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How to read a musical score with Classical MPR

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How do musicians read music? What do all of those symbols on a musical score mean?

From Classical Minnesota Public Radio‘s Class Notes series, take A Look Inside the Score, an animated overview of the symbols that composers use to communicate the instruments, notes, tempo, dynamics, and other key elements of a piece of music to musicians.

treble and bass
notes on staffs
number of beats

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• How playing an instrument benefits your brain
• Music is full of numbers, a Classical MPR animation featuring Numbers by Shruthi Rajasekar

Bonus: The secrets of Beethoven’s 5th, the world’s most famous symphony.

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