Score Reading: A Key to the Music Experience

by Michael Dickreiter, Reinhard G. Pauly (Translator)

Score reading provides insights into the musical structure of a work that are difficult to obtain from merely listening. Many listeners and amateurs derive great pleasure from following a performance with score in hand to help them better understand the intricacies of what they are hearing. This guide includes practice examples of increasing difficulty taken from scores of well-known works from various periods.

Genres: Music

266 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

Reviews

[Micah · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good refresher on score reading for me. The writing is a bit weird, can't put my finger on it though.