Simplest Method to Reading Notes

Simplest Method to Reading Notes

Understand the notes on the page and connect them with the keys on your piano.

This video course guides you through the foundations of music reading using John Thompson’s Teaching Little Fingers to Play. Pianogoddess explains the essential concepts and demonstrates the tutor-book pieces, helping you apply what you learn through practice.

Whether you are a complete beginner, play by ear or struggle with written notation, the lessons provide a structured starting point.

What You Will Learn

• The basics of reading musical notes.
• How to identify the treble and bass clefs.
• How notes are positioned on the musical staff.
• How written notes correspond to piano keys.
• Musical notation through practical examples.
• Tutor-book pieces through guided video explanations.

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Introduction to Reading Notes
Explore the treble and bass clefs, the secret code to reading notes, fingering and an introduction to musical notes on the staff.

Module 2: Learn the Pieces Step by Step
Work through pages 8–39 of Teaching Little Fingers to Play with progressive piano demonstrations, including a duet assignment for pages 30–31.

Module 3: Conclusion
Review your learning and continue practising the skills you have developed.

Who Is This Course For?

Complete beginners, musicians who play by ear, piano students using the tutor book and learners revisiting music-reading fundamentals. Although the demonstrations use piano, the foundational notation concepts also apply to other instruments.

How to Use the Course

Watch the lessons in order, practise each piece before moving on and revisit difficult sections. Have a piano or keyboard available for practice and the tutor book to follow along.

Format: Online video course
Content: 23 videos
Duration: 4 hours, 15 minutes and 8 seconds

This is a digital course. No physical product will be shipped.