How to read music - Tim Hansen

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 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 ปีที่แล้ว +32669

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

    • @dyray732
      @dyray732 7 ปีที่แล้ว +479

      lol same

    • @oscarmartinez-zb8yx
      @oscarmartinez-zb8yx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      TaylorsOfficialMusic true for me xd

    • @esaaa9805
      @esaaa9805 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      TaylorsOfficialMusic me😂

    • @charlottesweeney1063
      @charlottesweeney1063 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      TaylorsOfficialMusic yes - I'm not sure why

    • @ChronosKat
      @ChronosKat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I think you would be correct. x'D

  • @marilunastaimin
    @marilunastaimin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24370

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

    • @elliotlemon8402
      @elliotlemon8402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +649

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

    • @rum5009
      @rum5009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1018

      LING LING!!!!

    • @giogio9242
      @giogio9242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +366

      Yeeeesss ling ling

    • @paulciobanu3991
      @paulciobanu3991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

      Ling ling :))

    • @azij523
      @azij523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +167

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

  • @elizabethdavis3417
    @elizabethdavis3417 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    "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 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

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

    • @emloise
      @emloise 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@midigenzI agree!!

    • @dave4342
      @dave4342 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @mohamedmujamil1006
    @mohamedmujamil1006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4023

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +109

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

    • @sowhy
      @sowhy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      and this video proved that rocket science is simpler XD

    • @turtle8558
      @turtle8558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Me studying both "well actually'

    • @kucak7835
      @kucak7835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol

  • @finn4265
    @finn4265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7289

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      I Can relate!

    • @johnalexander910
      @johnalexander910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

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

    • @barbaragaarciiia
      @barbaragaarciiia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      same but with my biology and chemistry exam tomorrow :)

    • @spoopyscaryskelebones3846
      @spoopyscaryskelebones3846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Same but I have nothing to do :)

    • @alwinw64
      @alwinw64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @kaiwillow9012
    @kaiwillow9012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7967

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

  • @PianoVideoLessons
    @PianoVideoLessons 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2233

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

    • @m2mcfall
      @m2mcfall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      That drove me CRAZY too!

    • @mochico88
      @mochico88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Oh man, didn't even catch that!

    • @novemberninth4392
      @novemberninth4392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why is that? Starting at LA and not DO.

    • @multiplysixbynine
      @multiplysixbynine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No kidding!

  • @lizziecallaghan4995
    @lizziecallaghan4995 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    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.

  • @owlcu
    @owlcu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3071

    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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      “Here” is Canada by the way.

    • @humanbeing1429
      @humanbeing1429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @chloetran2524
    @chloetran2524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8457

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

  • @TheNotehead
    @TheNotehead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @zenmaster6780
    @zenmaster6780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

  • @skippyj9239
    @skippyj9239 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1248

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

    • @kyledanielledelosreyes9691
      @kyledanielledelosreyes9691 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I thought too

    • @blackbird4062
      @blackbird4062 8 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You're not the only one disappointed

    • @conorcorrigan765
      @conorcorrigan765 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

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

    • @sorcey6957
      @sorcey6957 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What?

  • @minermole101
    @minermole101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yep

    • @diakounknown1225
      @diakounknown1225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seemed pretty standard to me

  • @bethanymears
    @bethanymears ปีที่แล้ว +248

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @mossboy2564
    @mossboy2564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @evannamufarreh
      @evannamufarreh ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @tearsintheraincantfeelthep475
    @tearsintheraincantfeelthep475 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8521

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

    • @josed.vargas3961
      @josed.vargas3961 6 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      Nerd

    • @remi1771
      @remi1771 6 ปีที่แล้ว +337

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

    • @alexde1619
      @alexde1619 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Omg, same

    • @dnyaadyb8795
      @dnyaadyb8795 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cuuuuteeee

    • @israelcaetano
      @israelcaetano 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ms Keisha, i know right as well lol

  • @leifolsen1704
    @leifolsen1704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3106

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

    • @arthurvalente8508
      @arthurvalente8508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      And cries at the 4:22 part 🤣🤣

    • @vivianniu3493
      @vivianniu3493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      very much yes

    • @qrrbrbirbel2
      @qrrbrbirbel2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha me too

  • @charlesarmstrong5292
    @charlesarmstrong5292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @user-cv2vo5wn9m
    @user-cv2vo5wn9m ปีที่แล้ว +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 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wonder if you got over the first bump .

  • @barrycooper9991
    @barrycooper9991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6691

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

    • @picante28
      @picante28 4 ปีที่แล้ว +650

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

    • @ShiNiGaMi-bb2ep
      @ShiNiGaMi-bb2ep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Math is harder :)

    • @MaddieWillette
      @MaddieWillette 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      If you practice you’ll get it

    • @raishanrutaquio8509
      @raishanrutaquio8509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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!😊💜

  • @davidweng4712
    @davidweng4712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2021

    Beethoven: happy face
    Justin beiber: face drops

    • @Rishabh_gaurav
      @Rishabh_gaurav 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      😂 Yeah I noticed lol

    • @arombell2259
      @arombell2259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😄😄😄😄

    • @moriahwenzel888
      @moriahwenzel888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @arombell2259
      @arombell2259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @matthewfernandez2698
    @matthewfernandez2698 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @homermalaluan8680
    @homermalaluan8680 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @wesesheskhnemtuhit
    @wesesheskhnemtuhit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3256

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

    • @tajuddin435
      @tajuddin435 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Is mayonnaise an instrument?
      🤣😂

    • @arianguillen9377
      @arianguillen9377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      This is the best comment lol

    • @zharrenjirehjames2221
      @zharrenjirehjames2221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You deserve praise 😂

    • @ytyt3922
      @ytyt3922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don’t get it...

    • @c.josephhaider8300
      @c.josephhaider8300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yt Yt It’s what Patrick said on Spongebob

  • @MyAura
    @MyAura 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1274

    LOL TED-Ed's humor on Bieber and Beethoven

    • @darwistresno6653
      @darwistresno6653 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      reminds me to ERB

    • @joseph-kim
      @joseph-kim 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +1corn THEY'RE VILLAGERS!!!

    • @slauwkoo
      @slauwkoo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mr. Bieber and Dr. Trayaurus

    • @sarahkogan989
      @sarahkogan989 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Joseph Kim YASS

  • @its_nifler
    @its_nifler ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @petrinadacosta9683
    @petrinadacosta9683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @joniranni2503
    @joniranni2503 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1773

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

    • @darrinwalker889
      @darrinwalker889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      5:05 yeah that was funny.

    • @santanuchowdhury609
      @santanuchowdhury609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Uh, u spelt it wrong

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Dyed what color?

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      that's kinda cyber bullying

  • @bruhmoment2020
    @bruhmoment2020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3659

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

    • @chingwenkoh1884
      @chingwenkoh1884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      i was like, why canon in d again 😂

    • @lemonlime8635
      @lemonlime8635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same

    • @amber7891
      @amber7891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂😂😂

    • @ning997
      @ning997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ur not alone

    • @patron_wa7713
      @patron_wa7713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

  • @Anglaide
    @Anglaide 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @hydrashade1851
    @hydrashade1851 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @book3376
      @book3376 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s funny but it’s not funny 😭

  • @kynigosthewolf4573
    @kynigosthewolf4573 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3639

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

    • @patsmusic8011
      @patsmusic8011 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      River Song so what was your opinion?

    • @gmangsxr750
      @gmangsxr750 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I asked before I watched. A very basic overview

    • @PychStudios
      @PychStudios 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @mkklmann
      @mkklmann 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      .

  • @hyunjinsamericano2745
    @hyunjinsamericano2745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1063

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

    • @thecleaningauthority193
      @thecleaningauthority193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I dont know how to read music

    • @coolasf1527
      @coolasf1527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @janetwestwood9194
      @janetwestwood9194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @icannotcomeupwithanything4609
      @icannotcomeupwithanything4609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@coolasf1527 what?

    • @gezzapk
      @gezzapk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I've never read music in my life

  • @ronanmurray9530
    @ronanmurray9530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @mwallace826
    @mwallace826 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @suryaraju9496
    @suryaraju9496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +535

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

    • @breadlord3608
      @breadlord3608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We thought “oh finally something useful”

    • @davidroyl2241
      @davidroyl2241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      People still search things up you know.

    • @theresachacon1122
      @theresachacon1122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @hwen4822
    @hwen4822 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1254

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

  • @taagoallas3336
    @taagoallas3336 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @leylabay6873
    @leylabay6873 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @armeture27
    @armeture27 8 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      +Aforgomon Viola clef right?

    • @irisl6416
      @irisl6416 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @thebookreader9414
      @thebookreader9414 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      +Aforgomon It's for the viola

    • @Misono755
      @Misono755 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @Funmodescondidas
      @Funmodescondidas 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +TDrama77 Productions actually it works for almost every instrument.

  • @m0L3ify
    @m0L3ify 7 ปีที่แล้ว +177

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

  • @SherrainePhillips
    @SherrainePhillips 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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! ❤️

  • @user-wg8hx6ux5v
    @user-wg8hx6ux5v 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @fowti1470
    @fowti1470 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2721

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

    • @humanbeing1429
      @humanbeing1429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +34

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

    • @rachelmongisidi3170
      @rachelmongisidi3170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here!! Lol

    • @firefly50
      @firefly50 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @shestewa6581
      @shestewa6581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @theonlythinghere8653
    @theonlythinghere8653 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3373

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

    • @theonlythinghere8653
      @theonlythinghere8653 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *this

    • @karolszymczyk8170
      @karolszymczyk8170 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same here xD

    • @yosoki7468
      @yosoki7468 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Karol Szymczyk same

    • @ToNinja9
      @ToNinja9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sameeeeee ! -.-

    • @DMLuigi
      @DMLuigi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hahahahahahahaha i just thought the exact same thing

  • @LLO227
    @LLO227 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @antoniordevilliers
    @antoniordevilliers ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @airlierobinson4437
    @airlierobinson4437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +872

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

    • @atzl26
      @atzl26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      hello fellow twosetter!! :)))

    • @nuayt
      @nuayt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr

    • @basil8651
      @basil8651 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do it wasn’t only me.......

    • @sichen3747
      @sichen3747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      TWOSETTERS UNITE

  • @jack_amie
    @jack_amie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2195

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

    • @Doris-ob2qw
      @Doris-ob2qw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +205

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

    • @berlinlincoln7918
      @berlinlincoln7918 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

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

    • @fabdlnltc
      @fabdlnltc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Look again at your sentence to figure out.

    • @user-tf6vq9tz6b
      @user-tf6vq9tz6b 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      jack amiegbe beiberhoven

    • @rimopaul9283
      @rimopaul9283 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @ionageman
    @ionageman 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 .

  • @MrCompassionate01
    @MrCompassionate01 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @skylahelbig6818
    @skylahelbig6818 7 ปีที่แล้ว +887

    the most difficult part of music is writing the treble clef

    • @toiam8350
      @toiam8350 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Well let me teach you about reading a C clef

    • @timmerbell5217
      @timmerbell5217 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

    • @toiam8350
      @toiam8350 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's in fact artistic

    • @jeffreybordaje1581
      @jeffreybordaje1581 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @sammyknapp1373
    @sammyknapp1373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +498

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

    • @asy0ulikeit
      @asy0ulikeit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      _laughs and then cries in ledger lines_

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      *When there are more ledger lines than actual barlines*

    • @madeleinewalker838
      @madeleinewalker838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yeah I know how that feels, 😞 that hurt 😅

    • @elisemarilyn1110
      @elisemarilyn1110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      When your band director makes you play piccolo 🥲

    • @Greg_Romford
      @Greg_Romford 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @wolfetteplays8894
    @wolfetteplays8894 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @janepianotutorials
    @janepianotutorials 3 ปีที่แล้ว +243

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

  • @redstrawberries624
    @redstrawberries624 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 😭

  • @internetrando3488
    @internetrando3488 7 ปีที่แล้ว +514

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

    • @jocelynsun4842
      @jocelynsun4842 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Feniso
      @Feniso 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      15 years ago...

    • @TovaHolmberger
      @TovaHolmberger 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @jabz_xx
    @jabz_xx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @zigthemystic1982
    @zigthemystic1982 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @VertigoAway
    @VertigoAway 9 ปีที่แล้ว +90

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

    • @therealdemen247
      @therealdemen247 9 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @higurashikai09
    @higurashikai09 8 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, exactly.

    • @krronos7
      @krronos7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes that bugged me haha.

    • @narr2151
      @narr2151 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +higurashikai09 "Ti"?

    • @higurashikai09
      @higurashikai09 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

  • @jsoulas
    @jsoulas ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @tanayai6884
    @tanayai6884 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been wanting to understand what the notes mean for so long! Finally an understandable video on it!

    • @keshavjiljithsrandom8546
      @keshavjiljithsrandom8546 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They play what is not on the screen
      Typical.

    • @tanayai6884
      @tanayai6884 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keshavjiljithsrandom8546 what a freaking bummer.

  • @johnhumleback
    @johnhumleback 4 ปีที่แล้ว +648

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Came here to say this

    • @Abrahambinzz
      @Abrahambinzz ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THIS BOTHERED ME

    • @jenniplease
      @jenniplease ปีที่แล้ว +1

      PAIN. I feel like creator definitely trolled us all.

  • @jl44257
    @jl44257 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2165

    Justin Bieber thinks a beat is a brand of headphones

    • @Jariid
      @Jariid 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @berlinlincoln7918
      @berlinlincoln7918 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @HOULWOOD
      @HOULWOOD 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @HOULWOOD
      @HOULWOOD 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @whatcanidooo
    @whatcanidooo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @christianedavi5166
    @christianedavi5166 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @linaminaya
    @linaminaya 5 ปีที่แล้ว +899

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

    • @tardyfriend3549
      @tardyfriend3549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      93 years?

    • @UpasanaDeka
      @UpasanaDeka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ikr😂😂😂😂

    • @noefillon1749
      @noefillon1749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Piano, 12 years

    • @Galapheus
      @Galapheus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Piano 6 years

    • @ansh9583
      @ansh9583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Seeing your profile pic i dont think youre that much age

  • @clementlee5383
    @clementlee5383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    I thought that this would teach me hacks to sightreading.

    • @yasmin7903
      @yasmin7903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      in 5 minutes?

    • @vivianniu3493
      @vivianniu3493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      help
      im trying to pass level 10 RCM piano exam
      REEEEEEEE

    • @genarosainz9901
      @genarosainz9901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vivianniu3493 good luck pal, YOU GOT THIS!

    • @wereallmadhere_1326
      @wereallmadhere_1326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ronigg13
      @ronigg13 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too hahahahhaha

  • @dragonmb7
    @dragonmb7 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @ImmiGaru96MuraSaki
    @ImmiGaru96MuraSaki ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @1412mariLU
    @1412mariLU 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @1412mariLU
      @1412mariLU 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @viengsamphet
      @viengsamphet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @MattReillyProductions
      @MattReillyProductions 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @madeleinetrencher2036
      @madeleinetrencher2036 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That really annoyed me in the video

  • @joshi9115
    @joshi9115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +691

    4:22 : exists
    me: saCReLigIoUs

  • @jasperpalomatajanuya9435
    @jasperpalomatajanuya9435 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is why I want to have a music lessons...no understand it better but this video is summarised still very very useful to know the basics.❤️❤️

  • @RichaJain26
    @RichaJain26 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wanted to see how interestingly this is explained! Totally worth it

  • @bertvandyke1400
    @bertvandyke1400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @amitdawar6411
    @amitdawar6411 7 ปีที่แล้ว +294

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

    • @berlinlincoln7918
      @berlinlincoln7918 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Justin Bieber has yet to sing beethoven classical music.

    • @Iziieerose-
      @Iziieerose- 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol

    • @armacanqui
      @armacanqui 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @soroushmiri3528
      @soroushmiri3528 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me too ...

    • @madmaster8304
      @madmaster8304 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love how the animation frowns after he says that

  • @squeakydacat6837
    @squeakydacat6837 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @tanujkumar1576
    @tanujkumar1576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Jay-S04
    @Jay-S04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1306

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

    • @kyokusei
      @kyokusei 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      laughs in rubato

    • @FishingForLife28
      @FishingForLife28 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Haaaaa Haaaa Haaa Haa Ha Haa Haaa Haaaa Haaaaa

    • @fryderyk_chopin_sir_newton
      @fryderyk_chopin_sir_newton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Laugh in fermata

    • @fryderyk_chopin_sir_newton
      @fryderyk_chopin_sir_newton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@fortuntaniegra3879 diminuendo doesn't affect the length of a note.

    • @zai7574
      @zai7574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Fortun Taniegra diminuendo affects volume (it tells u to gradually get quieter)

  • @zeromailss
    @zeromailss 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      really says a lot about the education system

    • @chris.f2616
      @chris.f2616 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      にゃあエイリアンMeowAlien engrish pls

    • @user-wt5if6rx8m
      @user-wt5if6rx8m 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @AltPeachStudy
      @AltPeachStudy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @saderichmond5729
    @saderichmond5729 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was so helpful. I have a goal to teach myself how to read music and how to play the flute. I'm excited.

  • @taiteakopyte1286
    @taiteakopyte1286 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Music comes to me naturally. Thank heavens for that.

  • @Mafukoful
    @Mafukoful 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

    • @theharry801
      @theharry801 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @simonespadoni1528
      @simonespadoni1528 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @theharry801
      @theharry801 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @simonespadoni1528
      @simonespadoni1528 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Redheadedmusician oh thank you

  • @sunburstbehindtheclouds1318
    @sunburstbehindtheclouds1318 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      YES

    • @mikemy100
      @mikemy100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @cecelianydam1375
      @cecelianydam1375 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      sunburst behindtheclouds omg yes this bothered me soooo much

    • @ailbhenoonan819
      @ailbhenoonan819 7 ปีที่แล้ว +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. =)

  • @genericdevtexture3661
    @genericdevtexture3661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Call.bow1
    @Call.bow1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video just made my whole year in music class into 5 and a half minutes.

  • @kiramman4874
    @kiramman4874 7 ปีที่แล้ว +854

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

    • @GameCyborgCh
      @GameCyborgCh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      those who play an instrument dont need to watch this

    • @PJ-jb5bm
      @PJ-jb5bm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Hashirama Senju well some people play completely by ear

    • @sportcreativity7263
      @sportcreativity7263 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SAME !

    • @Etiblack01
      @Etiblack01 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @kiramman4874
      @kiramman4874 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ***** yeah. Maybe.

  • @brianliveshere
    @brianliveshere 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've played music for 25 years, including piano, violin, guitar, and drums. I thought it was a great introduction to written music, and something I can use with my students. Always good to look at different ways to learn music and the terminology. Thanks TED-Ed!

  • @ColinRuthem215
    @ColinRuthem215 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Tim, 9 years later!

  • @slothberi
    @slothberi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @matthewkruszka2498
    @matthewkruszka2498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    When the key signature for Canon in D has the sharps in the right place for treble clef......but it shows the part for cello in bass clef......

    • @vivianniu3493
      @vivianniu3493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      no
      no
      no
      nope
      NNOPE
      THAT PIECE IS CURSED

    • @pogohershey
      @pogohershey 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@vivianniu3493hi my name lsabella Cortes

  • @malcolmharris5277
    @malcolmharris5277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1243

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

    • @taylorfromer2044
      @taylorfromer2044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @ejmtv3
      @ejmtv3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      was it the Ode To Joy part?

    • @malcolmharris5277
      @malcolmharris5277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@ejmtv3 Yes :D

    • @kp782
      @kp782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was so consufed too like what happened

    • @andrewbuchan2232
      @andrewbuchan2232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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)

  • @pragneshh__3143
    @pragneshh__3143 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you thank you thank you so much for making this type of easily understandable video...Lots of love and Respect 🙏❤️🤗

  • @TheLemonyBard
    @TheLemonyBard ปีที่แล้ว

    Actually here as a music teacher to see how this video is structured and see if I can improve my instruction based on that. Pretty good video overall!

  • @imabagel7382
    @imabagel7382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +297

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

    • @muteguy341
      @muteguy341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      may I ask what is the title of the song?

    • @imabagel7382
      @imabagel7382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Pachelbel Canon in d

    • @muteguy341
      @muteguy341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately no 😐

    • @kubby6129
      @kubby6129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @CKMB14
    @CKMB14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +762

    90% comments
    "I went to a musical school"
    "Why youtube recommended me this?"
    "I practiclly sweat music"
    10% comments
    Like this

    • @malkisehgal2481
      @malkisehgal2481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Like this

    • @mateuszgitarzysta7871
      @mateuszgitarzysta7871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Szin's Hamilton profil picture xd?

    • @gabrielam.7681
      @gabrielam.7681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm learning to play the keyboard by myself with nothing but youtube videos and apps (I know nothing about music)
      Any tips?

    • @danmarm5357
      @danmarm5357 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup hahah

    • @lordspongebobofhousesquare1616
      @lordspongebobofhousesquare1616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gabrielam.7681 watch out on your technique to prevent injuries. Play exercises at least 10mins a day (hanon, czerny, etc). sight read for 30min a day, then work on your perferred piece/project for 20 min. This amounts to 1hr each day. You should at least practice this much. If you got more time just scale the session as needed. If you're really new and had no experience before, try finishing one of those all in one piano books (usually for kids). They contain beginner explanations, how to read, etc. After that then go to my recommended schedule

  • @thomaskarbowiak540
    @thomaskarbowiak540 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As someone who has been fortunate to have learnt a music instrument from a young age it is fascinating to actually think about how I read music on a fundamental level. Reading music is like English to me, I don’t remember a time not know how to speak/read.

  • @NessaTheBat1
    @NessaTheBat1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That was quite informative! I learned some new things today, thanks! I wanna learn to read notes fully, so I can play an instrument. ^^