I’ve heard that Elements doesn’t really teach how to read music. Is this true?
Who said that? Now we’re taking off the gloves and taking names! Not only does Elements teach how to read music, but it uses a simple, funny, cool audiovisual way to make sure that students really understand the connection between the notes on the treble and bass staves and the corresponding keys on the keyboard. These nifty aids make it much, much simpler for students to read their notes. And, it enables them to read and play all the notes right away, instead of having to sit through months and months of “five finger position” exercises. You can’t play hot new tunes if your hands are glued, as it were, to the keyboard in one of these silly “hand positions” the traditional methods enforce on beginners. Now, it is true that Elements doesn’t teach reading music for the first 8 lessons (level 1.) Why? Because we know it is of utmost importance that a beginning student experience some success right away! What kind of success? The ability to play some songs they love, using both hands to ho
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