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KEY POINTS:
2:17 Treble Clef
5:18 Bass Clef
7:12 Sharps & Flats
9:44 Key Signatures
10:26 Time Signatures
12:07 Dynamic Markings
13:48 Pedal Markings (piano only)
14:12 How To Practice
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WHO AM I?
My name's Julian Bradley - I'm a jazz piano player and have a masters degree in composition.
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[@komalthecoolk]

Remembering the notes is not difficult. Reading them while playing is.

[@davidlgomes7120]

Practicing is ,,,again is!

[@greedokenobi3855]

Thats what I think also atm. I can also imagine it will become easy eventually. But for now I agree. Maybe if I slow a 120 bpm song down to 10 bpm lol. I think it’s like children that are just learning how to read. “The.....bbbbear.....wwwalks......in......the.......fooorrest......and......the........bbbbbirds..” etc. Might take me some weeks, maybe months, hopefuly not years lol. Depending on how much practise time I can create.

[@aku7598]

use solfege as the lyric of the song.

[@brianambelis5869]

@@aku7598 yo what do you mean by that? Are you saying to hum/sing the notes using solfege while playing the instrument?

[@joycetoingar9960]

I play Viola pretty well and I can't tell you what the notes are on the page I just know how to play them

[@lokeswardaimari9922]

EGBDF - Every Good Burger Deserves Fries GBDFA - Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart

[@FollowMe4REP]

Lokeswar Daimari IABIGEIDNF - If A Burger Is Good Enough, It Doesn’t Need Fries (pianos in the future are shaped weird, and we have really good burgers, spoiler alert)

[@Linkin-2603]

Burritos if they were INXS: Never tear us apart.

[@orchestrate]

America 100

[@MerlinZuni]

Both true statements

[@lyn3667]

I'm so going to use Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart, thanks!

[@rogerhurd8741]

I have been playing guitar for over 50 years, and started playing piano about 2 years ago. All by ear, but with your video, and a book, I am learning to finally read music! Thank you for this video… gives old school playing by ear folks hope.

[@bertjesklotepino]

Sir, if you can play by ear, keep it alive. That is in my opinion a better skill than to be able to read notes and such. If you can play along with a song you hear on the radio without having to look at any notes, well, in my opinion that is real skill. Playing by notes on paper is in my opinion feeding a score of music to a music box. Like robots. You probably put more feeling into what you are playing by ear than those who play by notes will ever do or be able to do. (i am dutch, hope this makes any sense)

[@f3uibeghardt522]

Well, it's been a year. Did you follow through and learn to read competently in that time?

[@bsc4344]

@@bertjesklotepinomagnificent summary of the difference between the spiritual and the mechanical result of “playing music”. By Ear that results in beauty is more valid than a soulless expertly cranked out robotisism, in my book.

[@SmellTheRoses0]

"Every Good Boy Does Fine!" was taught at my elementary school. I still remember it.

[@robaldrich7399]

That's exactly what popped into my head lol

[@antsinyourpants4095]

That's what my dad taught me as well ☺️

[@gabrielmyre]

Yup, me too.

[@analioliva9854]

Ours was every good boy dosent fart

[@Laz3rCat95]

one I learned was "every good body deserves fudge"

[@bitmau5]

I played this at 2x speed and learned to read music in 7 1/2 minutes

[@Needandeli]

I watched it backward and had the Benjamin Button effect as I learned to read music.

[@bitmau5]

Bass Cleff 𝄢 @Anthony Gomes . There are 2 Staffs, one on top, one on the bottom. Top is your right, bottom is your left. The Top on is the Treble cleff. Left hand plays the lower notes, hence the name Bass Cleff. It looks like this: 𝄢

[@jimcrosby3944]

That's like doing 6 Minute Abs in three minutes.

[@jimmyt6871]

bro, u deserver harvard scholarship

[@nicolasmango290]

hahhhaha . :D

[@sammylee5474]

My music teacher had us learn Every good burger deserves fries

[@128ajb_02_Music]

Sammy Lee I had every good boy does fine. But all the same.

[@netsu4511]

Every good boy deserves friends

[@adandesjardins2895]

Empty garbage before dad flips

[@jaredvalisno7762]

My teacher taught me every good boy desevers fuck

[@youtubelover9760]

Mine was every good band deserves fans and every good boy deserved fudge

[@nadaemad9031]

I can't understand those people who dislike the video the man Is teaching us FOR FREE And he shares his talent with us I am really thankful💜💖

[@clifst.laurent1068]

I haven't even read through the comments much and there's no reason to be mean however there are some inaccuracies here that I've noticed so I can understand why they wouldn't like. For example F stands for Forte...not Fortissimo.. thats FF.

[@pamelasutton4554]

wdym nobody disliked the video (:

[@arke5713]

@@pamelasutton4554 its an update where youtube removed the dislikes, so you cant see them. its kinda stupid

[@dmarb17]

Doesn't help to have taco bell commercials during your workout. I'm disliking it for that.... ha ING commercials DURING the workout.

[@spalding1968]

There are dislikes because he is not being honest . It takes years to sight read music fluently . It’s not going to happen in 15 minutes , 15 hours or fifteen weeks . It takes years to site read fluently .

[@BirdYoumans]

I made a living playing music largely by ear all my life. I'm now 76 and mostly just do videos for youtube at this point. Tho I can read to some extent, just always could learn it much more quickly if I heard it first. Other than not getting into the time values (and you're right, the much harder half of reading) much, the rest of what you covered was really succinct and to the point. Bravo. Anyone not able to understand how to read pitch from this might want to look into another hobby lol! But again, excellent job on pitch and dynamics.

[@oldrrocr]

Best video on this topic. promised my mom that I would learn to read music if they bought me a guitar - that was 55 years ago. Hey, we didn't put a time limit on it... she was right though - I had no future in music. (Thanks Ma!)

[@josslynnriot428]

E-ven G-irls B-uy D-rugs, F-ool

[@ezekiel3919]

lol

[@captainjack6758]

Much more memorable.

[@glitchmyride1200]

+J Riot (Lady Riot) lol

[@YONIKAIDANOV1]

i love this one

[@zhentrixcalipso2738]

LOL

[@DelightfullyGrace]

*me in quarantine, without an instrument:* _still watching this video and taking notes_

[@carlus6432]

Lol

[@Remarkablepepper37]

Me toooo! Lol!😅

[@karlgw]

www.onlinepianist.com/virtual-piano

[@Linkin-2603]

I'm watching this because I dream of becoming a musician and I know I'm not the best version of me I can be music-wise. plus so I can actually learn Piano when I get around to it. I play the guitar, a tiny bit of basic BASS and soon I'll be getting drum lessons

[@theedittingjoke]

I'm on soundtrap

[@brigittemccray8330]

I just started learning how to play the flute as an adult and it’s been 25 years since I’ve played an instrument. This was such a great refresher! Thank you!

[@megaturtle9547]

"EVERY FUCKING GOOD ASS BOY CLEARLY DESERVES EXTRA FOOD" i am so thankful for my abilty to quickly come up with random sentences like this

[@poppypinktv]

Good One 🤣

[@IAmLedsterOo]

You filled in the gaps. Congrats.

[@megaturtle9547]

@@IAmLedsterOo ^-^

[@adrianmach7952]

I mean, E F G A B C D E F, at this point, you don't need sentence, its just letters of alphabet in order

[@megaturtle9547]

@@adrianmach7952 doesn't matter, i made a funny

[@miles6305]

"every good bathroom deserves febreze" is the best thing my teacher could come up with in order to keep us 3rd graders interested

[@jennyoyster5054]

doctorwhat Oh wow....that one is funny, lol 😂😂😭😭❤️❤️✨✨.

[@ohsnapitstheresa2340]

"every GROSS bathroom deserves febreze"

[@mardz583]

˚✧₊⁎❝᷀ົཽ≀ˍ̮ ❝᷀ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚

[@AnnetteLopez143]

i twee grad

[@travis9190]

Every good boy does fine | face

[@rogerlill]

This is the simplest, clearest explanation I've seen on the basics of reading music. Thank you very much.

[@jazztutorial]

That means a lot Roger. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. Really hope this helps, and I think in a couple of weeks of just sight-reading pitches you can get quite confident. Let me know how you get on! Julian

[@andreekarta6870]

i'm agree with roger.nice lesson dude!keep it up :)

[@legendarylou8429]

I completely agree, this is a really good video. I learned from this. Thank you. Thumbs up from me.

[@shudduptimmy3880]

Roger Lill I agree with u

[@berringervids]

I agree... I went to school for a year when I was 8 for this... I must say this video cleared up a lot of my questions from that time! Thank you! (Almost 30 years later now :) )

[@kekekw3478]

I like how his advices is mainly for beginners. Of course rhythm is important, but for beginners, we should have different priorities for efficient improvement.

[@andrewpearce1723]

I've tried to learn to read music for over 20 years, even going to music college, I found your way of explaining much clearer.

[@kenadler4255]

If you've tried for 20 years and are still confused to the point that you need a beginner's video, music just may not be for you.

[@andrewpearce1723]

@@kenadler4255 it's not so much music, it's theory, notation and guitar tab that I struggle wit. I play guitar, I play by ear, I was at music college and had to do an audition, the head of music said I had moderate skill which coming from him considering some of the people he knew In the industry is a compliment and he put me on to the intermediate course which covered production and performance. We learned theory, equipment, recording techniques, radio, live performance, software, mixers, digital and outboard gear, sampling, setting up equipment, the science of sound, acoustics, and other stuff, Unfortunately I had to drop out of the course but have had positive feedback for my playing. The other parts of the course I could do. However I haven't played in a while so am very rusty now.

[@kiradot8071]

Treble Clef 2:11 Introducing Ledger Lines 4:24 Bass Clef 5:14 Sharps, Flats, And Naturals 7:06 Key Signatures 9:38 Dynamic Markings 12:04 Practice Tips 14:08 Also, helpful 6:29

[@RyanTheHuman-tr1ol]

Kira Dot thanks for this😁✌🏻

[@kiradot8071]

RyanTheHuman 11502 Totally!

[@jg63776]

It’s in the description.

[@kiradot8071]

Joshua G Ok. I just did it for myself.

[@kiradot8071]

Joshua G I wanted the links.

[@noahreyes_]

3:19 Me: Every good boy deserves fudg- Him: Food. Me: ...Excuse me?

[@nakedhombre]

Noah Reyes /Yes I totally agree if every boy is good then he deserves a treat and their treats should be fudge food is a little bit humdrum and will make you obese by the time you’re 50!

[@EclecticEssentric]

We had the EGB Does Fine. We got no treats at all. Gipped.

[@deaned195]

Exactly

[@lillianschottenheimer6689]

Noah Reyes 😂

[@wow2680]

I said the exact same except I said football

[@user-mu7eb8bi3z]

Amazing, complex stuff in a simple and clear manner. I loved it so much. God bless you, professor.

[@CutcliffePaul]

This is an excellent introduction to reading music and it brought back memories of studying music when I was a kid. I was told by my parents that I'd thank them later for pushing me to study music, even if I never used it in my career. They were quite right, of course. 😍 Just one tiny little detail stood out as being not quite right, although I really hate to nitpick: the video said f means fortissimo and p means piano, when in fact, f means forte (loud) and ff means fortissimo (very loud), although p really does mean piano (soft) and pp means pianissimo (very soft).

[@learntocrochet1]

My grandmother, who taught music for forty years, always taught "How to read notation, not music. Music is what is created, notation is the creation read on paper."

[@YourOnlineMusicTeacher]

I could agree

[@elleondejuda4681]

Sounds very similar to reading rhythmic notación...which work a lot for sight reading etc.is very fun to sight read ,you can practice any where even w no instrument.

[@MAak-rs2qy]

great burritos don't fall apart

[@ginguu2490]

M1911A1ak47 nice

[@God8-O]

M1911A1ak47 As God I can say that is true.

[@stormxmetal_11_x20]

God :-O ™®®🔝🔜🔵🔴⚫️🔜

[@kuanlinpaihan]

BAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

[@jazztutorial]

That's a good one! Love it :)

[@bignerd7683]

I loved this video i absolutely feel better about reading music. Ive been playing bass but never learned how to read and just used tab, but i finally picked up a keyboard in order to make me learn notation and grow as musician. You were an extreme help and made things much much more clearer thank you.

[@jimstewart8122]

I'm just about to begin learning piano. Delivery any day now, and I've been watching a lot of beginner tutorials, especially around reading music. I know this is a very old video and you probably won't see this comment, but I felt compelled to let you know how helpful this was for me. Other videos were good but left me with questions. You've answered all of them in this video and my confidence and excitement has risen hugely as a result. Thank you so much. 👍👍

[@stanieldaniel5912]

My old band teacher taught us “Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips” for treble and “All Cows Eat Grass” for bass.

[@oddvegan9797]

Sadly not all cows eat grass.

I was taught, "Every good boy does fine." And FACE, F-A-C-E.

[@tardoos1092]

The Scoop! I learnt Every good boy deserves football

[@frankie__grace8018]

I learned it as, Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips

[@kevinheiman944]

Do u know mr rangel?

[@gubeams9510]

I learnt it as every gay boy deserve friends

[@whiteflag1461]

Thanks for the great Tip. Does is a lot easier to remember than deserves, guess cause its shorter?

[@JMSsheppey]

I’m new to piano playing and reading music, this simple but great little video has just taught me a few things that are going to be soooo helpful. Thank you.

[@skullbonefortnitefilms4156]

An excellent explanation. I'm just starting out on piano, very late in life, hopefully, i will have enough years left in me to attain a decent standard. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos.

[@amymorgan8109]

This did exactly what you hoped it would; boost my confidence! I'm 54, and want to learn to play the piano. Thank you.

[@LyricsForChrist]

Thank you so much! I've been trying to read music for years, but I've just given up because it seemed too hard. You explained it very clearly. Thanks :)

[@ddmemes58]

Ever learn to read music after this?

[@ferminreyes5213]

Same here

[@mariavasquez7536]

WHAT THE FUCK. I LEARNED IN 1 WEEK

[@oliverbleich6403]

Villager noises

[@xavtd7262]

@@ddmemes58 fgcfggfffffffuuuuuuuuuuuukkkkkkkkkkk yes

[@angelopiano]

Hi Julian! Thank you so much for these amazing videos. I started to play piano since the 80s just by listening and never went deep on the reading and writing but I feel is time. This year will refresh and master this specially to keep creating my own music. New subscriber here! Will keep learning from you!

[@martinlejeune5240]

Incredibly clear and helpful. Gives one the confident to progress!

[@chloeblume5702]

OMG I WAS EXPLAINING THIS TO MYSELF FOR A SECOND AND I STARTED TALKING IN A BRITISH ACCENT HELP ME

[@weydamillieh1132]

where are you from anyway haha

[@chloeblume5702]

@@weydamillieh1132 not the UK😭🤚

[@sfoster9179]

He is English, he does not have an accent. It is you who have the accent.

[@weydamillieh1132]

@@sfoster9179 Everyone has an accent ;)

[@ldcommando1616]

Shhhhh, just let it happen...

[@frankhernandez1995]

This convinced me to stick with the cowbell.

[@thecrooner4jc]

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[@KazamiasBoulton]

Extreamly clearley explained - every educational and as intended, it has given me the knowhow to read a write music and the visual graffs are great to screan grab - hope and plan to take time to practice as Julian recomends. He is a clear and fantastic educator. Plus plays mean jazz.

[@beckyheath7874]

Thank you so much Julian - I play several musical instruments , most by ear or tabs or chords....Started playing piano now and really thought I wanted to understand music because I have never understood it or like you say - feel put off.... Your video out of many has explained everything! just what I was after, no fancy chat or showing off, you truly deserve all the thanks we all give! I may understand my piano playing a lot more now rather than spending hours looking for chord versions of songs because the thought of learning music daunted me! Thank you!!! :) Rebecca-May

[@YousefTobail]

I watched this backwards and lost my ability to read music.

[@jayclyde6045]

It's okay, this happened to me as well, just watch this video once 2x fast once a day for week, you'll be right as rain!!!

[@jamesroche9636]

Jason C i find that downloading this onto a usb and microwaving it for about 2 mins everyday and taking one every afternoon is good enough to consistently keep it in your brain. If you dont have a microwave you can always buy a usb port and plug it in directly.

[@MikeGreenwood51]

Just play 'Whole Lotta Love' backwards a few times and you'll be a lot better.

[@dimmoire]

your pfp tho

[@gamingwithbrick3556]

bruh

[@theadamblock]

I just started trying to learn piano, and I have a feeling I'm going to utilize this channel a lot. Plus, it's a lot more fun to learn along to an British accent :)

[@lovzura]

Adam Block Sammmmeeee

[@juancastillotorres7711]

Adam Block I was thinking that myself about British accent.

[@peterofray371]

Awesome

[@Cassiecocoa]

😂😂same

[@brandonwarino7063]

Did you learn to play?

[@mr.monkeytail9059]

Been playing trumpet by ear for 7 years now. Been trying to get extra help teachers no help. But researching this and finding this and going back to this video. Really helps a lot I can’t tell u how many times I’ve watched this😂

[@barbaramurphy2778]

Thank you Bradley. You are the only one who was kind to show us how to read music. It was very encouraging. I still don't know the keys without looking though. Excellent lesson!!!!

[@brookecarmichael5785]

I always say "every good boy does fine"

[@rustylemon7752]

Use ur hand as a staff

[@carmelinaochoa662]

Me too!

[@santascousin8450]

I just say "E G B D F"

[@GavinMorris1]

Mnemonics help people.

[@aarushghosh8817]

every good boy deserves fudge

[@autumnrose8617]

"Rhythm is not important..." Me a drummer: *gasp* :O *stunned Pikachu*

[@kewlfonz]

100% ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!!

[@lvbboi9]

@@kewlfonz what??

[@kewlfonz]

"Rhythm is not important..." = Wrong!!! - "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing..." = CORRECT!!!

[@pokocrow]

It’s called surprised pikachu face you weirdo

[@elfferich1212]

@@pokocrow whatever

[@kimojiro]

this helps me understand so much! i used to be very worried on learning piano because it seemed too complex, but this helped me understand in a simple non overwhelmingly way :) thank you

[@kudiratbello2515]

Yes

[@justanotherguy8970]

GREAT VIDEO!!! Thanks for sharing. From one analytical musician to another, here's my only shared humor and constructive criticism, which you know we want from each other because we care: @1:35 Reading (Creating) Rhythm vs Rote (Listening/Imitating) IT IS VERY IMPORTANT @3:09 Acronym vs Acrostic (That's not the musician in me, it's the linguist in me) @5:30 Acronym vs Rhyme vs Acrostic (There's gotta be a difference) @6:34 Middle C LITERALLY joins the two staves together (in the middle) @7:12 What's a "Half Step"? What's a "Step"? What's a "Pound sign?" That's a HASH TAG, lol @7:37 Gong or Tam Tam??? @8:22 Brilliant explanation and visual aid. THANK YOU!!! @9:35 Don't you wish you could just download it into musician's brains? @11:25 Beats? How about 2? 6 Little. 2 Big. Triple vs. Duple. @!13:24 THANK YOU for NOT calling it a "decrescendo" That's like saying "IRREGARDLESS" A+++ WELL DONE OVERALL. @15:02 You mentioned CONFIDENCE at the beginning and at the end of this tutorial. Other than doing the "Hokey Pokey and [turning] Yourself Around"... THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!! 😋🤣🎶🎹🎧🎷🎺🥁🎵😝😜

[@ladytrashcan5829]

*now I need to buy a piano*

[@corazonmonicasarimos4908]

We have piano for sale...

[@ludwigvanbeethoven5176]

Me too but we cant afford a piano

[@ladytrashcan5829]

@@ludwigvanbeethoven5176 Same goes for me too, nor do we have the space for a grand old piano. Gotta make do with a synthesizer for now lol.

[@endesshrizn9388]

Same 1.I don't have that money 2.in fact I don't have space for one of those guess I just gotta stick with a keyboard😕😕😕😕

[@peabean8755]

EndłessHørizøn a keyboard is basically a piano

[@waterbottle6417]

Treble Clef: Elephants Go Bouncing Down Freeways Bass Clef: Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart

[@NickyEmpress123]

Thanks for the lesson

[@user-od7jq9pd8w]

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

[@kkiirrii]

Treble: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge/fry bead And FACE Bass; Good Boys Don’t Fight Anyone And for the spaces on bass: All Cars Eat Gas OR All Cows Eat Grass

[@Inserthandlenamehere42]

Hey It looks like you know music theory and while watching this I was able to understand most of it except the part of the key signature I know what it is I just don't know how to use it or how to apply it I was wondering if you could help me out with that

[@Inserthandlenamehere42]

Nvm sorry just went back lol It was just hard to tell what notes where being sharped because the symbol was a bit big

[@lksa983a]

Who likes fudge, it should be: Every Good Boy Deserves Fanny

[@beatricejacobs609]

How cars eat grass

[@wow2680]

@@lksa983a omfg yes

[@karenblade4261]

E-Every G-Good B-Boy D-Does F-Fine Every Good Boy Does Fine!

[@jennywaithe4081]

Karen Blade hi

[@angelmendoza1812]

Karen Blade same

[@daraaiah870]

Every Gay Bitch Douche Fuck

[@everythingeverything229]

every good burger deserves fries.

[@ryangeorge3539]

On a line f- a-c-e FACE on a space!

[@rebeccalane3039]

Thankyou for this tutorial - at last it makes sense. I struggled with music lessons at school where the whole thing seemed to be a maze of funny symbols, minims crochets ... I was lost! Sadly I have no access to any instrument now but I’m so pleased to now be able to “ crack the code “ !!

[@lawrencescotto]

OUTSTANDING VIDEO! I took "producing music course for recording my music in a DAW and I needed a "crash course" on reading music and your video was extremely helpful! Tank you for sharing your knowledge! It is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

[@priestleyharker4046]

And just like that, I'm lost

[@h0rrifyme]

I know right, I'm only four minutes in and I'm confused

[@digitig]

Quite. I looked at this to see whether it might help my wife learn. I gave up with "there are two kinds of clef". If you know what a clef is, you don't need this video, but he doesn't explain it.

[@pineapplefriedrice9598]

Tim Rowe the treble clef is the more complicated sign that is on the top and the 2nd clef is the Bass clef which is on the bottom (look at the video time stamp 2:29). The treble clef represents the right half of the piano which you will be playing with your right hand and the bass clef is for the left side while playing the notes next to it with your left hand. The line sets on the treble and bass clef are different, but when looking at it closer by finding all of the notes the treble and clef notes end up connecting bc of the middle c.

[@digitig]

@@pineapplefriedrice9598 I know that and you know that. But my wife doesn't, so she'd be thrown by an important technical term being thrown in with no explanation.

[@pineapplefriedrice9598]

Tim Rowe well then teach her that part so she understands😂

[@modestdressing4319]

For some reason, the phrase that stuck with me for the bass clef was: "Granny boogies down fifth avenue." Lol!

[@cinnamera]

Modest Dressing BEST ONE

[@trackmaniaIIDX]

Whay do u play

[@morgancalvi6675]

I love it! It reminds me of that 'Granny got run over by a reindeer' song. LOL

[@MedeivalWarfare]

Morgan Calvi now I’m thinking that!

[@morgancalvi6675]

:) @@MedeivalWarfare

[@dimag8206]

Julian, thank you for such great explanation. It is really helps to improve my piano skills.

[@secondvisions9759]

I'll be 64 next week I studied piano from a sweet old little lady who had crippling arthritis in her hands around 4 or 5 years old I was blessed with the tonal ability to play by ear so I would get her to play it then she thought I was reading the music A few years ago I got back into music, the local library let's me play their piano 🎹 probably 120 years old and it sounds incredible Listening to your video just taught me more than I've learned trying to learn off of sheet music I've purchased In fact I'd have to say this is the most informative way I've ever had this said to me Thank you Sir

[@66y_mas0n_2]

Every good boy does fine, that's the one I use

[@kevinheiman944]

U know mr rangel?

[@hillary96renteria82]

@@kevinheiman944 everyone uses Every Good Boy does fine, lol. I know people who haven't touched an instrument in years that remember that

[@victoriacser5065]

Don't forget Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart and All Cows Eat Grass for bass clef

[@mackeguitar]

15 minutes later still not able to read but Im happy to know that Every good boy deserves food

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

You're not going to get it in 10 minutes, I assure you. Get an app to help you. I like Perfect Ear.

[@UUche]

Thank God someone is kind enough to explain it to us musicians who play by ear!! Five stars.

[@mharris7190]

Great vid! The only thing I’d clarify is that for a key signature, let’s say you’re in the key of G so you have that 1 F# notated. It means you play ALL Fs as F sharps. Even though the bottom space doesn’t have a sharp symbol, it is also played sharp, and same thing with any other Fs.

[@AchiragChiragg]

What do you mean bottom space is also played as sharp?

[@GetPianoLessons]

"Every Good Boy Does Fine".. that's the original for treble clef!

[@elihupark9846]

good one

[@nellyg.embudo8804]

True.

[@AndrewThomas18]

yes Good Boys Do Fine Always for Bass Clef!

[@Raequest]

Thank you for making this easy for people entirely new to music to understand. I'm very late into learning how to play an instrument and reading music so this is a life saver. Every video I've come across marked as beginner wasn't very beginner like to me, most of them expect you to have the basics down already. I won't be getting my instrument until next year (I'm getting my hurdy gurdy made from scratch) but I'm trying to learn enough in advance so that I'm not struggling too hard. Thank you!

[@alyssa2084]

how’s the progress?

[@amelmatt5641]

New title of this video: How to Read Music in 15 DAYS

[@saadelmahi7513]

Thank you, sir! I have learned from this video more than I expected! Edit: although it's a 16 min video it took me one hour to finish because I was taking notes and trying to understand. When I finished, I went straight ahead to a Turkish piece that I thought was complicated to read. Surprisingly, I understand what is happening!!!! It makes more sense now! I appreciate your efforts, sir!

[@Id0N0tH4te]

Nicely structured, well made, nice volume, speaking and very clear. Well made sir you deserve a like.

[@milahancock6405]

The one i was taught was “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge”

[@milahancock6405]

ChilliShadow no, I was taught music, sadly, I’m not a teacher 😅

[@sandisloan7003]

I was reading these to see if anyone else had the same...every good boy deserves fudge...I was thinking I must be the oldest one reading this lol

[@fred.the.cactus.1715]

Sammeee I just saw a comment that said: GBDFA: Good Burritos Dont Fall Apart So I'm using that one xD

[@juliekrol]

That’s what I learned in Ontario, Canada 😂

[@huzayfasyed5488]

@@juliekrol haha same

[@azad562]

The best explanation I have ever come across! There are millions of video on KZbin claiming to teach how to read music but the have utterly failed except this one. This one though is not comprehensive but definitely a very good to start with

[@SandoTrini]

This was wonderful to watch. Well explained. Took me back to primary school music lessons. Thanks for sharing

[@changi4729]

You have just taught me in 15 minutes, what my GCSE music teacher failed to teach me in 2 years. Thanks.

[@downunder874]

Google Chrome Sucks Eggs? I happen to believe that Chrome is an excellent browser

[@Pennaertz]

12:28 "F stands for fortissimo"... I think this should be Forte. FF stands for fortissimo. Great and nice video! So well explained throughout.

[@andrewgonzalez7143]

I was thinking the same thing since "issimo" is usually to take a characteristic further.

[@argus456]

That is indeed correct, f = forte, ff = fortissimo, fff = fortississimo. Same system for piano: p = piano, pp = pianissimo, ppp = pianississimo

[@rubber7506]

@@argus456 fortissimissimo* pianissimissimo*

[@dabb1up520]

I don't understand why the first #0 was an F? After everything i written down i referred to my notes.. and that F doesn't make sense to me.. if the 2nd one was Every, Good, Boy,... then its a B but the F looked like it was in the same spot just on the bottom line. why can't you do Every, good, boy, on the first one when they are both trebel clef? Let me know if this question doesn't make sense.. but please anyone answer?

[@rosemariemann1719]

I always thought "f" was "forte" , not "fortissimo". Glad to see someone else noticed this 😊. 🇬🇧🐒😊🎼💕🎹

[@Jemmyleedoesart]

Thank you so much for sharing this information! I am new to piano and I have learned so much from you. I will need a lot of practice, but it really doesn’t seem as incomprehensible as I first thought!

[@angelopiano]

Julian thank you so much! I have been playing piano since the 80s and learned by listening only. Is time to refresh and master the reading and writing. Love your videos. New Subscriber here. Will keep learning with you!

[@VineetSingh-um2cd]

The video was really great and this is my acronym for EGBDF Ever Green Beauties Don't Fade Thank u for reading😊

[@Crates94]

Music schools hate this man.

[@mrewan6221]

Half-note in the 6/8 example! Rhythm [isn't very important], yet pedalling for one specific instrument is.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

This doesn't cover a whole lot. It's like very, very basic reading...

[@TheNLT]

Ive been playing piano for many years but about 4 weeks ago, i started taking piano classes for sight reading. I can identify these notes on the grand staff, however, to be able to read and play them at a normal pace definitely takes more than couple of weeks. It takes more time than that, to be able to play it at its tempo and to play it without stopping to identify the notes and to play with confidence..

[@saniscuddleshaped]

my music teacher taught us Elvis' Guitar Broke Down Friday and lemme tell ya, that really was a memorable line because it stuck with me from when i was 7 years old all the way until now.

[@banana9617]

“Every good boys does fine” (EGBDF) “Good boys do fine always” (GBDFA)

[@castonwebber1716]

I wish I had learn reading music years ago, thanks Bradley.

[@clydecarter8411]

A good teacher and he makes it quite simple in this brief presentation. To the critics, I don't believe that he is trying to compete with the Berkeley School of Music. "Thanks for your effort".

[@FulanodeTal-ky4us]

Excellent video. Very reassuring when you say "we´will deal with rhythm later" For the moment we should follow our hearts and deal with pitch. Thank you so much. You start us up in a confident manner.

[@gorgilos1]

Dude thank you so much! I could hug you right now, you boosted my confidence and my will to start learning! It's been a long dream of mine to learn an instument, rather than just using my voice to feel connected to music. I just hope that learning piano on my own isnt that hard, if not impossible... Either way, you were way more understandable than other people that made a video on how to read sheet music and for that, I thank you.

[@KingNimby]

How Has learning piano been going ?

[@gorgilos1]

@@KingNimby not that good, but not that bad either... I dropped it cause of university recently... I did actually learn how to play quite a few (easy/simplified) songs though!! I like playing the piano, its really interesting and it inspires me a lot, but it just takes a lot of time and dedication that im not able to give at this point of time :/ Still, I learned a lot in a year and a half, I'd gladly continue learning how to play, when I got the time :]

[@elainawilliamson4466]

Every Good Boy Deserves Freedom.

[@ronnierepublic]

U live in North Korea or sumthin

[@charlottesmom]

Just got my lyre harp and feel the need to learn to read music, this was a very helpful video! Thank you kind sir.🎼

[@waxwinged_hound]

Thank you so much. I tried to learn music in middle school, but my teacher was so strict and uncompromising (I should have taken band instead of orchestra to be fair) that I didn't learn jack. I've always been very interested in music and good at discerning rhythm and whether an instrument is correctly tuned, but my experience in middle school made me think I was just stupid and that I could never learn. Also I just was so scared that I couldn't that I didn't want to try. But I've wanted to make soundfont covers for a long time now and I figured it was time to try again. This video was calm, clear, precise, and to-the-point. I'm going to watch it again a few times and take some notes (no pun intended). I haven't ever thought "maybe I can do this" in a long time, so thank you for that.

[@ju-linguajardo2554]

E-even G-Garfield B-buys D-dog F-food

[@mitler2914]

my whole class is watching this at once 😂

[@l_achicd3912]

Why jason

[@l_achicd3912]

Jason

[@l_achicd3912]

Jason

[@l_achicd3912]

I'm in his classsssss

[@gentlebabarian]

Best class

[@kadeneckert3937]

Thanks for this video

[@Violinstudio7]

kzbin.info/door/T7m2j_mYdoilP3BjuYFLQg On my channel, you can learn the violin step by step in a 60-day challenge and play your favorite song at a simple level.

[@janeallen2562]

Brilliant, thank you

[@alexhallam3456]

This is by far the most helpful video of such a complex subject I have ever seen on youtube. Thanks for the good work and the millions of people you have helped by doing this.

[@WiLdFlOwEr126]

Thank you so much this video is clearly explained and has helped me so much. I am 49 and starting from scratch with a clarinet and reading music. I couldn't understand why some of the music I was getting had bummed notes. Didn't realize it was a flat or sharp denoted at the start next to the treble clef. All the other things were great to be explained properly too. Great video!!

[@alonakeen]

Your video is excellent. It addresses components that nobody else covers. Bravo! I am a percussionist and It really helped me to understand music and especially piano. Thank you.

[@mariegonsalves7831]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate the clear way you have taught me how to identify and read music. God bless you. 🙏❤️

[@sif5663]

I was taught Elvis Goes Belly Dancing Fridays

[@grubsuu5258]

LMAOOO that's amazing

[@beanniee4384]

I was taught Every Good Boy Does Fine

[@augustadams5006]

Every Good Burger Deserves Fries

[@cinnamera]

asqrd crstbl OR Garbage burgers deserve fries also

[@gaylenescott1317]

Thanks for this great reminder... Haven't had to read music for years but you've just restored my interest... You make it sound so easy....

[@mintmasky6652]

Lowkey I thought the thubnail said 'How to read music in 15 mins with King Julian'

[@stevemoriarty7050]

Awesome. I can’t unsee that now… 😆

[@DalgonaC]

Wow, thank you so much! I've learned quite a bit from this video. I'm hoping to purchase a keyboard and really learn how to play an instrument.

[@elizabethy6473]

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[@morgancalvi6675]

LOL

[@yoxenl8179]

Omg I can definitely remember this one the easiest

[@ellarose8553]

love that

[@user-jg3xb1vg1l]

Thank you soooooooooo much. :D

[@cultivatelife]

How could anyone not remember this? I'd wake up with a complete memory flush but if someone uttered: "GBDFA?" Instant reply: GET BACK DAD FARTED AGAIN! It's a no brainer.

[@smithidaho0727]

Loved your explanation with great visual support. It’s not easy to learn all this stuff, but easier which such detailed explanation. Thank you!

[@natayacourteny3525]

This was insanely helpful as someone who wants to brush up on their sheet music reading