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The Essentials:  Music Notation Theory
 

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Reading & playing music symbols  will bring music  to life. 

 
Music Theory brings understanding of the music symbols.

 
Elements of Music combine to form music patterns. 

 
Music Patterns combine to tell a story in music. 

 
Music Notation Theory helps a composer  -  songwriter   -  improviser  understand the inner relationships 
of musical elements. 

 
The Language of Music  is easily heard & felt.  Each part sounds like a voice.  Breathing and articulating 
a musical thought. 

 
The Art & Creative Intelligence of the composer , songwriter  & improviser  brings all this together. 
   It is the daring music artist that hears & musically notates a new song , improvisation , piece of music. 

 
 

 

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Book List:  Learning About Rythm
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Music Ace 2 Educator Version, Hybrid CD-ROM
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Studying Rhythm / Anne C. Hall
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Melodic Rhythms for Guitar /: William Leavitt
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Scales, Intervals, Keys, Triads, Rhythm, and Meter: / John Clough
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Encyclopedia of Rhythms: /: Joseph Schillinger
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Rhythm Riffs /: Greg Koch
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Rhythm Reading /: Daniel Kazez
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Rhythm & Pitch /: Stevenson
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Rhythm / David Mead
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Rhythm & Meter Patterns / Gary Chaffee
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Sight-Read Any Rhythm Instantly / Mark Phillips
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Sight Singing / Samuel Adler
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Rhythm /: Julia Schnebly-Black
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A Rhythmic Vocabulary / Alan L. Dworsky
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Encyclopedia of Reading Rhythms / Gary Hess
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Syncopated Rhythms /: Patricia Hills
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Essentials of Music Theory /: Karen Farnum Surmani
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Rhythms /: Donna Hill
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Guitar Method Rhythm /: Gary Turner
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Complete Rhythm Guitar Guide for Blues Bands / Larry McCabe
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Drum Machine Patterns / Rene-Pierre Bardet
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Alain Caron / Rhythm 'n Jazz /: Alain Caron
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The Rhythm Section / Mark Burnell
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Rhythmanalysis / Henri Lefebvre
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Roland Drum Machine Rhythm Dictionary
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Rhythm Sec Grooves Bass/drum /: Craig Lauritsen
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Sight Reading /: Alex Pertout
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Rhythm Section Method / Craig Lauritsen
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Drumscapes / Andy Ziker
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Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form /: P. Hobsbaum
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Basic Jazz Rhythm Guitar /: Corey Christiansen
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Basics in Rhythm /: Garwood Whaley
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Blue Rhythms / Chip Deffaa
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Rhythm and Timing of Movement in Performance / Janet Goodridge
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Sacred Rhythms /: Ruth Haley Barton
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Poetic Rhythm: /: Derek Attridge
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Psychedelic Guitar, The Serpentine Magic of Harvey Mandel
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Jazz Rhythm and the Improvised Line Jazz Improvisation../:John Mehegan
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Music is Math / Dr. Oliver W. Luck
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Megalithic Measures and Rhythms / Anne Macaulay
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Rhythm and Noise / Theodore Gracyk
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Rhythm, Music, and the Brain / Michael Thaut
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Portraits in Rhythm Study / Anthony J. Cirone
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West African Rhythms for Drumset / Royal Hartigan
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Egyptian Rhythm /: Moustafa Gadalla
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The Latin Beat / Ed Morales
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World Beat Rhythms / Maria Martinez
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Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart / Wye Jamison Allanbrook
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National Rhythms, African Roots / John Charles Chasteen
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The Essence of Afro-Cuban Percussion and Drum Set  /  Ed Uribe
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Time in Indian Music / Martin Clayton
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When the Drummers Were Women /: Layne Redmond
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Sonic ReFill Vol. 13: World Percussion (Reason Refills)
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Metal Rhythm Guitar Vol. 1 /: Troy Stetina
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Rhythm Science / Paul D. Miller
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Music Notation Theory
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Music123
General Theory Sources  |  Online Instruction, Exercises, and Drill  General Reference Sources  |  Additional Online Information, Assistance, and Exercises  Instruments  Music Technology  |  Online Scores for Study and Analysis [GJC]  Online Music Scores (to Download)  |  Theory & Analysis Resources  Notation  Score Links  Facsimiles  |  Bibliographies  Careers in Music  Reference Sources and Resources for Papers  |  Grove Music Online   [ Open access only to general information and demos; full access only by subscription]  |  Online Journals  Art History  | 
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JazClass
Introduction  |  Early History  |  he Great Staff  |  Clefs in use today  |  Notes on the Treble Clef Staff  |   Notes on the Bass Clef Staff  |  The Piano staff  |  Note Duration and Rests  |  Quiz - Quiz Answers  |  Downloading Bay  |  Music Notation 2 - Jazclass Links  |  Music Notation Course on CD-ROM  |  Free Music Reading Lessons online 
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Kalvos.org
Notation/Theory  |  resource links  | 
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Phil Rees Music Theory Links
22 important music theory links
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MiBAC
Music Theory  I  Note Reading  |  What Is Pitch?  |  Musical Alphabet  |  Keyboard White Keys  |  Music Staff  |  Lines and Spaces  |  Ledger Lines  |  Pitch Order  |  Whole and Half Steps  |  Accidentals  |  Keyboard Black Keys  |  Enharmonic Notes  |  Enharmonic Keyboard  |  Clefs  |  Treble Clef Names  |  Bass Clef Names  |  Alto Clef Names  |  Circle of Fifths  |  Key Signatures  |  Maj-Min Scales  |  Modes  |  Jazz  |   Scales  |  Scale Degrees  |  Intervals  |  Note Values  |
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Treblis Software's Music Notation Reference Guide
Accents  |  Graphical Signs  |  Slurs  |  Accidentals  |  Key Signatures  |  Staff Lines  |  Bar Lines  |  Measures  |  Tempo  |  Braces  |  Notes  |  Terms  |  Clef Signs  |  Ornaments  |  Ties  |  Dotted Notes  |  Other Ornaments  |  Time Signatures  |  Dynamics  |  Rests  |  Tuplets  | 
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Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory
Free lessons | the basics of the rudiments of music  |  move on to Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory on CD-ROM  |   full benefit of video lessons | worksheets and quizzes  | 
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ChordWizard
Sound and Music  |  The Major Scale  |  Chords and  Harmony  |  Scales and Melody  |  Chord/Scale Relations  |  Playing with Chords  |  Playing with Scales  |  Writing Songs  |
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Kalvos.org
Music Resources on the Internet  |  Notation/Theory  |  Intermediate-advanced  |  articles music theory & composition  | 
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Dolmetsch
Music Theory Online  |  Huge page of only important notation links  |  This is the big one  |  Begin studying my friends  | 
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Solomon's Music Theory & Composition Resources
Theory |  Analytical Tools  |  Analyses  |  Miscellaneous  |
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Powell's Books
Music-Notation  |  5 books  | 
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MusicRoom
Tutor Method books for various instruments  | 
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WebPlayer
Music Notation & Theory Knowledge Cards  | 
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Mysic
Elements of Music Notation  | 
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New International Manual of Braille Music Notation
brl.org/music
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PlayMusic
NOTATION TECHNOLOGIES
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1UpInfo
Encyclopedia A - Z  |  Music  |  Theory  |  Forms  |  Instruments  | 
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Amazon.com
Books: Norton Manual of Music Notation  | 
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eServer.org
General Western Music Theory  |  Contemporary Music Theory 
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Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory
musictheory.halifax.ns.ca
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The Big Site of Music Notation and Engraving
Ben-Amots & Lamb  |  Engraving Conventions  |  Related links  |  Important Bibliography: By Subject | By Author  | 
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Music-Notation.info
long page with many music notation links  | 
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Notation of Polyphonic Music, 900-1600
Author: Willi Apel 
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Treblis Software's Music Notation Reference Guide
Music Notation Theory  |  Accents  |  Graphical Signs  |  Slurs  |  Accidentals  |  Key Signatures  |  Staff Lines  |  Bar Lines  |  Measures  |  Tempo  |  Braces  |  Notes  |  Terms  |  Clef Signs  |  Ornaments   | Ties  | Dotted Notes  |  Other Ornaments  |  Time Signatures  |  Dynamics  |  Rests  |  Tuplets  | 
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Teoria
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Open Directory - Arts: Music: Theory
Sites  |  Theorists   (2)  |  Tuning Systems  (31)  |  Educational Software@  (41)  |  Magazines and E-zines  (3)  |  See also: Arts: Music: Composition  (11,833)  | 
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MiBAC
Music Software Music Lessons I Music Fundamentals Page
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DataDragon
Introduction to Reading Music
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MusicStudy
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acsci.org
Music Fundamentals
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Free notation software
Macintosh and Windows versions of NoteAbility Lite are available for download
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A Jazz Improvisation Primer
by Marc Sabatella  |  Preface  |  Goals  |  A Brief History Of Jazz  |  Jazz Fundamentals  |  Chord - Scale Relationships  |  Applying The Theory To Improvisation  |  Accompanying  |  Playing With Others  |  Listening Analytically  |  Breaking The Rules  |  Appendices  |  Annotated Bibliography  |  Annotated Discography  |  Jazz Standards  |  Detailed Table of Contents  |  Preface  |  Goals  |  A Brief History Of Jazz  |  Early Jazz  |  Big Band Jazz and Swing  |  Bebop  |  Cool Jazz  |  Hard Bop  |  Post Bop  |  Free Jazz and the Avant  Garde  |  Fusion  |  Post Modern Jazz  |  The Present  |  Jazz Fundamentals  |  Structure  |  Swing  |  Definition  |  Practicing Swing  |  Creativity  |  The Creative Process  |  Playing  |  Chord/Scale Relationships  |  Basic Theory:  Intervals  |  Major And Minor Scales  |  Chords  |  The Circle Of Fifths  |  Major Scale Harmony  |  Major Scale  |  Dorian Mode  |  Phrygian Mode  |  Lydian Mode  |  Mixolydian Mode  |  Minor Scale  |  Locrian Mode  |  Melodic Minor Harmony  |  Phrygian #6  |  Lydian   |  Augmented  |  Lydian  |  Dominant  |  Fifth Mode  |  Locrian #2  |  Altered Scale  |  Symmetric Scales  |  Whole Tone Scale  |  The Diminished Scales  |  Pentatonic Scales  |  Derived Scales  |  The Blues Scale  |  Minor Scales  |  Bebop Scales  |  Synthetic Scales  |  Chord/Scale Chart  |  Applying The Theory To Improvisation  |  Melodic Development  |  Pacing  |  Phrase Construction  |  Playing Changes  |  ii-V :   # Major Keys    # Minor Keys   |  Blues  |  Rhythm Changes  |  Coltrane Changes  |  Modal Improvisation  |  Chromaticism  |  Non-tonal Improvisation  |  Free Improvisation  |  Accompanying  |  Chordal Instruments  |  Chord Voicings  |  3/7 Voicings  |  Quartal Voicings  |  Polychord and Upper Structure Voicings  | Close Position and Drop Voicings  |  Other Scale Based Voicings  |  Reharmonizing  |  Comping Rhythms  |  Bass  |  Walking Bass Lines  |  Pedal Point  |  Counterpoint  |  Other Bass Patterns  |  Drums  |  Other Instruments  |  Playing With Others  |  Organization  |  Dealing With Problems  |  Listening Analytically  |  Breaking The Rules  |  Annotated  |  Bibliography  |  Fakebooks  |  Instructional Books  |  History And Biography  |  Annotated Discography  |  Basic Recommendations  |  Listing   |  Jazz Standards  |
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Connexions
The Basic Elements of Music  |   Rhythm  |  Meter in Music  |   Tempo  |  Dynamics  in Music  |  Pitch Elements  |   Timbre  |   Timbre: The Color of Music  |  Melody  |  Melody  |  A Melody Activity  |  The Shape of a Melody  |  Melodic Phrases  |  Theme and Motif in Music  |  Harmony  |  Harmony  |  Harmony with Drones  |  Simple Chordal Harmony  |  Parallel Harmonies  |  Independent Harmonies |  Combining Time and Pitch  \   Counterpoint for Everyone  |  The Texture of Music  |  Form in Music  |
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How to read sheet music... a free course
How to Read Sheet Music  by Kevin Meixner  |  How to Read Sheet Music by Jason Silver  |  Introduction, and Understanding the Basics of Counting Rhythms  |  Reading Rhythms - Exercises  |  Dotted Notes - Reading Complicated Syncopation 
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Introduction to Reading Music
Introduction  |  Clefs  |  Time Signatures  | Types of Notes | Types of Rests | Basic Counting I Basic Counting  |  Symbols |  Shaping  | 
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Berklee Shares: free music lessons, mp3, quicktime and pdf files
Bass  |  Brass  |  DJ & Turntable  |  Drums & Percussion  |  Guitar  |  Keyboards  |  Voice  |  Winds  | 
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MIDInotate
Use MidiNotate's built-in Internet browser to find and download the MIDI file for a song you know. MidiNotate will immediately convert it to sheet music, displayed on the screen. | 
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Music Notes Inc. - Music You Can Read
Music You Can Read ®  |  Philosophy  |  Introduction  |  Research  |  Song  |  Formats  |  Song  |  Indexes  |  Pitch  |  Warm-ups  |  Rhythm  |  Warm-ups  |  Recorder  |  Keyboard  |  Centers  |  Instruments  |  Secret Code  |  Seek and Find  |  Card Templates  |  Ukulele  |  Teaching  |  Index  | 
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AllenBraveGuide
The Elements of Music  |  Absolute Pitch  |  Acoustics  |  Chord Formation  |  Dance  |  Keys  |  Scale  |  Sharps and Flats  |  Key Signature  |  Modes  |   Major and Minor Key  |  Rhythm  |  Time Signatures  |  Notation  |  Evolution of Notation 
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Play Piano Now
Popular Chord Style Piano-The Basics for Beginners  |  Continuing Chord Piano on Chord Progressions and more  |  How to Play the Piano by Ear  |  Blues Piano-Black Gospel-Boogie Woogie  |  Blues Piano  Video  |  Praise Piano  |  Intros and Endings  |  Piano Power Chords  |  Piano Tricks and Licks 
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GuitarPrimer
Jazz Charts  |  Student Chord Development Charts  |   Guitar Masters presents these charts for educational and instructional purposes only. They illustrate techniques and thories that are presented within Guitar Masters. Please read the Tutorial for guidance 
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UniversalClass: Learn HowTo Read Music Online
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ShaneMacDonald: Learn To Read Music
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How To Read Guitar Tab
About.com
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Lesson Tutor
Elements of Music Notation
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How To Read Music
Top Resources for how to read music notation  | 
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Math and Music: A Primer
"Mathematics and music have a strange connection"
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Learn to Read Music
with Noteable Music Flashcards Shareware Demo
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