If you’ve had piano lessons before, there’s a good chance your teacher taught you to read music with “Every Good Boy Does Fine” for line notes, and “F-A-C-E” for space notes. I used these mnemonic tools for a long time as a teacher, and with surprisingly limited success. The reality is, students who stop to consider the name of every note end up being very slow sight-readers. I should know––that’s how I read music for years! Here are some reasons why it doesn’t work well.
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