How to Read Music · 4th edition

Every example in Part 1

The Musical Staff and Its Elements

All parts

Example 1.1

A violin part

Figure 1.1 on violin at 90 BPM.

Example 1.2

Single and double bar lines

Figure 1.7 on piano at 80 BPM.

Example 1.3

The final bar line

Figure 1.8 on piano at 80 BPM.

Example 1.4

Beamed eighth notes

Figure 1.9 on piano at 80 BPM.

Example 1.5

Quarter-note and eighth-note rests

Figure 1.10 on piano at 80 BPM.

Example 1.6

Repeat signs

Figure 1.14 on piano at 80 BPM, the bars in the order the signs give: 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Example 1.7

Repeating a bar

Figure 1.15 on piano at 80 BPM.

Example 1.8

D.S., D.C., Fine and Coda

Figure 1.17's five lines one after another, each in the order its signs give, at 80 BPM.

Example 1.9

First and second endings

Figure 1.18 on piano at 80 BPM, the bars in the order the signs give: 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4.

Example 1.10

Checkpoint 1.3: Repeats and endings

Checkpoint 1.3's piece as it is played, at 80 BPM. Answer first, then listen to check yourself.

Example 1.11

Checkpoint 1.4: D.C. al Fine

Checkpoint 1.4's piece as it is played, at 80 BPM. Answer first, then listen to check yourself.