Notebusters Music Workbooks

Master sheet music with fun and effective note-reading exercises

One-minute exercises to read and play sheet music notes faster

1-minute note-reading exercises to mater music notes
1-minute note-reading exercises to mater music notes

Master sight-reading in just 1 minute a day

Music note-reading exercises are designed to be completed in one minute or less. Timed exercises and repetition are key to improving sight-reading speed. Our easy-to-track scoring system encourages self-improvement.

Note-reading exercises specifically designed for your instrument and skill level
Note-reading exercises specifically designed for your instrument and skill level

Personalized & effective learning

Our workbooks are dedicated to improving sight-reading skills. No distractions, just note-reading exercises tailored to your skill level and instrument. Music notes are presented without patterns to increase difficulty and enhance sight-reading.

Note-reading music workbooks for piano, guitar, violin, and more
Note-reading music workbooks for piano, guitar, violin, and more

Great for multiple instruments

Choose from workbooks designed for the piano, guitar, violin, clarinet, flute, bass, and trumpet.

Beginning & intermediate note-reading exercises
Beginning & intermediate note-reading exercises

Designed for beginning and intermediate students

Choose between workbooks specifically designed for brand new students and workbooks for more advanced students looking to improve their sight-reading abilities with more challenging exercises.

Note-reading workbooks for all instruments and difficulty levels

Complete Edition

Our most comprehensive workbook covering over 30 notes on both staves. Perfect for ambitious students or a great follow-on from our beginner workbooks.
$25
$ 17
95
  • 240 note-reading exercises
  • Beginner & Intermediate level
  • Piano & most instruments
  • 30 notes on treble & bass staff
Popular

Beginner Piano

Designed for students learning to play the piano. Contains 80 exercises with notes that most commonly occur in beginning piano sheet music.
$13
$ 9
95
  • 80 note-reading exercises
  • Beginner level
  • Designed specifically for piano
  • 17 notes on treble & bass staff
New

Beginner Guitar

Designed for students learning to play the guitar. Contains 80 exercises with notes that most commonly occur in beginning guitar sheet music.
$13
$ 9
95
  • 80 note-reading exercises
  • Beginner level
  • Designed specifically for guitar
  • 13 notes on treble staff

Beginner Violin

Designed for students learning to play the violin. Contains 80 exercises with notes that most commonly occur in beginning violin sheet music.
$13
$ 9
95
  • 80 note-reading exercises
  • Beginner level
  • Designed specifically for violin
  • 14 notes on treble staff

Notebusters is a must-have supplemental workbook for all music students

Karen Spurney, Notebusters Author

Notebusters was created by an accomplished music teacher who was frustrated with the lack of note-reading exercises in typical music theory books. Without properly learning how to sight-read, students can stagnate and lose motivation. Notebusters addresses the gap by offering months of note-reading exercises to ensure new music students can quickly identify notes. Notebusters’ exercises provide tangible results with easy-to-track progression that motivates students to continue to practice.

Over 100 5-star ratings on Amazon

5/5
BPG
BPG
Verified Purchase
Read More
What a revelation this book is! My 3 daughters are taking piano and I've had a hard time getting them excited about learning how to sight read. Flashcards weren't cutting it - they are just repetitive and boring. Notebusters is totally different. It's easily digestible and my kids like being timed (and rewarded with small treats) for besting their previous records. Every kid taking piano should have this book!
S. Turner
S. Turner
Verified Purchase
Read More
Great tool that helped me start actually playing the piano a lot faster. Had been learning notes and a bit of theory, but wasn't really seeing an improvement in my ability to sight read. Learning to read random notes at a quick pace has really helped. Highly recommend this workbook for easy and effective exercises!
Roots
Roots
Verified Purchase
Read More
Perfect for teaching music to my kids. In just a few pages, they were note reading like pros. I can't wait to see how they do when they make it through the whole book. I like that I can use it as an education tool or as self study, since the answer key is included in the book. I also like the way it is broken down by difficulty level.
PJ
PJ
Verified Purchase
Read More
This is by far the easiest and most-effective music learning tool I've ever used! Simple mechanics and easy layout make this a perfect gift for friends and family who want to learn music. Highly recommend it!
Bobbie
Bobbie
Verified Purchase
Read More
Best tool ever, even as an adult student I have found this book to really help me on note identification.
Andrew
Andrew
Verified Purchase
Read More
This book is excellent for really getting fluent in reading music. It has already helped my playing tremendously. It is a fair size book and you do 1 timed (1 minute) page a day during the week. If followed at this pace it takes about a year to finish the book and at the end it will be easy to read treble clef, bass clef, and all the ledger lines. A very good investment.
M. Lover
M. Lover
Verified Purchase
Read More
Great book for a music teacher! Plenty of worksheets for your students on treble clef, bass clef and grand staff!
Cathy
Cathy
Verified Purchase
Read More
As an adult, I had been struggling to improve my music reading skills for years. However within just a week of dedicating 10 minutes each morning I noticed a significant improvement in my ability to read music effortlessly. Even though I considered myself semi-competent in reading music, I didn’t realize the how much difference it makes to being completely fluent - I can't recommend it highly enough!
Lana
Lana
Verified Purchase
Read More
I have four and seven year old sons who both take piano lessons. It's always been challenging to keep them motivated between their teacher's visits. Notebusters makes it fun and keeps my kids learning throughout the week and they don't even realize it's work! Highly recommend.
Michelle
Michelle
Verified Purchase
Read More
Got this for my niece who is learning to play piano. Her mom says it's working like a charm - she's seeing improvement during lessons and actually enjoys the exercises. If you know someone learning an instrument I highly recommend this!
Kathy
Kathy
Verified Purchase
Read More
This is a down to earth book with page after page of ledger lines and notes. (There's an answer key in the back.) There are no fancy graphics, no smiling people waving at you. Just printed ledger lines with notes that you name. ...Excellent learning resource!!! p.s. This is a very thick book--about 280 pages including the answer key!! There is a lot of exercises to work through!! It's a great value!!!
Lori J.
Lori J.
Verified Purchase
Read More
I've tried for three years to teach my student to really READ notes, but to no avail until now. She wasn't into doing extra work, but once she learned that each lesson took only a minute, she latched on and is successfully learning to read notes!
Previous
Next

Additional music resources

Keep informed! Join our newsletter to stay up-to-date on Notebusters’ news and product releases: