Beginner's Guide to Simplified Notation

Author: Yao Henglu
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Dear friend, I believe you enjoy listening to music and singing, and you also want to learn more about music in detail. So, please follow me, and let me tell you the story of tonic sol-fa. This story is divided into three units (Getting Closer to Me, Feeling Me, Adorning Me), with a total of 10 lessons. Each lesson includes five parts: "Learning Garden," "Friendly Tips," "Happy Practice," "Review and Renew," and "Story King." I believe that after listening to the 10 lessons of "Introduction to Tonic Sol-fa," reading music will become easy and natural. Let's get started! Tonic sol-fa originated in Europe in the mid-16th century and gradually became complete in the 17th and 18th centuries. Later, it was introduced to China through Japan. Tonic sol-fa uses numbers 1, 2, and 3 to represent pitches. For general music enthusiasts, it is relatively easy to accept because it is associated with familiar numbers in a sensory way. Nearly a century of musical practice in China has shown that tonic sol-fa has made significant contributions to popularizing musical language, musical knowledge, and promoting grassroots musical activities. "Introduction to Tonic Sol-fa" adopts the theory of reading music and the practice of exercises, telling an engaging musical story to provide beginners with clear learning objectives and methods for each chapter. The musical examples selected in the book are all familiar tunes. Based on the foundation of having already heard them, people already have a receptive basis for the sensory understanding of music. Learning its notation system in this way will feel like a "well-trodden path." The writing style of this book has the following characteristics: First, they are all narrated from the perspective of "notes" as a person, personifying the notes, allowing young beginners to quickly immerse themselves in the plot and learn in a pleasant atmosphere. While ensuring the learning progress and mastery speed of the course, it strives to change the teaching method of reading music: it avoids dry lectures and presents information as if chatting; it avoids overly complex theories and gently conveys knowledge through storytelling and singing rhymes. Perhaps, you will find that getting close to the profound musical language is not as mysterious as it seems. Although there is still a long way to go, starting with reading music is indeed an interesting activity!