NoteBusters - Paperback

by Steven Gross (Author), Morgan Eveslage (Illustrator), Karen Marie Spurney (Author)

Designed for beginning to intermediate music students, NOTEBUSTERS offers quick and practical exercises to boost your speed in reading and playing music notes. Whether you're learning piano, violin, guitar, bass, flute, ukulele, or any other instrument, NOTEBUSTERS is a must-have supplement to your current learning regimen. Elevate your musical journey with NOTEBUSTERS and unlock your full potential in reading and playing music.

• Improves sight-reading skills through timed exercises and repetition
• Contains 240 1-minute exercises covering over 30 notes on both staves
• Presents notes randomly to improve note recognition and retention
• Features an intuitive and easy-to-track scoring system that encourages self-improvement
• Offers fun, simple, and quick exercises so students of all ages (and attention spans) can benefit

Author Biography

Karen Spurney holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Southern California in piano performance and has over a decade of experience in teaching piano. Karen has played with orchestras and performed in both small and large ensembles. She has produced and conducted dozens of performances for K-8 students. Karen created NOTEBUSTERS as a way to increase her beginning to intermediate students' note-reading skills, as typical music theory books do not contain a sufficient amount of practice. Her goal was straightforward and timed exercises that encourage self-improvement. She designed exercises for NOTEBUSTERS to be fun, simple, and quick, so kids of all ages (and attention spans) could benefit.