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Offline littleone

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Note recognition practice books?
on: June 27, 2010, 01:40:33 AM
Here's some background information:I started taking lessons when I was about 6 year olds, and I'm 17 now. I took lessons for a few years and then had to quit. I continued to play, but I did not practice scales or theory. Really, I was just trying to play songs rather than master or put in the work to become a better player. Naturally, I hit a plateau and stopped for another few years, frustrated. I recently started playing again, but I'm in a position where I can't have a teacher. I took a look at some of the recommendations and tips from teachers here, and bought; Hanon, Czerny, Burgmuller, the Complete Book of Scales and Arpeggios. I can feel and hear a vast improvement just from starting these books, and the last book helped me reach a breakthrough in music theory.

I remembered that my teacher used to have me play the Dozen a Day Books and bought Level 3 and 4. (I stopped taking lessons way back when I had just reached SMP lvl 3.)Now to the point of this post..

At the beginning of my lessons, my teacher gave me a beginner's music theory book with passages that I would fill in the notes for. This was very helpful to memorizing and recognizing music by sight and feel. I was wondering if there is an intermediate or more advanced version of this method? Currently, I can only recognize two octaves from middle C before I have to manually check what note I need with my fingers. Does anybody know what book series this is or something similar to it? Any other theory books you'd like to recommend would be much appreciated!

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Re: Note recognition practice books?
Reply #1 on: June 27, 2010, 02:14:54 AM
Would flashcards help?
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Offline quantum

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Re: Note recognition practice books?
Reply #2 on: June 27, 2010, 05:01:25 AM
Are you talking about reading ledger lines?
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Re: Note recognition practice books?
Reply #3 on: June 27, 2010, 05:16:31 AM
There's a face on the top of the staff and another hidden on the bottom. 

Two ledger lines up from the top is C.  Two down on the bottom is also C. 
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Offline gaboriau

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Re: Note recognition practice books?
Reply #4 on: July 03, 2010, 05:23:47 PM
Hi !

Flashcards online here :

https://www.musicards.net/
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