Never read music? How to count whole, half and quarter notes

Learn to count music from zero: the beat, bars of four, and how long whole notes, half notes and quarter notes last. Then you read the rhythm of Mary Had a Little Lamb off the page and clap it, each bar before the piano plays it. Chapters 0:00 The right notes at the wrong time 0:51 The beat 1:16 Bars and counting to four 1:48 The whole note 2:15 The half note 2:45 The quarter note 3:04 Put them side by side 3:28 Mix them 4:08 Read a real tune 6:41 What to practise this week Lesson 1, the staff and the treble clef:    • How to read music for beginners: the staff...   A new lesson every Thursday. Next: eighth and sixteenth notes. Practise reading every day on Bandroom, free to use: https://bandroom.ai/yt Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb (traditional) Piano: Salamander Grand Piano by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0) #musictheory #howtoreadmusic #rhythm #bandroom