to this video. Really helps a lot I can’t tell u how many times I’ve watched this😂
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 :)
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.
How Has learning piano been going ?
@@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 :]
You have just taught me in 15 minutes, what my GCSE music teacher failed to teach me in 2 years. Thanks.
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A good teacher and he makes it quite simple in this brief presentation. To the critics, I don't believe that he is trying to compete with the Berkeley School of Music. "Thanks for your effort".
The video was really great and this is my acronym for EGBDF
Ever
Green
Beauties
Don't
Fade
Thank u for reading😊
I always say "every good boy does fine"
Use ur hand as a staff
Me too!
I just say "E G B D F"
Mnemonics help people.
every good boy deserves fudge
E-Every
G-Good
B-Boy
D-Does
F-Fine
Every Good Boy Does Fine!
Karen Blade hi
Karen Blade same
Every Gay Bitch Douche Fuck
every good burger deserves fries.
On a line f- a-c-e FACE on a space!
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.
*now I need to buy a piano*
We have piano for sale...
Me too but we cant afford a piano
@@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.
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😕😕😕😕
EndłessHørizøn a keyboard is basically a piano
I wish I had learn reading music years ago, thanks Bradley.
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!!
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....
"Every Good Boy Does Fine".. that's the original for treble clef!
good one
True.
yes
Good Boys Do Fine Always for Bass Clef!
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!
The best lesson I have seen so far. So precise and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing. God bless!
Thanks. Good info for a 70 year old just starting to learn to read music. I’ve been playing by ear for 60 years. Should have learned years ago. 🙂
And just like that, I'm lost
I know right, I'm only four minutes in and I'm confused
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.
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.
@@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.
Tim Rowe well then teach her that part so she understands😂
Thanks Julian - I find your teaching really clear and that it gives me a “can do” feeling
Every good boy does fine, that's the one I use
U know mr rangel?
@@kevinheiman944 everyone uses Every Good Boy does fine, lol. I know people who haven't touched an instrument in years that remember that
Don't forget Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart and All Cows Eat Grass for bass clef
Excellent. I am a 78-year-old beginner. Thabks,
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!
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.
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.
What do you mean bottom space is also played as sharp?
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
"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
Good One 🤣
You filled in the gaps. Congrats.
@@IAmLedsterOo ^-^
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
@@adrianmach7952 doesn't matter, i made a funny
“Every good boys does fine” (EGBDF)
“Good boys do fine always”
(GBDFA)
15 minutes later still not able to read but Im happy to know that Every good boy deserves food
You're not going to get it in 10 minutes, I assure you. Get an app to help you. I like Perfect Ear.
What a Nice Patient way of explaining i learnt at a convent 70 yrs back nice
For some reason, the phrase that stuck with me for the bass clef was: "Granny boogies down fifth avenue." Lol!
Modest Dressing BEST ONE
Whay do u play
I love it! It reminds me of that 'Granny got run over by a reindeer' song. LOL
Morgan Calvi now I’m thinking that!
:)
@@MedeivalWarfare
Thank you so much I can now play literally
any sheet music
12:28 "F stands for fortissimo"... I think this should be Forte. FF stands for fortissimo. Great and nice video! So well explained throughout.
I was thinking the same thing since "issimo" is usually to take a characteristic further.
That is indeed correct, f = forte, ff = fortissimo, fff = fortississimo. Same system for piano: p = piano, pp = pianissimo, ppp = pianississimo
@@argus456 fortissimissimo*
pianissimissimo*
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?
I always thought "f" was
"forte" , not "fortissimo".
Glad to see someone else
noticed this 😊.
🇬🇧🐒😊🎼💕🎹
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.
E-very
G-ay
B-oy
D-eserves
F-un
Send Help. O shit boi
Every
Good
Band
Deserves
Fudge
E-very
G-ood
B-oi
D-oes
F-ine
Haha
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.
Thank you so much for the information! Really appreciate you taking your time to educate the rest of the music community. 🖤
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.
Thank u man! Starting to learn to play music at age 32 with the help of al the talented people on youtube. Lifelong sub.
Music schools hate this man.
Half-note in the 6/8 example! Rhythm [isn't very important], yet pedalling for one specific instrument is.
This doesn't cover a whole lot. It's like very, very basic reading...
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!
Great video , only correction on dynamics “F” stands for FORTE - loud. FF stands for FORTISSIMO - very loud. 👍
PTL… very good; easy to follow. Haven’t studied in over 60 years; learned what a bass clef is. Thank you for sharing 💯💌.
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
Thank you very much. I'm trying to start learning piano and reading music. This was very helpful and encouraging :)
Every Good Boy Deserves Freedom.
U live in North Korea or sumthin
I'm just about to learn the keyboard after having a stroke, so this video is essentially a god send as I need to get mobility back in my fingers.
Thank you for explaining everything so clearly and precisely.
The rhythm is the most importand and the most difficult part in music .
Every Good Burger Deserves Fries
asqrd crstbl OR
Garbage burgers deserve fries also
E-even
G-Garfield
B-buys
D-dog
F-food
Treble clef
EGBDF - Every good boy does fine (on the line)
FACE - Face (in the space)
Bass clef
GBDFA - Good burritos don't fall apart
ACEG - All cows eat grass
Edit: From what I remember diminuendo and decrescendo are different. Diminuendo is a Decrescendo (getting quieter), but you also slow down.