Read Music FAST! Part 2
intervals & key signatures

THANKS! My mission is clear as day now! Woohoo.

I'm somewhat familiar with ties. Before I started working through Mikrokosmos' book, I worked through Read Music Fast and Read Music Fast Part 2 which I cannot speak more highly of. Amazing courses. Quite interesting how just 1.5 weeks ago if you asked me to play a minor, major, flat, or sharp scale on the piano I'd look at you very confused. Although it takes me a minute to think about where my fingers go when playing a scale, I can play decently consistent. Piano is so fun!

I started with an acoustic guitar. Quit. Then the mandolin. Quit. Piano. Quit. Sax. Quit. Now I am back with the piano and approaching it differently so I dont quit. So far my method is working. There are many factors that go into why I quit but one of the bigger reasons is trying to find the instrument that I feel will be the best tool for expressing myself once I learn the fundamentals. Anyways sorry I got carried away over here, thanks again for your explanation!

Yeah, don’t brute force songs outside your range, you’ll pick up a lot of bad habits and tension that way. If you’re not comfortable with sheet music that is a good place to start. Flowkey will give you some footing in sheet music, but there are better ways. I saw a recommendation for this course on here and I found it to be a great help. I knew how to read sheet music but only with really inefficient mnemonic devices, and that method made it all go much faster. I also went through the Alfred All-in-one and it’s a good resource. The whole course is about a year’s worth of work, if you really commit to getting all the songs learned well with attention to dynamics, tempo, and technique. It’ll feel like a step down if you’re used to brute-forcing your way through harder stuff, but it is worth it.