How to Read Music: Reading Music Made Simple

Rating:
Summary: Very enjoyable
Review: I don't get the negative review at the bottom of the page. As somebody who can already play an instrument to a high level, but couldn't read music, this is a GODSEND. I'd always found the subject intimidating until studying this book - now I don't. I REALLY recommend this book. LOTS

Rating:
Summary: NO
Review: Let me put it succinctly:

1) ANYBODY who can read music could have written this.

2) Many people who can read music HAVE published books about how to read music: there are MANY better alternatives available.

3) Much of what this particular book tells you is WRONG.

Here is ONE much better alternative: The ABC OF MUSIC: A SHORT PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE BASICS by Imogen Holst.

So what part of "NO" don't you understand?

Rating:
Summary: Burrows v. Holst
Review: Previous critical reviewers, stateside, have drawn attention to an alternative "Read Music" book by Gustav Holst's daughter Imogen.
It would be pertinent for them to know that both Mr Burrows and Ms Holst have strong connections with the same provincial English town, namely Ipswich : Burrows through his tortured but musically inspired childhood which included being a founder member and bass guitarist of the locally renowned progressive rock band Clear White Light, and Holst through her patronage of the internationally acclaimed Trianon Music Group. As to which is better : not for me to say. I leave you only with the words of a bygone age : "Non sine pulvere palma".

Rating:
Summary: Excellent for adult education
Review: Terry Burrows' "How to Read Music" is the ideal for adult students who want to read music without attending classes. Thorough tests are given throughout the book, to assure you understand the material. A CD is also included to help you understand the text better, by listening to examples of written music.

Rating:
Summary: Very enjoyable
Review: The course was well-structured, easy to follow and also with a good CD. Probably good for people who can't read music but can already play well.

Rating:
Summary: Looking To Put Your Music Notes
Review: This book assumes you learn to play an instrument without learnning to read music notation. It tries to match the note with the sound, and test you to see if you know the notes. You take each test using the CD. In order to use the CD correctly The author recommends a CD player that "searches tracks", not a CD that shows "time remaining". You can use a "time remaining CD to synchronize but it's not easy.