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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!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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Best tool ever, even as an adult student I have found this book to really help me on note identification.
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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.
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Great book for a music teacher! Plenty of worksheets for your students on treble clef, bass clef and grand staff!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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!!!
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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!
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Notebusters is a quick and fun way to improve your sight-reading. Our workbooks are ideal for beginning-to-intermediate students of all ages and most instruments (piano, guitar, violin, flute, bass, trumpet, etc.).
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Perfect for children learning to read music. The one-minute drills are great for my daughter and the layout is simple and just the right amount of challenging that she enjoys completing them. Her piano teacher has already noticed an improvement - something we weren't getting out of flashcards.
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!
Notebusters is a note-reading drill workbook on steroids. The cover page is bright and fun and the inside layout is very clean and organized. By the time a student is done with Notebusters they will have BUSTED their note reading problem away.
I already know how to read music, but I am not good at sight-reading-it can take me quite a while to figure out a piece of music! I’ve been trying to improve this, and recently discovered the perfect tool. It’s called Notebusters, and while the concept is simple, it’s also so ingenious that I’m wondering why I’ve never heard of it before!
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!
Wow! I love the idea of quick exercises to improve comprehension of music notes! This is a great tool to learn, practice and review notes. It’s easy to employ kids to do these quick exercises on a regular basis, and is the perfect way to see improvement in accuracy and speed. A must-have for any beginning musician.
I purchased this gift for my 8 year old nephew that was really interested in playing the guitar for his birthday. My brother called me to say thank you and said he loved it and it was fun, easy, and helped with note-reading. Thinking about purchasing more for other family members!
Lots of teaching materials have been developed since I started teaching 10 years ago, and I feel like I have a pretty good line-up of lesson books and theory books to help students learn when they come each week. One concept that is necessary when playing the piano but can be difficult to teach is that of sight-reading — Notebusters has been a great resource for my students!
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.
Best tool ever, even as an adult student I have found this book to really help me on note identification.
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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.
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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!
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Notebusters is a note-reading drill workbook on steroids. The cover page is bright and fun and the inside layout is very clean and organized. By the time a student is done with Notebusters they will have BUSTED their note reading problem away.
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Perfect for children learning to read music. The one-minute drills are great for my daughter and the layout is simple and just the right amount of challenging that she enjoys completing them. Her piano teacher has already noticed an improvement - something we weren't getting out of flashcards.
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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!
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I already know how to read music, but I am not good at sight-reading-it can take me quite a while to figure out a piece of music! I’ve been trying to improve this, and recently discovered the perfect tool. It’s called Notebusters, and while the concept is simple, it’s also so ingenious that I’m wondering why I’ve never heard of it before!
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Wow! I love the idea of quick exercises to improve comprehension of music notes! This is a great tool to learn, practice and review notes. It’s easy to employ kids to do these quick exercises on a regular basis, and is the perfect way to see improvement in accuracy and speed. A must-have for any beginning musician.
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I purchased this gift for my 8 year old nephew that was really interested in playing the guitar for his birthday. My brother called me to say thank you and said he loved it and it was fun, easy, and helped with note-reading. Thinking about purchasing more for other family members!
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Lots of teaching materials have been developed since I started teaching 10 years ago, and I feel like I have a pretty good line-up of lesson books and theory books to help students learn when they come each week. One concept that is necessary when playing the piano but can be difficult to teach is that of sight-reading — Notebusters has been a great resource for my students!
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Best tool ever, even as an adult student I have found this book to really help me on note identification.
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