This tutorial is intended for composers and music students. Others
may read it of course, but it is far from elementary.
It uses Scorch,
which you may be asked to download before you can read my files. Go ahead - it's
free, and very useful for reading music files created in Sibelius.
There are
several pages to each part; to move from page to page, scroll to the arrows at
the top of each page.
To start playback of music examples, click on the
first note. The P key starts, the O key or Space Bar stops.
The tutorial
is divided into four parts, and you can access them by clicking on the links
below.
Part 1 - Time Signatures
Part 2 - Accent and Metre
Part 3 - Short Notes, Tuplets &
Cross-rhythms
Part 4 - Phrase
Construction