Learn to Read Music (Without Playing an Instrument) is a self-paced email course with videos and worksheets. It is designed for adult learners who have no musical background. This course focuses on learning to read a single line of music, without extensive discussion of music theory. This course teaches the foundations that will assist in more advanced study of music theory.

What You'll Get

• 14 lessons divided into 24 emails

• 12 worksheets

• Email contact with Jill

What You'll Study

• How to understand a classical music concert program

• The names of pitches

• Clefs and the staff

• Notes and rests

• Time signatures

• Key signatures

• Dynamics

Anticipated Outcomes

• The ability to interpret the parts of a classical music program

• An emerging vocabulary of common classical music terms

• An awareness of how the musical staff, notes, clefs, time signatures, and key signatures work together

• A functional knowledge of how to read music

What Won't Happen

• Fluency in reading music

• The ability to test out of Intro to Music Theory in college

Think of this course as a pre-introduction to music theory. It will introduce the basics and give you enough background that you won't be totally lost when joining the community choir or taking a music theory elective. It may also help you if you're trying to teach yourself piano or another instrument through a method book. ​