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by Jake Jackson (Author)
The perfect companion to "Chords for Kids" and "My First Recorder Music", this is the ideal guide for those who may enjoy playing instruments, but have not yet mastered how to read music from the page. It is ideal for any age, but especially for children between 8 and 10 years old. This guide provides the essentials you need to know, explaining pitch, the treble clef, the bass clef, rhythm, accidentals, key signatures and time signatures. You can then practise what you have learnt with the 'Play Along' sections containing simple, well-known examples of music. It comes with helpful diagrams, clear accessible text and a practical spiral-bound format.
Author Biography
Jake Jackson is creator, editor or contributor to over 30 music books, including 'Guitar Chords', 'Beginners Guide to Reading Music', 'The Songwriters' Rhyming Dictionary', 'Piano and Keyboard Chords', 'Scales and Modes', 'How to Play Guitar'. As guitarist and songwriter he has gigged in a number of bands, including Slice, The Harmonics and Starbank and studied a form of Flamenco guitar. He is now a heavy user of Sibelius and Logic Pro. He has created a core database of guitar learning materials which is constantly updated, and used to create a range of books and supporting websites for Flame Tree music. His music can be found on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora and all other streaming services.
