How to read music - Tim Hansen

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  • Опубліковано 17 лип 2013
  • Like an actor's script, a sheet of music instructs a musician on what to play (the pitch) and when to play it (the rhythm). Sheet music may look complicated, but once you've gotten the hang of a few simple elements like notes, bars and clefs, you're ready to rock. Tim Hansen hits the instrumental basics you need to read music.

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  • @TaylorsOfficialMusic
    @TaylorsOfficialMusic 7 років тому +32691

    i feel like 80% of the people watching this are musicians who actually read music

  • @marilunastaimin
    @marilunastaimin 5 років тому +24390

    Just remember to practice 40 hours a day and you'll get it!

    • @elliotlemon8402
      @elliotlemon8402 5 років тому +649

      Ariana Conner oh ok... Hey wait a minute!

    • @rum5009
      @rum5009 4 роки тому +1018

      LING LING!!!!

    • @giogio9242
      @giogio9242 4 роки тому +366

      Yeeeesss ling ling

    • @paulciobanu3991
      @paulciobanu3991 4 роки тому +265

      Ling ling :))

    • @azij523
      @azij523 4 роки тому +167

      Ling ling. Uhmm wait, what's a ling ling? 🤔

  • @mohamedmujamil1006
    @mohamedmujamil1006 3 роки тому +4035

    Science professors while teaching science: Come on, this is not music theory.
    Musicians while teaching music theory: Come on, this is not rocket science.
    *confused noises*

    • @naritruwireve1381
      @naritruwireve1381 2 роки тому +110

      Have science professors ever actually said that before or is it just a meme

    • @sowhy
      @sowhy 2 роки тому +137

      Our physicsteacher studied physics math and music. He said that he chose music aswell because math and physics werent enough of a challenge for him. Then he proceeded to talk with the musicians in our class for like 15 minutes or so

    • @premrajjadhav02
      @premrajjadhav02 2 роки тому +35

      and this video proved that rocket science is simpler XD

    • @turtle8558
      @turtle8558 2 роки тому +23

      Me studying both "well actually'

    • @kucak7835
      @kucak7835 2 роки тому +1

      lol

  • @elizabethdavis3417
    @elizabethdavis3417 Рік тому +321

    "All Japanese children can speak Japanese" - a VERY hard language, yet children master it because they are taught that to do so is a happy and natural part of life. They can be taught that music is a happy and natural part of life, and master it from a young age. For that matter, they can be taught that love, respect, joy in learning and peace are happy and natural parts of human life. Children can learn anything if we present it to them as a natural and desireable part of life. Thank you Dr. Suzuki, you are loved!

    • @midigenz
      @midigenz 7 місяців тому +9

      Even if you're old, it's never too late

    • @emloise
      @emloise 6 місяців тому +4

      @@midigenzI agree!!

    • @dave4342
      @dave4342 5 місяців тому +2

      Comparing it to Chinese kids would make more sense. Chinese is harder and average Chinese kids take higher educational classes than Japanese. Making happiness more necessary for the Chinese

  • @kaiwillow9012
    @kaiwillow9012 5 років тому +7974

    When you can actually read music but then you're just here because you're curious about what others think

  • @chloetran2524
    @chloetran2524 3 роки тому +8463

    Teacher: What comes after the letter G
    Student: H
    Musicians: A

  • @PianoVideoLessons
    @PianoVideoLessons 3 роки тому +2237

    4:22 super distracting that the pitches don't match the notes

    • @m2mcfall
      @m2mcfall 3 роки тому +126

      That drove me CRAZY too!

    • @mochico88
      @mochico88 3 роки тому +31

      Oh man, didn't even catch that!

    • @novemberninth4392
      @novemberninth4392 3 роки тому +56

      I knoooow! I don't even read music that well (stopped playing piano many years ago) and yet I still caught it and it bothers me

    • @HelgaCavoli
      @HelgaCavoli 3 роки тому +3

      Why is that? Starting at LA and not DO.

    • @multiplysixbynine
      @multiplysixbynine 3 роки тому +3

      No kidding!

  • @bethanymears
    @bethanymears Рік тому +249

    I've always been very intrigued what sheet music looks like to someone who doesn't know how to read it. Like I was taught at a very young age how to read music so now I look at it and it feels the same as simply reading a word. But I am curious what it is like to look at a chord and have no idea what it means.

    • @minefrac1
      @minefrac1 Рік тому +48

      It's a lot like trying to read another language to me. I have to go word-by-word (or note-by-note) and translate that to what I play on the piano.

    • @liliachav8419
      @liliachav8419 Рік тому +8

      Ive played a bit of guitar, and there are some songs with "tab" versions. Basicaly 6 lines that represent each string, and numbers to show where on each string to play. When I look at sheet music, I think it looks like a different form of tab, even if its not the same thing. I know that up on sheet music means higher, and down is lower, and with simple stuff I can sortof guess what it might sound like but otherwise im a bit clueless

    • @marmeladaaaa
      @marmeladaaaa Рік тому +6

      Sheet notes look like a reflection of my own incapabality to read and it feels like the notes are looking down on me for not understanding them (especially the high ones). I have a hate-love relationship with understanding music.

    • @Hailey-jr9nz
      @Hailey-jr9nz Рік тому +3

      I just got casted into a musical and I’ve never seen any sheet music really.. and I’m kinda struggling and nervous that I’m not going to understand the beats and whenever he says a fancy music word :’)

    • @jasonmartinsa
      @jasonmartinsa Рік тому +9

      Mandarin. It makes sense to someone, just not me right now.

  • @finn4265
    @finn4265 3 роки тому +7296

    im literally learning how to read music for no reason right now while a stack of homework is judging me from across my desk

    • @arijinn
      @arijinn 3 роки тому +87

      I Can relate!

    • @johnalexander910
      @johnalexander910 3 роки тому +101

      I need to have a fully functional website built by Monday morning and I’m here right now...

    • @barbaragaarciiia
      @barbaragaarciiia 3 роки тому +56

      same but with my biology and chemistry exam tomorrow :)

    • @spoopyscaryskelebones3846
      @spoopyscaryskelebones3846 3 роки тому +22

      Same but I have nothing to do :)

    • @alwinw64
      @alwinw64 2 роки тому +15

      Wow, never thought I had a lot of people to relate to !!

  • @barrycooper9991
    @barrycooper9991 4 роки тому +6692

    And I thought Math equations were hard... my respects to all musicians.

    • @picante28
      @picante28 4 роки тому +650

      Once you get it, you can read it as fast as a book !

    • @ShiNiGaMi-bb2ep
      @ShiNiGaMi-bb2ep 4 роки тому +204

      Zack Lunas See, the thing is this is comparable to elementary school math
      When it comes to actual compositions like classical music or jazz you’re starting to get to highschool level, where you can read the music but probably have a hard time playing certain rhythms by yourself an instant (eg polyrhytms).
      And then there’s genres like math rock or really complex jazz music in where you sometimes don’t even exactly know which note comes before which, also you have to follow rules cause there’s way more things than just the stuff in the video. There can be changing pace, having to play 2 melodies with one hand, while still playing another rhythm with your other hand (for piano at least). There’s key signatures (comparable to mathematical rules where you have to keep an order for something) and signs that will remove these.
      Then there’s intonation, dynamics, etc. this video is literally like teaching basic maths like addition, division, multiplication, subtraction and bracket rules

    • @Annie-pn4jo
      @Annie-pn4jo 4 роки тому +112

      Math is harder :)

    • @MaddieWillette
      @MaddieWillette 4 роки тому +29

      If you practice you’ll get it

    • @raishanrutaquio8509
      @raishanrutaquio8509 4 роки тому +43

      It's easy actually, there are tricks on how to memorize which pitch is in which line hahaha😂 and also practice, everything gets easier when you practice!😊💜

  • @lizziecallaghan4995
    @lizziecallaghan4995 Рік тому +46

    I've been studying music in its different forms, choral, piano, modern, etc, for little over 20 years and this is such a fascinating video for explaining music in its most rudimentary form. Such a good introduction for anyone wanting to take up music as a hobby.

  • @TheNotehead
    @TheNotehead 2 роки тому +30

    The reason so many of us here already know how to read music is because we are music teachers, and we are always looking for an informative and well-made resource. Unfortunately, this isn't one, for all the reasons others have already mentioned. I can't imagine that a single inexperienced person watching this would get to the end and feel like they are ready to take a simple piece of music and start figuring it out.

    • @boricuababyhuey7576
      @boricuababyhuey7576 Рік тому +8

      I agree but for someone like myself who had forgotten how to read music and needed a "refresher" so to speak, this was a great vid. One can learn music in just one week if they dedicate 1 hour a day. I say this from experience as when I first learned I never picked up an instrument in my life yet my music teacher, Mr. Audi, taught me something as complicated as this in literally one week. It took me about a year to "truly" grasp sight reading and about two to "master" it, AND EVEN THEN I was not perfect or anything[but that's porbably me being hard on myself. I could never play a piece to "perfection" IMO even though I did earn awards...it's just one of those things. lol

  • @owlcu
    @owlcu 5 років тому +3073

    If music notation was taught in grammar school side by side with regular language instruction, by high school we would all be reading music as naturally as the newspaper, and the news might have a better sound to it.

    • @AltPeachStudy
      @AltPeachStudy 5 років тому +84

      Music theory is actually taught as an option here since elementary for a few years and then as an option in junior high and high school.

    • @AltPeachStudy
      @AltPeachStudy 5 років тому +45

      “Here” is Canada by the way.

    • @humanbeing1429
      @humanbeing1429 4 роки тому +62

      @@AltPeachStudy that's great. I wish every country includes music as a necessary subject for school children. Optional if not mandatory.
      I recently started a program at a Montessori school where students can choose to be in any club they want. From Music, Medical, Taekwondo, art n craft, swimming, sewing, cooking etc.
      I teach students who opted for music. They are between 4 to 8 years of age and are little bundles of Joy.
      Best wishes to you from Nagaland.

    • @humanbeing1429
      @humanbeing1429 4 роки тому +3

      @William Kircher that's true. But out here, we take lesser fee compared to actual music schools where individual classes are given. The parents can choose other clubs if they cannot afford another 15 to 20 dollars a month.

    • @vya2247
      @vya2247 4 роки тому +20

      It is where I live. The result: we all messed around in class and forgot everything we learned by the time high school rolled around. You can’t force kids to learn something they don’t necessarily care about, because it just won’t stick.

  • @davidweng4712
    @davidweng4712 4 роки тому +2023

    Beethoven: happy face
    Justin beiber: face drops

    • @Rishabh_gaurav
      @Rishabh_gaurav 4 роки тому +30

      😂 Yeah I noticed lol

    • @arombell2259
      @arombell2259 4 роки тому +75

      Dont diss me but pop music do consist of like 5 notes for 3 minutes. So i could imagine why his face dropped reading Beethoven 😂

    • @somseth6760
      @somseth6760 3 роки тому +1

      😄😄😄😄

    • @moriahwenzel888
      @moriahwenzel888 3 роки тому +1

      @@arombell2259 me playing the same 4 note motive over again in Beethoven’s 5th and reading this 😅😂

    • @arombell2259
      @arombell2259 3 роки тому +3

      @@moriahwenzel888 well just a generalization, there are always exceptions so don't mind :)

  • @zenmaster6780
    @zenmaster6780 2 роки тому +32

    Kudos from a musician who plays by ear. You accomplished a lot in a short time. Thanks!

  • @mossboy2564
    @mossboy2564 3 роки тому +31

    As someone who has always wanted to learn to read music, this is incredibly helpful. Thank you!

    • @evannamufarreh
      @evannamufarreh Рік тому +1

      You can do it! It takes practice but it’s a beautiful skill to have :)

  • @tearsintheraincantfeelthep475
    @tearsintheraincantfeelthep475 6 років тому +8521

    Why am I watching this. I literally graduated music school.

    • @josed.vargas3961
      @josed.vargas3961 6 років тому +196

      Nerd

    • @remi1771
      @remi1771 6 років тому +337

      Lol, maybe because you thought It would give a different perspective on musical reading?

    • @alexde1619
      @alexde1619 6 років тому +28

      Omg, same

    • @dnyaadyb8795
      @dnyaadyb8795 6 років тому +4

      Cuuuuteeee

    • @israelcaetano
      @israelcaetano 6 років тому +2

      Ms Keisha, i know right as well lol

  • @bruhmoment2020
    @bruhmoment2020 4 роки тому +3658

    me: is a cellist
    me: hears canon in d
    me: cries

    • @chingwenkoh1884
      @chingwenkoh1884 4 роки тому +119

      i was like, why canon in d again 😂

    • @lemonlime8635
      @lemonlime8635 4 роки тому +7

      Same

    • @amber7891
      @amber7891 4 роки тому +7

      😂😂😂

    • @ning997
      @ning997 4 роки тому +8

      ur not alone

    • @patron_wa7713
      @patron_wa7713 4 роки тому +17

      @@user-op8fg3ny3j it's not ... it's really not ... It's so overplayed i get iritated instantly when i hear first few notes

  • @hydrashade1851
    @hydrashade1851 Рік тому +19

    i learned more useful things here than an entire semester of Choir

    • @book3376
      @book3376 Рік тому +1

      It’s funny but it’s not funny 😭

  • @homermalaluan8680
    @homermalaluan8680 Рік тому

    I never had any background with music but with the help and teaching of our choir master in Church, we learned how to read music. Thru the years, we just learn how to sing a new piece by just reading the notes even without the instrument.

  • @leifolsen1704
    @leifolsen1704 4 роки тому +3106

    Me: is a musician who fluently reads music
    Also me: watches the entire video

    • @arthurvalente8508
      @arthurvalente8508 3 роки тому +116

      And cries at the 4:22 part 🤣🤣

    • @vivianniu3493
      @vivianniu3493 3 роки тому +6

      very much yes

    • @qrrbrbirbel2
      @qrrbrbirbel2 3 роки тому +18

      I've been in the same loop of coming back to these kinds of videos for years hoping it'll click. I feel like it's just trying to be confusing at this point. 😂

    • @isaactchukombe3857
      @isaactchukombe3857 3 роки тому +7

      any tips or guides you can give to a beginner like me? One of my goals this year is to learn sheet music

    • @mgg5418
      @mgg5418 3 роки тому +3

      Haha me too

  • @joniranni2503
    @joniranni2503 7 років тому +1773

    i love how the yellow guy just dyed a bit inside when he was called justin beaber

    • @darrinwalker889
      @darrinwalker889 5 років тому +34

      5:05 yeah that was funny.

    • @santanuchowdhury609
      @santanuchowdhury609 5 років тому +12

      Uh, u spelt it wrong

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson 5 років тому +25

      Dyed what color?

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson 5 років тому +12

      @@santanuchowdhury609
      Didn't capitalize the I, used the wrong homophone of die/dye, and both failed to capitalize Bieber's name and spelled it wrong...

    • @lorenzcobretti9862
      @lorenzcobretti9862 4 роки тому +4

      that's kinda cyber bullying

  • @janepianotutorials
    @janepianotutorials 3 роки тому +243

    Would be nice to tell everyone the staff is a snapshot of the piano keyboard standing on its side

  • @user-wg8hx6ux5v
    @user-wg8hx6ux5v 5 місяців тому +2

    Omg thank you so much Music taught in school makes it so complex and overdone I was worried I'm gonna fail something easy as music. You'll guys just simplified two years worth of overdoing teaching into 5 minutes.(And I thought math was hard) Respect to TED-ED and all the Musicians.

  • @kynigosthewolf4573
    @kynigosthewolf4573 7 років тому +3638

    why am I watching this ? I've played piano for seven years....

    • @patsmusic8011
      @patsmusic8011 7 років тому +85

      Same, i've played for 13 years and I think I'm here just to see if he is full of crap or not XD

    • @gmangsxr750
      @gmangsxr750 7 років тому +4

      River Song so what was your opinion?

    • @gmangsxr750
      @gmangsxr750 7 років тому

      I asked before I watched. A very basic overview

    • @PychStudios
      @PychStudios 7 років тому +17

      I was kinda hoping there would be a music joke somewhere in the video.... 6/10, not enough humor

    • @mkklmann
      @mkklmann 7 років тому +2

      .

  • @wesesheskhnemtuhit
    @wesesheskhnemtuhit 4 роки тому +3256

    Why am I watching this? I've played mayonnaise for most of my life.

  • @ImmiGaru96MuraSaki
    @ImmiGaru96MuraSaki Рік тому +2

    This made me realize that I have never grasped the idea of not being able to read music before. I take it for granted and I should be more thoughtful to others who might not have had the same experiences as I.

  • @matthewfernandez2698
    @matthewfernandez2698 Рік тому +4

    This was such an eye opener. I know nothing about music but this explained so much that seemed so complicated about music. Id love to see another video explaining what on earth is a "minor" vs "major", "harmony", "instrumentation", "transposition", etc.

    • @Memistical
      @Memistical Рік тому +2

      A minor key sounds much darker than a major key. Simply, sad songs would be in minor key while a happy song is in major key. Harmony is the background of the music. It is the opposite of the melody, the main sequence of notes that you’d hear the most. Transposition is when you take a song in a certain key (ex. C major) and turn it into a different key (ex. F major).
      I don’t know what instrumentation is lmao

  • @theonlythinghere8653
    @theonlythinghere8653 8 років тому +3372

    I don't know why I watched because I know to read music.

  • @MyAura
    @MyAura 8 років тому +1273

    LOL TED-Ed's humor on Bieber and Beethoven

    • @darwistresno6653
      @darwistresno6653 8 років тому +25

      reminds me to ERB

    • @joseph-kim
      @joseph-kim 8 років тому +8

      +1corn THEY'RE VILLAGERS!!!

    • @slauwkoo
      @slauwkoo 8 років тому +7

      Thats a very life like picture of bieber showing what he actually is - a prick with hair on top

    • @joseph-kim
      @joseph-kim 8 років тому +2

      Mr. Bieber and Dr. Trayaurus

    • @sarahkogan989
      @sarahkogan989 8 років тому

      +Joseph Kim YASS

  • @user-cv2vo5wn9m
    @user-cv2vo5wn9m Рік тому +12

    i'm so happy u made this video! I bought my very first keyboard and since I'm a beginner I'm quite unfamiliar with sheet music, but it's so fascinating. The harder it looks, the more inspired I am to be able to read it and play it.

    • @ionageman
      @ionageman 6 місяців тому

      I wonder if you got over the first bump .

  • @Anglaide
    @Anglaide 2 роки тому +2

    Very simply put and well explained, like teaching should be. Bravo!

  • @skippyj9239
    @skippyj9239 8 років тому +1249

    thought this would help me sight read like a legend...

    • @kyledanielledelosreyes9691
      @kyledanielledelosreyes9691 8 років тому +6

      I thought too

    • @blackbird4062
      @blackbird4062 8 років тому +6

      Just turn the piece sheet to the right to landscape then the lines and spaces match up to the notes. Hope it helps!

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 8 років тому +5

      You're not the only one disappointed

    • @conorcorrigan765
      @conorcorrigan765 7 років тому +53

      If you want easy results with little to no effort, you should find a hobby other than music...

    • @sorcey6957
      @sorcey6957 7 років тому +1

      What?

  • @minermole101
    @minermole101 3 роки тому +1230

    As a musician myself, I can't believe I've never simplified music like this. I mean, this is a lot simpler than how basic music theory showed it to me.

    • @ripleylockerbie9830
      @ripleylockerbie9830 3 роки тому +5

      yep

    • @diakounknown1225
      @diakounknown1225 3 роки тому +26

      I don't know poop about music theory. But I do play instruments. So this is all I know about it really. And some other stuff to do with chords.

    • @smorrow
      @smorrow Рік тому

      Seemed pretty standard to me

  • @mwallace826
    @mwallace826 2 роки тому +1

    WE NEEDED THIS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL- amazing, showstoppingly instructive animation, beautiful to see. "It sounds like this-Tick... Tick"

  • @hunted21ho12
    @hunted21ho12 Рік тому +2

    Mate im not gonna lie this is one of the best bigginer guids to music in the least a mount of time, if only i found this a few years back when i sarted as a musician XD

  • @fowti1470
    @fowti1470 5 років тому +2721

    4:22
    Am I the only person so pissed off that sounds don't equal notes?

    • @humanbeing1429
      @humanbeing1429 4 роки тому +294

      You noticed too?
      The song being played was "Ode to Joy" and the music notes shown were not corresponding at all. Lol.

    • @stormtorch
      @stormtorch 4 роки тому +34

      at least they got the last four notes matching the pitches of the audio

    • @rachelmongisidi3170
      @rachelmongisidi3170 4 роки тому +2

      Same here!! Lol

    • @firefly50
      @firefly50 4 роки тому +28

      I was searching for that comment, thought I couldn't be the only one noticing it haha

    • @shestewa6581
      @shestewa6581 4 роки тому +15

      Yeah, I had to listen to it a few times to make sure I wasn't going mad. Like whut?

  • @hwen4822
    @hwen4822 7 років тому +1255

    When a five minute video explains better than your teacher...

  • @charlesarmstrong5292
    @charlesarmstrong5292 2 роки тому +8

    Thanks for this well composed lesson. I am about to try and teach a young student to read & write. So this was a true gift. Thank you.

  • @zigthemystic1982
    @zigthemystic1982 Рік тому +1

    I'm high functioning autistic and throughout middle and high school both my choir and band teachers to no avail tried to teach me how to read sheet music. I felt like I couldn't physically translate the notes to the sounds like symbols couldn't tell me what sound to play and how to play it exactly. This video helped me understand that better. Thank you.

  • @jack_amie
    @jack_amie 7 років тому +2197

    Why would you put beiber and Beethoven in the same sentence?

    • @Doris-ob2qw
      @Doris-ob2qw 7 років тому +206

      So that the guy could smile when he was Beethoven, but frown when he was Bieber.

    • @berlinlincoln7918
      @berlinlincoln7918 7 років тому +36

      beiber sings, but beethoven didn't sing. they know music.

    • @fabdlnltc
      @fabdlnltc 7 років тому +120

      Look again at your sentence to figure out.

    • @user-tf6vq9tz6b
      @user-tf6vq9tz6b 6 років тому +4

      jack amiegbe beiberhoven

    • @rimopaul9283
      @rimopaul9283 6 років тому +4

      Bieber* rather Briber or Beaver or Briber or bewilder...... thanks

  • @m0L3ify
    @m0L3ify 7 років тому +177

    4:22 If you're going to teach people how to read music, you should play what's written.

  • @SherrainePhillips
    @SherrainePhillips 3 роки тому +1

    I live in china and recently decided to learn how to play the piano. My teacher speaks very little English and I’m blindly making my way through, so this video explanation was well needed! ❤️

  • @ronanmurray9530
    @ronanmurray9530 2 роки тому +1

    Really great for us beginning wading into the deep water of music notation. Thank you for your clarity....

  • @jl44257
    @jl44257 7 років тому +2166

    Justin Bieber thinks a beat is a brand of headphones

    • @Jariid
      @Jariid 7 років тому +21

      you don't get famous as a musician/singer without learning music.

    • @berlinlincoln7918
      @berlinlincoln7918 7 років тому +11

      this video lesson is not meant for singer that doesn't play piano. a 2-year-old uses his vocal cord to make sound.

    • @HOULWOOD
      @HOULWOOD 7 років тому +13

      he can play 4 instruments so im guessing he can read music alright

    • @HOULWOOD
      @HOULWOOD 7 років тому +3

      ***** thats what we call presumptions, my friend

    • @HOULWOOD
      @HOULWOOD 7 років тому

      ***** i guess we'll never know

  • @suryaraju9496
    @suryaraju9496 4 роки тому +534

    The musicians who see this video in their recommended must have thought, "What are you trying to tell me UA-cam?"

    • @breadlord3608
      @breadlord3608 4 роки тому +7

      We thought “oh finally something useful”

    • @davidroyl2241
      @davidroyl2241 4 роки тому +1

      People still search things up you know.

    • @theresachacon1122
      @theresachacon1122 3 роки тому +2

      I'm just annoyed because I have seen this video at least 3 times in the last 3 years and all 3 times where from my band director

  • @genericdevtexture3661
    @genericdevtexture3661 2 роки тому +1

    I was more interested and learned more in a 5 minute video than several years of going to school.

  • @petrinadacosta9683
    @petrinadacosta9683 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for simplifying. I was looking for a "sheet music for dummies" tutorial and you provided. Thanks so much

  • @airlierobinson4437
    @airlierobinson4437 3 роки тому +872

    4:22: plays ode to joy
    also 4:22: the notes are just descending quavers
    the musicians watching: hmm... InTeReStInG

    • @atzl26
      @atzl26 3 роки тому +24

      hello fellow twosetter!! :)))

    • @nuayt
      @nuayt 3 роки тому +26

      Hurts specially those who already read some, but without fluency, and thought they could improve their perspective by watching this video. I call this counter-educational.

    • @user-fz1mx1ld6q
      @user-fz1mx1ld6q 3 роки тому

      Ikr

    • @basil8651
      @basil8651 3 роки тому

      Do it wasn’t only me.......

    • @sichen3747
      @sichen3747 3 роки тому +7

      TWOSETTERS UNITE

  • @hyunjinsamericano2745
    @hyunjinsamericano2745 3 роки тому +1063

    I love how everyone who’s watching this right now already knows how to read music

    • @thecleaningauthority193
      @thecleaningauthority193 3 роки тому +58

      I dont know how to read music

    • @coolasf1527
      @coolasf1527 3 роки тому +6

      @@thecleaningauthority193 shut up. you already know how to read music since you born.

    • @janetwestwood9194
      @janetwestwood9194 3 роки тому +12

      Everybody gangster 'til evidently, you're not musically literate... 🤫🤥😷👌🇬🇧

    • @icannotcomeupwithanything4609
      @icannotcomeupwithanything4609 3 роки тому +2

      @@coolasf1527 what?

    • @gezzapk
      @gezzapk 2 роки тому +12

      I've never read music in my life

  • @slothberi
    @slothberi 2 роки тому +1

    This 5 minute and 23 seconds video easily explained my 7 years of trying to understand music

  • @qna9147
    @qna9147 3 роки тому +34

    Teacher: How many letters are there?
    Student: 26
    Musicians: 7

  • @skylahelbig6818
    @skylahelbig6818 7 років тому +887

    the most difficult part of music is writing the treble clef

    • @toiam8350
      @toiam8350 5 років тому +39

      Well let me teach you about reading a C clef

    • @timmerbell5217
      @timmerbell5217 5 років тому +37

      I know right, those causes me a lot of treble and time

    • @toiam8350
      @toiam8350 5 років тому +3

      @@timmerbell5217 luckily we only use alto and tenor(and I play alto so that's half the battle) but I have to learn the other ones so theyguve me trouble

    • @deepadass9236
      @deepadass9236 5 років тому +1

      It's in fact artistic

    • @jeffreybordaje1581
      @jeffreybordaje1581 5 років тому +6

      It's even hard just to draw the quarter rest lol 😂

  • @samtheflutegirl1373
    @samtheflutegirl1373 4 роки тому +497

    "If you have so many ledger line it gets confusing you need a new clef"
    Flute players laugh hysterically

    • @asy0ulikeit
      @asy0ulikeit 4 роки тому +54

      _laughs and then cries in ledger lines_

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 роки тому +47

      *When there are more ledger lines than actual barlines*

    • @madeleinewalker838
      @madeleinewalker838 3 роки тому +7

      yeah I know how that feels, 😞 that hurt 😅

    • @elisemarilyn1110
      @elisemarilyn1110 3 роки тому +17

      When your band director makes you play piccolo 🥲

    • @Greg_Romford
      @Greg_Romford 3 роки тому +3

      Perhaps you should have said a new clef or an 8va? lol

  • @ionageman
    @ionageman 6 місяців тому

    There was a time A to G mystified me .. then I discovered octaves , took me quite a few years to discover intervals , keys & modes .. but properly explained it’s all very simple & doesn’t have to be a treasure hunt .. good luck with your journey & welcome to a new world .

  • @its_nifler
    @its_nifler Рік тому +1

    I'm a piano player, and you've approved! Lots of people on the internet does not check their facts when it comes to music, but this is a great explanation of how notes work, well done!

  • @armeture27
    @armeture27 8 років тому +706

    Even though I've been playing trumpet for 5 years, singing for 3 years, and playing piano for about 1 year I still learned something.
    SINCE WHEN IS THERE AN ALTO CLEF?!

    • @Helen-if8ws
      @Helen-if8ws 8 років тому +30

      +Aforgomon Viola clef right?

    • @irisl6416
      @irisl6416 8 років тому +19

      +Helen Yesberg Yeah. You can only play the alto clef of the viola... I think.

    • @thebookreader9414
      @thebookreader9414 8 років тому +20

      +Aforgomon It's for the viola

    • @Misono755
      @Misono755 8 років тому +11

      the alto clef is for the viola, the mandola, and a few other variations of violas and trombones

    • @Funmodescondidas
      @Funmodescondidas 8 років тому +7

      +TDrama77 Productions actually it works for almost every instrument.

  • @VertigoAway
    @VertigoAway 10 років тому +90

    This taught me more about music than my Choral teacher taught me in 4 years... Give me more, please.

    • @therealdemen247
      @therealdemen247 9 років тому +1

      Wow, directors should be on top of that, it makes starting new music much easier. In 7th grade my choir director taught us this and accidentals pretty well in a couple weeks only going over it once or twice a week.

    • @TheEightshot
      @TheEightshot 9 років тому +3

      Same here its a joke how easy it is when explained correctly. At saying that im certainly more interested now than i was then. Maybe its more to do with paying attention :)

    • @darksidecola4529
      @darksidecola4529 7 років тому

      what the fuck is wrong with your teacher, they should get fired

  • @justmannat1995
    @justmannat1995 2 роки тому +2

    has anyone noticed that at the end when the yellow chick was called the next beethoven he was happy.But when the narrator called it the next justin beiber, he got sad! Power of classical music!
    LingLing approved this small lesson!

  • @lyvie101
    @lyvie101 2 роки тому +1

    My music teacher used to say “what goes on the line Every Good Boy Does Fine and what goes in the space FACE goes in the space” and that the only reason why I still know how to read music

  • @Jay-S04
    @Jay-S04 4 роки тому +1305

    Beats are all the same length
    Me-*Laughs in accelorando, then ritardando*

  • @higurashikai09
    @higurashikai09 8 років тому +1173

    Does it irritate any one else that at around 4:35 the notes shown and the notes sounded are completely DIFFERENT????
    Like, it shows Do, Ti, La, Sol; Do, Ti, La, Sol (or the descending top four pitches of a C major scale), but the music being played as those notes are shown isn't even in that same scale.

    • @higurashikai09
      @higurashikai09 8 років тому

      Yeah, exactly.

    • @krronos7
      @krronos7 8 років тому +1

      Yes that bugged me haha.

    • @narr2151
      @narr2151 8 років тому +4

      +higurashikai09 "Ti"?

    • @higurashikai09
      @higurashikai09 8 років тому

      Ferran Dimple yeah, it's in C major, so in Solfege it's Do, Ti, La, Sol as in a descending scale. So, because it's a C major scale, C is Do, B is Ti, A is La, G is Sol and so on.

    • @narr2151
      @narr2151 8 років тому +18

      It's not about the chords haha it's just that I had never heard Ti instead of Si

  • @ColinRuthem215
    @ColinRuthem215 Рік тому +1

    Thank you Tim, 9 years later!

  • @taagoallas3336
    @taagoallas3336 Рік тому +1

    I've never seen a video, that explains time signature so simply. It was always a little confusing to me, but you guys explained it so well.

  • @internetrando3488
    @internetrando3488 7 років тому +513

    That moment when you thought this was about sight reading, but you learned this stuff 4 years ago :/

    • @jocelynsun4842
      @jocelynsun4842 7 років тому

      Nekky Singz SAAAME... except this is six-seven years old stuff for me

    • @Feniso
      @Feniso 7 років тому +9

      15 years ago...

    • @TovaHolmberger
      @TovaHolmberger 7 років тому +10

      the only way to learn sight reading is to practice sight reading. It's because being able to sight read has to do with connecting a note with a muscular movement, and not a pitch. You have to teach your body that.

    • @LpsBlueDiamond
      @LpsBlueDiamond 6 років тому

      - Random person with a cat as their channel icon - i know right!

  • @joshi9115
    @joshi9115 3 роки тому +690

    4:22 : exists
    me: saCReLigIoUs

  • @antoniordevilliers
    @antoniordevilliers Рік тому

    This is an amazing video to get you started on the learning adventure of music theory. Very well explained.

  • @christianedavi5166
    @christianedavi5166 2 роки тому

    I'm a teacher trying to teach my piano teacher music vocabulary in English. This is the perfect video for me! Thanks!

  • @clementlee5383
    @clementlee5383 4 роки тому +332

    I thought that this would teach me hacks to sightreading.

    • @yasmin7903
      @yasmin7903 3 роки тому +8

      in 5 minutes?

    • @vivianniu3493
      @vivianniu3493 3 роки тому +6

      help
      im trying to pass level 10 RCM piano exam
      REEEEEEEE

    • @genarosainz9901
      @genarosainz9901 3 роки тому +1

      @@vivianniu3493 good luck pal, YOU GOT THIS!

    • @wereallmadhere_1326
      @wereallmadhere_1326 3 роки тому +1

      Honestly same. I got dissapointed very quickly... 😅

    • @ronigg13
      @ronigg13 3 роки тому

      Me too hahahahhaha

  • @redstrawberries624
    @redstrawberries624 7 років тому +472

    How funny that the comments section are filled by people who know how to read music while I'm here trying to cope up 😂 i hope i can read notes too and play a piano 😭

  • @LLO227
    @LLO227 2 роки тому

    My goodness, this was the best lesson I could ask for and it's already over 5mins and 10seconds in.

  • @leylabay6873
    @leylabay6873 2 роки тому

    Oh, I loved this. It reminded me of times when I was a little kid and my music teacher was teaching me how to play the piano.

  • @linaminaya
    @linaminaya 5 років тому +898

    Why am I here? Ive literally been playing [Instrument] for [any number between 7-92] years

  • @amitdawar6411
    @amitdawar6411 7 років тому +294

    "....or Justin Bieber!!" at the end just cracked me up!

    • @berlinlincoln7918
      @berlinlincoln7918 7 років тому +10

      Justin Bieber has yet to sing beethoven classical music.

    • @Iziieerose-
      @Iziieerose- 7 років тому +2

      lol

    • @armacanqui
      @armacanqui 6 років тому +8

      I know! I loved how the little guy looked disappointed 😂

    • @soroushmiri3528
      @soroushmiri3528 6 років тому +1

      me too ...

    • @madmaster8304
      @madmaster8304 6 років тому +5

      I love how the animation frowns after he says that

  • @jabz_xx
    @jabz_xx 3 місяці тому

    I forgot a lot of what I learned in music theory 10 yrs ago and this really helped jog some memory. Ty.

  • @peterthepanda
    @peterthepanda 2 роки тому +3

    Violinist: I gave that pitch vibrato. Pitches love vibrato.

  • @kiramman4874
    @kiramman4874 7 років тому +854

    why am I watching this, I don't even play an instrument

    • @GameCyborgCh
      @GameCyborgCh 7 років тому +65

      those who play an instrument dont need to watch this

    • @PJ-jb5bm
      @PJ-jb5bm 7 років тому +17

      Hashirama Senju well some people play completely by ear

    • @sportcreativity7263
      @sportcreativity7263 7 років тому +2

      SAME !

    • @Etiblack01
      @Etiblack01 7 років тому +17

      That's why you're watching, because maybe you will.

    • @kiramman4874
      @kiramman4874 7 років тому +7

      ***** yeah. Maybe.

  • @Mafukoful
    @Mafukoful 7 років тому +518

    Do English-speakers really learn notes in the order A B C D E F G ? This seems so strange to me because as a French I learnt Do Ré Mi Fa Sol La Si which is the equivalent of C D E F G A B.

    • @simonespadoni1528
      @simonespadoni1528 7 років тому +20

      Yoodj C.B Ayy dude, long story. Read about Gallic-Roman Gregorian Chants

    • @theharry801
      @theharry801 7 років тому +6

      do you sing or play an instrument e.g. violin

    • @simonespadoni1528
      @simonespadoni1528 7 років тому +1

      Redheadedmusician talking to me? idk why but if u reply to someone's comment i get the notification too damn.

    • @theharry801
      @theharry801 7 років тому

      Simone Spadoni sry, im replying to Yoodj. your name would come before my reply if i was replying to you. :)

    • @simonespadoni1528
      @simonespadoni1528 7 років тому

      Redheadedmusician oh thank you

  • @wolfetteplays8894
    @wolfetteplays8894 Рік тому

    This helps a lot! Thank you so much to whoever made this, you have my gratitude

  • @jsoulas
    @jsoulas Рік тому

    In high school, I studied music and played the trumpet. I never understood time signatures until this video explained it to me just now!

  • @1412mariLU
    @1412mariLU 7 років тому +52

    Best part about it: The melody played at 4:22 is 'Freude, schöner Götterfunken' from Beethovens 5th Symphony. But the notes show the first half of a C Major scale downwards...

    • @n7275
      @n7275 7 років тому +3

      * 9th
      It's also in D not C like in the video.

    • @1412mariLU
      @1412mariLU 7 років тому

      Matthew Hume Oh... f**k, that's what I meant to write but I tipped the wrong one.

    • @viengsamphet
      @viengsamphet 7 років тому +3

      1412mariLU Song at 4:22 sounds like ode to joy

    • @MattReillyProductions
      @MattReillyProductions 7 років тому +2

      You're correct. Beethoven's 9th Symphony is Ode to Joy.

    • @madeleinetrencher2036
      @madeleinetrencher2036 5 років тому

      That really annoyed me in the video

  • @johnhumleback
    @johnhumleback 4 роки тому +647

    As a music teacher, it's always interesting to hear other teachers take on explaining musical topics. Great video (apart from the written vs sounding pitch at 4:22 many have already commented on)!

    • @dudldhoo2423
      @dudldhoo2423 4 роки тому +34

      another mistake at the minute 4:42 is that the sharps are in the wrong position, they would be alright if there was a tremble cleff, but there's the bass one and the sharps should be on the 4th line and 2nd space
      I don't know if I wrote this right but English isn't my first language so...
      Ok that's it I'm gonna go practice

    • @techmarksph
      @techmarksph 4 роки тому +8

      &Dudldhoo24, yes they put an accidental in a wrong position. It should be in the 4th line which is "F" to make it an "F#" since the key signature tells us that it is in Dmajor scale.

    • @lachieniven5273
      @lachieniven5273 Рік тому +1

      Came here to say this

    • @Abrahambinzz
      @Abrahambinzz Рік тому +2

      THIS BOTHERED ME

    • @jenniplease
      @jenniplease Рік тому +1

      PAIN. I feel like creator definitely trolled us all.

  • @viictoriia0
    @viictoriia0 Рік тому

    I always admired those who can read music. I never played an instrument like many kids did at school and I regret it. I'm baffled that elementary kids are learning how to yet here I am 22 yrs old can't tell you what is what

  • @whatcanidooo
    @whatcanidooo 3 роки тому

    I know that the they weren't actually playing the right stuff but oh my god I haven't actually been able to understand this from anything written or any other youtube videos until this one, I feel so relieved

  • @LandonBalk
    @LandonBalk 8 років тому +458

    comparing Justin Bieber to Beethoven is pure sacrilege.

    • @JS_SN_UQAU
      @JS_SN_UQAU 8 років тому +5

      +Landon Balk #juvenoia

    • @Pequenno54
      @Pequenno54 8 років тому

      +Jacob Scholte nah

    • @PhilHoy97
      @PhilHoy97 8 років тому +10

      Beethoven wasn't so great! Have you ever seen Beethoven on a bubblegum card?

    • @xXnaDilXx
      @xXnaDilXx 8 років тому +1

      +Philip Hoy I love the irony... which I really hope, am not misinterpreting into this...

    • @PhilHoy97
      @PhilHoy97 8 років тому

      +xXnaDilXx yeah, it's a quote from A Charlie Brown Christmas haha

  • @sunburstbehindtheclouds1318
    @sunburstbehindtheclouds1318 7 років тому +535

    Anyone else kinda bothered by 4:20? As a person who can't read notes you get the impression the notes that are pictured represent the music played, when in reality the music played is completely different to the notes pictured.

    • @paulagarciacorral3142
      @paulagarciacorral3142 7 років тому +8

      YES

    • @mikemy100
      @mikemy100 7 років тому +3

      sunburst behindtheclouds the notes they put at 4 20 are Wrong what u see irl is what u get if it goes up so does the note

    • @QayyumSyafiq
      @QayyumSyafiq 7 років тому +11

      I can't read em, but I know there's something wrong

    • @cecelianydam1375
      @cecelianydam1375 7 років тому +10

      sunburst behindtheclouds omg yes this bothered me soooo much

    • @ailbhenoonan819
      @ailbhenoonan819 7 років тому +28

      Yess, it bothers me quite a bit! It was probably just a careless animation error, though, or maybe the animator can't read music. =)

  • @tanujkumar1576
    @tanujkumar1576 3 роки тому +2

    This is great for someone who's been playing for a while but never learned to read.

  • @ljmk1999
    @ljmk1999 Рік тому +1

    Why am i more invested in this than doing my homeworks?? lol, i love music sm

  • @imabagel7382
    @imabagel7382 4 роки тому +296

    4:45
    Every cellist in the audience died a little inside hearing that

    • @muteguy341
      @muteguy341 4 роки тому +4

      may I ask what is the title of the song?

    • @imabagel7382
      @imabagel7382 4 роки тому +27

      Pachelbel Canon in d

    • @muteguy341
      @muteguy341 4 роки тому +5

      @@imabagel7382 thanks for the reply. btw, do you happen to know a song something similar to this but was played on electric guitar? All I can remember is there is a word "rock" on the title of the song and its the same sound on @4:45

    • @imabagel7382
      @imabagel7382 4 роки тому

      Unfortunately no 😐

    • @kubby6129
      @kubby6129 4 роки тому +2

      JC Medina is it Memories by Maroon 5? It has a similar sound

  • @zeromailss
    @zeromailss 7 років тому +229

    this video teach me how to read note in under 6 minutes that middle school fail to do even after 3 years

    • @longinuscyclone213
      @longinuscyclone213 5 років тому +4

      really says a lot about the education system

    • @chris.f2616
      @chris.f2616 5 років тому +1

      にゃあエイリアンMeowAlien engrish pls

    • @user-wt5if6rx8m
      @user-wt5if6rx8m 5 років тому +1

      at least u have musical education in your country from young age, i wish i had this opportunity as a child

    • @AltPeachStudy
      @AltPeachStudy 5 років тому

      ナビイ Wait you’re in Japan and there’s no music teachers for you? Half my music books are from Japan!

    • @user-wt5if6rx8m
      @user-wt5if6rx8m 4 роки тому

      @@AltPeachStudy I'm not in Japan, I'm an asian-brazilian (:

  • @squeakydacat6837
    @squeakydacat6837 3 місяці тому

    This was a surprisingly helpful video! As someone that wants to start playing music, this was a great introduction. Thanks !

  • @MrCompassionate01
    @MrCompassionate01 Рік тому

    This explained everything far quicker and easier than most of the other stuff I'm looking at.

  • @bertvandyke1400
    @bertvandyke1400 3 роки тому +216

    Looking for something to share with students, this is really nice. I was surprised at 4:20 though, when the tune used to illustrate quarter note rhythms was different than what was written on the staff. Easy thing to overlook but it would have been nice if the pitch matched what was being played. Not matching could be confusing to a novice who is trying to learn from this video. Thanks for making the video, though!

  • @LuanneFose
    @LuanneFose 9 років тому +130

    This is very well done. I was going to vote for it but the section in 4:23 and beyond where the pitches of the rhythms are played of "Joyful, Joyful" with the wrong pitches drove me a bit crazy. Very confusing for new musicians to hear notes that should go up and then notated as down the staff instead. Please fix this and it would be awesome.

    • @Nightschism
      @Nightschism 9 років тому

      I agree. I was incredible confused at first.

    • @Spar10Leonidas
      @Spar10Leonidas 9 років тому

      Oh, thank God, For a minute, I thought that my ear was worse than I thought.

    • @KaiKanuck
      @KaiKanuck 9 років тому

      Absolutely. Otherwise a great vid, but the first piece of music they played was actually wrong. Unforgivable error!

    • @HighlandViolinist
      @HighlandViolinist 9 років тому

      I didn't even recognize it as a piece. I just thought it was a random example.

    • @VaughanMcAlley
      @VaughanMcAlley 9 років тому +5

      Study music notation for a long time, and you too could be as disconcerted as I was by the key signature at 04:44.

  • @tommunyon2874
    @tommunyon2874 3 роки тому +3

    Although I learned to "read" music in 2nd grade. I was flabbergasted when the music teacher asked me to sight read a new piece of music for glee club try-outs in 3rd grade. There is a world of difference from being able to identify a note as an A, and being able to pluck an A out of mid air.

  • @ximinnelli1912
    @ximinnelli1912 7 місяців тому

    I have described it like reading another language. I don’t think about what notes I play or what notes are written I just do. It has come after years of practice that I can just play but it is neat to see the basics.

  • @malcolmharris5277
    @malcolmharris5277 3 роки тому +1243

    Hmm - teaching how to read music, then plays a melody that doesn't correspond to what is actually played.
    Helpful.

    • @taylorfromer2044
      @taylorfromer2044 3 роки тому +50

      lol. Yes, I did enjoy the video but I noticed that as well.

    • @ejmtv3
      @ejmtv3 3 роки тому +33

      was it the Ode To Joy part?

    • @malcolmharris5277
      @malcolmharris5277 3 роки тому +15

      @@ejmtv3 Yes :D

    • @kp782
      @kp782 3 роки тому +3

      I was so consufed too like what happened

    • @andrewbuchan2232
      @andrewbuchan2232 3 роки тому +10

      The sheet music they showed was the bassline of Canon in D, but they put the sharps where they would be for the treble clef (not the bass clef)

  • @CavePony
    @CavePony 7 років тому +574

    Justin Beber cannot read sheet music.

    • @joelmabertin8425
      @joelmabertin8425 7 років тому +44

      OldasTheyAre He can't even play music

    • @bestinaz1379
      @bestinaz1379 7 років тому +13

      yeah , do you really think that he goes on concerts without ANY work done ? you guys are judgemental ,

    • @bestinaz1379
      @bestinaz1379 7 років тому +2

      he won regional singing competition and so

    • @ryan.s3992
      @ryan.s3992 7 років тому +8

      OldasTheyAre
      he plays guitar paino and drums

    • @choudhuryup6084
      @choudhuryup6084 7 років тому +3

      he can

  • @dragonmb7
    @dragonmb7 3 роки тому

    I appreciate that the notes on the piano of this video actually played the correct pitch out loud.

  • @lzus3556
    @lzus3556 Рік тому +1

    It took me about 3 months to understand how to read and play music. Now I'm part of a Marching Band🎺😘