How to Read Music on the Site Youtube.com
YouTube.com features a wide variety of video content from providers around the world. Among the user-created offerings are video lessons on how to read music notation. These videos come in various formats including videos that display lessons in a classroom format with a teacher and whiteboard or narration format with music sheets updated in the video by hand or in a computer program. As a result, to read music on YouTube.com you simply need to locate the video or videos that best match your educational needs and then study and practice the content .
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Instructions
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Go to YouTube.com and then enter keywords related to reading music in the field at the top of the screen such as “read music,” “read music lessons,” “read sheet music” or “read music tips” and then click the “Search” button. Narrow the search with keywords specific to a type of lesson or instrument. For example, “read music basic” or “read music guitar.”
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Review the available videos search results until you find one or more videos or channels that have the type of lessons you need. As you review videos, focus on videos created by music teachers or musicians. You can look at the description below a video, or any website links within a video or below it, to learn more about the video’s creator.
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Watch the videos and write down information as you watch or practice writing the lessons on blank music sheets, on an instrument or both. Pause or replay a video as needed to review information that doesn’t make sense or that you missed the first time you watched the video.
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Tips & Warnings
If by “read” you’re trying to find the lyrics to a song, enter the song’s title and “lyrics” in the search field to see videos that offer both music and lyrics. Lyrics may appear in the video, in the description or both.
If you want to review one or more videos later, create a YouTube playlist and add videos to it. Click the “Add” button under a video and then select one of your playlists from the drop-down menu to save the video.
If you’ve never created a playlist, click the arrow next to your account name at the top right corner of the screen and select “My Settings” from the drop-down. Click the “New” button next to “Playlists,” enter a playlist title -- for example, “Sheet Music Lessons” or “Guitar Notes” -- and then click the “Create Playlist” button.
Always search music reading lessons on YouTube by more than one content provider as different videos will have different approaches to the lessons and tips.
