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Performance Directions

are the symbols, terms and articulation markings that appear in your music.

There are a lot of them and there aren't really any tricks or shortcuts to learning them.

What really helps is to learn them in small chunks at a time.

At beginner level you start with the most popular performance directions where all of the terms you will learn are Italian.

As you progress through the levels, more are added, with each set building on the last.

Over time the list will grow to include rarer and more complex markings eventually spanning across three different languages to include, along with more Italian terms, French and German terms as well.

But before we get there, we have to start at the beginning...

What's Included?

4 x Printable pages featuring 52 'Question & Answer' Flashcards for you to cut & fold at home

Each performance term at Beginner Level is Italian

What Does 'Beginner Level' Mean?

All the Performance Directions included in this flashcard set cover the equivalent of everything you’d need to know if you were going to take your
ABRSM Grade 1 theory exam. (Associated Board for the Royal Schools of Music)

It's really important to have a reference point when you're learning music theory, so mapping resources and concepts against the ABRSM framework is an incredibly helpful way to guage a level and track progress.

It is just a reference though. There's no pressure or need for you to take any exams. Unless you want to of course!

Whatever you decide, it's important to say that taking exams is not the focus of the work and teaching here at Notes on Theory.

Over here it's all about keeping the process of learning music theory as chill as possible!

So grab your Flashcards and get cracking!

Who's Teaching Me?

I’ve been working professionally for over 25 years, writing music for stage, production, media and more.

During that time, alongside my professional commissions, I have worked extensively in music education, including via a private music tuition and coaching practice that I had for well over ten years and my music is currently published in the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) national exam syllabus.

I believe music theory should be accessible for everyone who wants to learn it, and I especially love breaking down concepts that are perceived as being difficult and breaking down other barriers that a lot of beginners feel stops them from giving it a go, which is why I started posting free lessons @notesontheory on TikTok.

I want people to develop skills in music theory in a way that avoids overwhelm, keeps everything bite-size, managable, affordalble, and in a way that makes finally understanding all those dots, squiggles and lines, effortless and refreshingly possible!

And I decided to make some resources like these flashcards to help people do that.

Hope you love it.

Thanks for being here.

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Bonus Getting Started guide
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All the Notes on Theory resourses are designed to support and assist your learning, but progress always depends on your own effort and practice so individual results will vary depending on how much you put in to working with this material.