Name: Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Sharps and Flats
Uploaded: 2021-12-17T02:48:48.000Z
Duration: 5 min 10 s
Description: Sharps and Flats also known as accidentals give us some in between notes so we can play more than just 7 notes.

Sharps and Flats also known as accidentals give us some in between notes so we can play more than just 7 notes.

Music Theory

I am a massive clarinerd, energetic performer and enthusiastic teacher. I perform professionally with the Doclé Reed Quintet and Nebula Ensemble, and I am the Creator and CEO of QuickStart Clarinet, an online platform dedicated to helping students of all ages and abilities learn to play the clarinet! 

In my many years of studying, I have taken lessons with some of the best performers and teachers in the world, and I received my Master's degree in clarinet performance from Northwestern University. I have taught dozens of students since I began teaching privately in 2013, with many students reaching their goals of getting into honor bands and even being accepted to their dream music schools.

My teaching style is all about fundamentals as I try and break down the things you need to know about playing into easy to understand fundamentals that can be applied to all future playing.

At the end of the day, my goal is for you to get what you want out of lessons. I am always open to communication about your needs, and I hope to give you the tools you need to love playing the clarinet.

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Sharps and Flats

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The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is an honors organization that recognizes and elevates high achievers. NSCS provides career and graduate school connections, leadership and service opportunities and gives out a million dollars in scholarships annually. NSCS members are deeply committed to scholarship, leadership and service and as a result, are impacting their campus and local communities every day.

The purpose of this Society is  to provide an organization dedicated to the furtherance of music in education and education in music in colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning, which offer music degree programs in one or more fields.

The primary objective of the Society is the recognition and encouragement of the highest level of musical achievement and academic scholarship.

Outstanding Undergraduate Senior in Performance

Best Mozart Performance-First Prize

Principal Clarinet of Colorado All-State Honor Band

During my time at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, I was selected to teach private lessons to local students enrolled in the P.A.L.S. program.
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Aspen Summer Music Festival P.A.L.S. Teacher

Through my passion for teaching clarinet, I created an online business that features a method book that I wrote, a monthly masterclass I teach, as well as a YouTube channel that I upload educational clarinet content to every week.

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If you are interested in how music works, or need help passing your theory classes, I can help you with all basic theory topics and even more advanced topics like Schenkerian Analysis.

Excellent. Josh was able to pinpoint quickly the things that were important in order for me to improve. He is both patient and smart. An excellent teacher!

Very helpful, and willing to go on whatever pace you need. Highly recommended.

excellent first lesson - clear, concrete recommendations...

Josh has been great with my 8th grade son who is taking lessons to support his learning in school.

Josh is passionate about music and a great teacher.  My son is making a huge progress.

Josh is a great teacher. My son Steven loves to be with him. He is very knowledgeable and kind. We will continue to register the saxophone class from Josh.

He nice and is there with you he also teach clearanet so check him out

My daughter said he was very helpful and taught her fundamentals that will help her for years to come.

Josh is really a great teacher, I feel that I have really improved my playing over the last 5 lessons!

These demonstrations walk you through how to actually figure out the rhythm, notes, and style on an actual piece of music!

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Demo 3

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Demo 2

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Demo 1

This brings together all of the fundamental aspects of reading music into one simple exercise that you can practice every day to improve your musicianship.

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Final Challenge

Articulation tells us how to shape the notes and gives individual notes unique expression.

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Articulation

Dynamics in music determine how loud or soft the music should be with symbols below the music.

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Dynamics

One of the most impactful elements of the music's style is the tempo, which determines the speed of the steady beat.

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Tempo

Style is what gives the music character and helps it to convey the emotions that we feel listening to our favorite music.

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Style Introduction

Now that you can hear the notes, let's look at how to identify notes by looking at the treble clef and bass clef.

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Reading the Notes

The first step to knowing what to play is being able to hear how different notes work and sound.

Music Literacy You Should Know By Age 8: Hearing the Notes

Rhythm tells us when to play, now we need to learn the notes to know what to play.

Josh G.