Connecticut Shoreline Studio for Music Lessons
in Voice, Piano, Guitar & the Fundamentals of Music

All Skill Levels Welcome, Ages 4 -104

Connecticut Shoreline Studio for Music Lessons
in Voice, Piano, Guitar & the Fundamentals of Music

Level One Tiny Books of Musical Rudiments

Level One Tiny Books begin to introduce the concepts of sight reading and melodic dictation, the equivalent of reading and writing in music.

  • Let’s Draw Leger Lines
  • How to Label All of the Keys on the Piano Keyboard
  • What Scientific Pitch Notation Is & Why It Is Useful
  • How to Draw the C Clef
  • Invent Your Own Clef
  • How to Take Melodic Dictation Using Do Re & Mi Starting on Middle C
  • The Seven Steps of Preparation for Level One Sight Singing
  • Rhythm Math with Quarter, Half, & Whole Notes & Rests in Simple Time
  • How to Take Melodic Dictation for Do Re Mi in C Major Using Quarter Notes & Rests in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, & 5/4
  • How to Properly Space Quarter, Half & Whole Notes & Rests for Melodic Dictation & Composition
  • Why We Need Ties