Sentence examples for reading notation from inspiring English sources

"Respect, concentration, reading notation, hands' interaction with the piano — it's the beginning of technique".

In some circles, that equates to heresy but the truth is that in the 21st century, reading notation has never been less essential to making music.

You don't need to know how to read notation to realize where this is headed: the high note pulls the trigger.

Students are still taught to read notation so they can recite compositions that they would never listen to on their MP3 players or play with friends.

Paul McCartney can't read notation, but he has a vast store of music to draw on and could, for example, compose "Blackbird" based on a Bach lute piece he learned as a child.

I found it very useful when paired with the video because while I can (in theory) read notation I am pretty much a slacker and prefer to just bludgeon my way through.

And so those who read notation well do not usually learn to use music as a free language or "speak" music with others.

What a shame that high-caliber musicians could get turned away from music schools simply because they have no desire to read notation.

Little Kids Rock bears similarity to the Suzuki method, which also stresses learning by ear (initially) over reading musical notation.

Music is an especially powerful shaping force, for listening to and especially playing it engages many different areas of the brain, all of which must work in tandem: from reading musical notation and coordinating fine muscle movements in the hands, to evaluating and expressing rhythm and pitch, to associating music with memories and emotion.

Until asked to perform and interpret Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez in 1991, de Lucía was not proficient at reading musical notation.