Hi Support.
See attached screenshot. I am working through Rookie Bootcamp lessons.
But I have no idea what "measure 14" is.
It hasn't been explained anywhere up to this point.
Can someone please look at this and explain why - am I supposed to know this as a beginner?
I can always Google to find what that is but that defeats the purpose of paying for software to teach me.
Thanks
Rookie lesssons - some assumed knowledge make things difficult
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Re: Rookie lesssons - some assumed knowledge make things difficult
Look at the music and find the number at the top left right above each "system" of measures - a system being one set of measure that are physically connected. The full set of systems make the score (and in sheet music, not grades). Each measure is separated from the others by a vertical bar. There are usually four or five measures in a system. The leftmost one will have a number over it, that will be the measure number. So if the first one is 9, then the one to the immediate right is 10, and the next one 11. You can use those to find 14. That location is where you'll change hand positions.
If marked up a version of that screen - I added in red in all the measure numbers not already there. The first if not numbered is assumed to be 1. I've circled the three measure numbers that were included. Keeping the measure numbers only at the beginning of each system reduces clutter and should make the sheet music more readable.
If marked up a version of that screen - I added in red in all the measure numbers not already there. The first if not numbered is assumed to be 1. I've circled the three measure numbers that were included. Keeping the measure numbers only at the beginning of each system reduces clutter and should make the sheet music more readable.
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Re: Rookie lesssons - some assumed knowledge make things difficult
Thanks @sw1tch73ch !
I did find that after googling but my feedback to @andrewwegierski was this should have been explained before the terminology gets used.
Just feedback.
I did find that after googling but my feedback to @andrewwegierski was this should have been explained before the terminology gets used.
Just feedback.
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Re: Rookie lesssons - some assumed knowledge make things difficult
Good feedback. It's easy for something like this to slip through the cracks on our curriculum. I'll forward to the team.
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Re: Rookie lesssons - some assumed knowledge make things difficult
That's a good plan. They do need to cover all those aspects of music that some of us that have been around it a while take for granted as understood. This is one of those "How to read and understand music notation" learning opportunities.playgroundtrial wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:52 amThanks @sw1tch73ch !
I did find that after googling but my feedback to @andrewwegierski was this should have been explained before the terminology gets used.
Just feedback.
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Re: Rookie lesssons - some assumed knowledge make things difficult
Wait until you get to lesson 60 and they start taking about F sharp like they've explained that before. Nope. Had to Google that, too
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Re: Rookie lesssons - some assumed knowledge make things difficult
I don't think the problem here is with PGS, I think the problem is the way it is being used.
If you made it to Lesson 60 without knowing what # means then congrats, that is an accomplishment in itself.
What people need to know is that the bootcamp lessons are not standalone. There are courses that get unlocked during your trip through the bootcamp and it is expected that they are done.
There is a course "Reading Music - Staff Notation (Rookie)" that covers all the music theory you need to know for at least the Rookie bootcamp. It covers the clefs, staff lines, notes, ledger lines, accidentals (sharps, flats and naturals) as well as key signatures. Lots of videos (Phil I think) and even more practice exercises.
I believe the course unlocks when you run PGS for the first time. If you complete it early on, you'll have no problem with unexplained terminology later on.
There is another course "One-Octave Scales" that you should do as well, this will help prepare you to play in keys other than C Major (Like E Flat )
The "Hanon - Virtuoso Pianist" course is all about building muscle strength in your fingers.
There are other courses as well that simply provide more practice for what you have already learned.
Don't skip the courses - they are as valuable a teaching tool as the bootcamp lessons themselves.
If you made it to Lesson 60 without knowing what # means then congrats, that is an accomplishment in itself.
What people need to know is that the bootcamp lessons are not standalone. There are courses that get unlocked during your trip through the bootcamp and it is expected that they are done.
There is a course "Reading Music - Staff Notation (Rookie)" that covers all the music theory you need to know for at least the Rookie bootcamp. It covers the clefs, staff lines, notes, ledger lines, accidentals (sharps, flats and naturals) as well as key signatures. Lots of videos (Phil I think) and even more practice exercises.
I believe the course unlocks when you run PGS for the first time. If you complete it early on, you'll have no problem with unexplained terminology later on.
There is another course "One-Octave Scales" that you should do as well, this will help prepare you to play in keys other than C Major (Like E Flat )
The "Hanon - Virtuoso Pianist" course is all about building muscle strength in your fingers.
There are other courses as well that simply provide more practice for what you have already learned.
Don't skip the courses - they are as valuable a teaching tool as the bootcamp lessons themselves.