How to read music - Tim Hansen

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.

[@TaylorsOfficialMusic]

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

[@dyray732]

lol same

[@oscarmartinez-zb8yx]

TaylorsOfficialMusic true for me xd

[@esaaa9805]

TaylorsOfficialMusic me😂

[@charlottesweeney1063]

TaylorsOfficialMusic yes - I'm not sure why

[@ChronosKat]

I think you would be correct. x'D

[@chloetran2524]

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

[@derpyleafy]

Nah man G# 🤣

[@catherineliu8039]

@@derpyleafy nah A flat

[@ripleylockerbie9830]

lol

[@ripleylockerbie9830]

I'm going with G sharp

[@zdubbs7609]

@@catherineliu8039 No. Bbb.

[@elizabethdavis3417]

"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]

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

[@emloise]

@@midigenzI agree!!

[@dave4342]

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]

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]

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

[@sowhy]

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]

and this video proved that rocket science is simpler XD

[@turtle8558]

Me studying both "well actually'

[@kucak7835]

lol

[@kaiwillow9012]

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

[@ordinaryshiba]

Me too

[@thebluegaming7706]

Yeah

[@rogerwang21]

Exactly

[@eyelll4982]

True

[@djshirazi5039]

I was curios to see if they will make a mistake.

[@finn4265]

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]

I Can relate!

[@johnalexander910]

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

[@barbaragaarciiia]

same but with my biology and chemistry exam tomorrow :)

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

Same but I have nothing to do :)

[@alwinw64]

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

[@PianoVideoLessons]

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

[@m2mcfall]

That drove me CRAZY too!

[@mochico88]

Oh man, didn't even catch that!

[@novemberninth4392]

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]

Why is that? Starting at LA and not DO.

[@multiplysixbynine]

No kidding!

[@lizziecallaghan4995]

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.

[@marilunastaimin]

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

[@elliotlemon8402]

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

[@rum5009]

LING LING!!!!

[@giogio9242]

Yeeeesss ling ling

[@paulciobanu3991]

Ling ling :))

[@azij523]

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

[@bruhmoment2020]

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

[@chingwenkoh1884]

i was like, why canon in d again 😂

[@lemonlime8635]

Same

[@amber7891]

😂😂😂

[@ning997]

ur not alone

[@patron_wa7713]

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

[@zenmaster6780]

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

[@mossboy2564]

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

[@evannamufarreh]

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

[@davidweng4712]

Beethoven: happy face Justin beiber: face drops

[@Rishabh_gaurav]

😂 Yeah I noticed lol

[@arombell2259]

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]

😄😄😄😄

[@moriahwenzel888]

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

[@arombell2259]

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

[@owlcu]

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]

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]

“Here” is Canada by the way.

[@humanbeing1429]

@@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]

@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]

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.

[@bethanymears]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@TheNotehead]

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]

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

[@MyAura]

LOL TED-Ed's humor on Bieber and Beethoven

[@darwistresno6653]

reminds me to ERB

[@joseph-kim]

+1corn THEY'RE VILLAGERS!!!

[@slauwkoo]

Thats a very life like picture of bieber showing what he actually is - a prick with hair on top

[@joseph-kim]

Mr. Bieber and Dr. Trayaurus

[@sarahkogan989]

+Joseph Kim YASS

[@tearsintheraincantfeelthep475]

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

[@josed.vargas3961]

Nerd

[@remi1771]

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

[@alexde1619]

Omg, same

[@dnyaadyb8795]

Cuuuuteeee

[@israelcaetano]

Ms Keisha, i know right as well lol

[@hydrashade1851]

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

[@book3376]

It’s funny but it’s not funny 😭

[@charlesarmstrong5292]

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.

[@wesesheskhnemtuhit]

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

[@tajuddin435]

Is mayonnaise an instrument? 🤣😂

[@arianguillen9377]

This is the best comment lol

[@zharrenjirehjames2221]

You deserve praise 😂

[@ytyt3922]

I don’t get it...

[@c.josephhaider8300]

Yt Yt It’s what Patrick said on Spongebob

[@joniranni2503]

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

[@darrinwalker889]

5:05 yeah that was funny.

[@santanuchowdhury609]

Uh, u spelt it wrong

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Dyed what color?

[@Richard_Nickerson]

@@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]

that's kinda cyber bullying

[@user-cv2vo5wn9m]

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]

I wonder if you got over the first bump .

[@janepianotutorials]

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

[@janetwestwood9194]

🤔😁😄😷👍

[@Nyante]

Mind effing blown!!!!

[@Liives.Beats.]

Yo wtf

[@cisium1184]

It’s not.

[@janepianotutorials]

@@cisium1184 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIHQi6tnd7lrqZI

[@leifolsen1704]

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

[@arthurvalente8508]

And cries at the 4:22 part 🤣🤣

[@vivianniu3493]

very much yes

[@qrrbrbirbel2]

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]

any tips or guides you can give to a beginner like me? One of my goals this year is to learn sheet music

[@mgg5418]

Haha me too

[@kynigosthewolf4573]

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

[@patsmusic8011]

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]

River Song so what was your opinion?

[@gmangsxr750]

I asked before I watched. A very basic overview

[@PychStudios]

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

[@mkklmann]

.

[@Anglaide]

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

[@petrinadacosta9683]

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

[@skippyj9239]

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

[@kyledanielledelosreyes9691]

I thought too

[@blackbird4062]

Just turn the piece sheet to the right to landscape then the lines and spaces match up to the notes. Hope it helps!

[@JonatasAdoM]

You're not the only one disappointed

[@conorcorrigan765]

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

[@sorcey6957]

What?

[@barrycooper9991]

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

[@picante28]

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

[@ShiNiGaMi-bb2ep]

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]

Math is harder :)

[@MaddieWillette]

If you practice you’ll get it

[@raishanrutaquio8509]

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!😊💜

[@matthewfernandez2698]

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]

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

[@user-wg8hx6ux5v]

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.

[@minermole101]

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]

yep

[@diakounknown1225]

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]

Seemed pretty standard to me

[@theonlythinghere8653]

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

[@theonlythinghere8653]

*this

[@karolszymczyk8170]

same here xD

[@yosoki7468]

+Karol Szymczyk same

[@ToNinja9]

sameeeeee ! -.-

[@DMLuigi]

Hahahahahahahaha i just thought the exact same thing

[@homermalaluan8680]

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.

[@ronanmurray9530]

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

[@m0L3ify]

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

[@thebluegaming7706]

Ikr

[@Heather-ed6lv]

BOTHERS ME SO MUCH

[@gracegetzie2779]

Absolutely! Especially if you expect a source to be credible!

[@hwen4822]

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

[@gman123mb]

RIGHT!

[@ngochau4015]

So true

[@jb4469]

Then get a new teacher

[@vincentwilliamrodriguez3572]

hey i know you

[@katakrapicz3730]

I totally agree with you 😆

[@its_nifler]

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!

[@blackqweenmars]

Same

[@mwallace826]

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

[@suryaraju9496]

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

[@breadlord3608]

We thought “oh finally something useful”

[@davidroyl2241]

People still search things up you know.

[@theresachacon1122]

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

[@jack_amie]

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

[@Doris-ob2qw]

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

[@berlinlincoln7918]

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

[@fabdlnltc]

Look again at your sentence to figure out.

[@user-tf6vq9tz6b]

jack amiegbe beiberhoven

[@rimopaul9283]

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

[@antoniordevilliers]

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

[@LLO227]

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

[@armeture27]

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]

+Aforgomon Viola clef right?

[@irisl6416]

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

[@thebookreader9414]

+Aforgomon It's for the viola

[@Misono755]

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

[@Funmodescondidas]

+TDrama77 Productions actually it works for almost every instrument.

[@hyunjinsamericano2745]

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

[@thecleaningauthority193]

I dont know how to read music

[@coolasf1527]

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

[@janetwestwood9194]

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

[@icannotcomeupwithanything4609]

@@coolasf1527 what?

[@gezzapk]

I've never read music in my life

[@leylabay6873]

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.

[@taagoallas3336]

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.

[@fowti1470]

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

[@humanbeing1429]

You noticed too? The song being played was "Ode to Joy" and the music notes shown were not corresponding at all. Lol.

[@stormtorch]

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

[@rachelmongisidi3170]

Same here!! Lol

[@firefly50]

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

[@shestewa6581]

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

[@jl44257]

Justin Bieber thinks a beat is a brand of headphones

[@Jariid]

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

[@berlinlincoln7918]

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]

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

[@HOULWOOD]

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

[@HOULWOOD]

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

[@SherrainePhillips]

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! ❤️

[@wolfetteplays8894]

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

[@airlierobinson4437]

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

[@atzl26]

hello fellow twosetter!! :)))

[@nuayt]

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]

Ikr

[@basil8651]

Do it wasn’t only me.......

[@sichen3747]

TWOSETTERS UNITE

[@sammyknapp1373]

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

[@asy0ulikeit]

_laughs and then cries in ledger lines_

[@Killerbee4712]

*When there are more ledger lines than actual barlines*

[@madeleinewalker838]

yeah I know how that feels, 😞 that hurt 😅

[@elisemarilyn1110]

When your band director makes you play piccolo 🥲

[@Greg_Romford]

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

[@ionageman]

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 .

[@genericdevtexture3661]

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

[@skylahelbig6818]

the most difficult part of music is writing the treble clef

[@toiam8350]

Well let me teach you about reading a C clef

[@timmerbell5217]

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

[@toiam8350]

@@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]

It's in fact artistic

[@jeffreybordaje1581]

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

[@clementlee5383]

I thought that this would teach me hacks to sightreading.

[@yasmin7903]

in 5 minutes?

[@vivianniu3493]

help im trying to pass level 10 RCM piano exam REEEEEEEE

[@genarosainz9901]

@@vivianniu3493 good luck pal, YOU GOT THIS!

[@wereallmadhere_1326]

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

[@ronigg13]

Me too hahahahhaha

[@jabz_xx]

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

[@squeakydacat6837]

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

[@higurashikai09]

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]

Yeah, exactly.

[@krronos7]

Yes that bugged me haha.

[@narr2151]

+higurashikai09 "Ti"?

[@higurashikai09]

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]

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

[@redstrawberries624]

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 😭

[@MedeivalWarfare]

Red Strawberries you’ll get there if you try

[@zoeybell4461]

Dont worry it's really easy just takes time to get used to remeber

[@sparklingastral_2591]

You. Can. DO IT! It's not that hard if you practice!

[@ilovemycats9150]

You can!

[@yusrinzulfazuber4523]

Same!

[@zigthemystic1982]

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.

[@MrCompassionate01]

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

[@VertigoAway]

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

[@therealdemen247]

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]

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]

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

[@joshi9115]

4:22 : exists me: saCReLigIoUs

[@emmamcallister1743]

Seriously though

[@melaninmartini5761]

Yeah

[@melaninmartini5761]

INTERESTING!

[@guitarislife01]

I cringed so hard at that part haha

[@zhousun8626]

it shows a descending contour but plays Beethoven's 9th symphony

[@tanayai6884]

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

[@keshavjiljithsrandom8546]

They play what is not on the screen Typical.

[@tanayai6884]

@@keshavjiljithsrandom8546 what a freaking bummer.

[@christianedavi5166]

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

[@linaminaya]

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

[@tardyfriend3549]

93 years?

[@UpasanaDeka]

Ikr😂😂😂😂

[@noefillon1749]

Piano, 12 years

[@Galapheus]

Piano 6 years

[@ansh9583]

Seeing your profile pic i dont think youre that much age

[@internetrando3488]

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

[@jocelynsun4842]

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

[@Feniso]

15 years ago...

[@TovaHolmberger]

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]

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

[@ImmiGaru96MuraSaki]

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.

[@SofiItaly]

Wow, so clear and simple! Thank you so much.

[@johnhumleback]

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]

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]

&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]

Came here to say this

[@Abrahambinzz]

THIS BOTHERED ME

[@jenniplease]

PAIN. I feel like creator definitely trolled us all.

[@LandonBalk]

comparing Justin Bieber to Beethoven is pure sacrilege.

[@JS_SN_UQAU]

+Landon Balk #juvenoia

[@Pequenno54]

+Jacob Scholte nah

[@PhilHoy97]

Beethoven wasn't so great! Have you ever seen Beethoven on a bubblegum card?

[@xXnaDilXx]

+Philip Hoy I love the irony... which I really hope, am not misinterpreting into this...

[@PhilHoy97]

+xXnaDilXx yeah, it's a quote from A Charlie Brown Christmas haha

[@hunted21ho12]

Mate im not gonna lie this is one of the best bigginer guids to music in the least a mount of time, if only i found this a few years back when i sarted as a musician XD

[@jsoulas]

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

[@amitdawar6411]

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

[@berlinlincoln7918]

Justin Bieber has yet to sing beethoven classical music.

[@Iziieerose-]

lol

[@armacanqui]

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

[@soroushmiri3528]

me too ...

[@madmaster8304]

I love how the animation frowns after he says that

[@Jay-S04]

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

[@kyokusei]

laughs in rubato

[@FishingForLife28]

Haaaaa Haaaa Haaa Haa Ha Haa Haaa Haaaa Haaaaa

[@fryderyk_chopin_sir_newton]

Laugh in fermata

[@fryderyk_chopin_sir_newton]

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

[@zai7574]

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

[@RichaJain26]

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

[@dragonmb7]

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

[@bertvandyke1400]

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!

[@Abrahambinzz]

THIS BOTHERED ME SO MUCH

[@felicia8446]

@@Abrahambinzz me too.

[@gryphonshields8736]

For real. Match your notes, dude.

[@deadmanswife3625]

I guess history has changed in 9 years

[@1412mariLU]

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]

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

[@1412mariLU]

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

[@viengsamphet]

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

[@MattReillyProductions]

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

[@madeleinetrencher2036]

That really annoyed me in the video

[@qna9147]

Teacher: How many letters are there? Student: 26 Musicians: 7

[@pragneshh__3143]

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

[@kiramman4874]

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

[@GameCyborgCh]

those who play an instrument dont need to watch this

[@PJ-jb5bm]

Hashirama Senju well some people play completely by ear

[@sportcreativity7263]

SAME !

[@Etiblack01]

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

[@kiramman4874]

***** yeah. Maybe.

[@imabagel7382]

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

[@muteguy341]

may I ask what is the title of the song?

[@imabagel7382]

Pachelbel Canon in d

[@muteguy341]

@@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]

Unfortunately no 😐

[@kubby6129]

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

[@NessaTheBat1]

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

[@thomaskarbowiak540]

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.

[@zeromailss]

this video teach me how to read note in under 6 minutes that middle school fail to do even after 3 years

[@longinuscyclone213]

really says a lot about the education system

[@chris.f2616]

にゃあエイリアンMeowAlien engrish pls

[@user-wt5if6rx8m]

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

[@AltPeachStudy]

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]

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

[@Mafukoful]

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]

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

[@theharry801]

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

[@simonespadoni1528]

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

[@theharry801]

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

[@simonespadoni1528]

Redheadedmusician oh thank you

[@taiteakopyte1286]

Music comes to me naturally. Thank heavens for that.

[@saderichmond5729]

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

[@matthewkruszka2498]

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]

no no no nope NNOPE THAT PIECE IS CURSED

[@pogohershey]

@@vivianniu3493hi my name lsabella Cortes

[@brianliveshere]

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!

[@tanujkumar1576]

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

[@YouTubist666]

Excellent explanation. Thank you!!

[@malcolmharris5277]

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

[@taylorfromer2044]

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

[@ejmtv3]

was it the Ode To Joy part?

[@malcolmharris5277]

@@ejmtv3 Yes :D

[@kp782]

I was so consufed too like what happened

[@andrewbuchan2232]

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)

[@LuanneFose]

This is very well done. I was going to vote for it but the section in 4:23 and beyond where the pitches of the rhythms are played of "Joyful, Joyful" with the wrong pitches drove me a bit crazy. Very confusing for new musicians to hear notes that should go up and then notated as down the staff instead. Please fix this and it would be awesome.

[@Nightschism]

I agree. I was incredible confused at first.

[@Spar10Leonidas]

Oh, thank God, For a minute, I thought that my ear was worse than I thought.

[@KaiKanuck]

Absolutely. Otherwise a great vid, but the first piece of music they played was actually wrong. Unforgivable error!

[@HighlandViolinist]

I didn't even recognize it as a piece. I just thought it was a random example.

[@VaughanMcAlley]

Study music notation for a long time, and you too could be as disconcerted as I was by the key signature at 04:44.

[@jasperpalomatajanuya9435]

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.❤️❤️

[@whatcanidooo]

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