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Essentials of Music Theory: Flash Cards (Rhythm)

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This was a slight disappointment when I received the flash cards. I bought them to teach my eight year old daughter the musical notes. The flash cards had a note on one side for her to look at and a small one on the reverse for me to look at. The only problem is I don't know the notes either so when she guessed at the note I didn't know if it was right or not. I had to manually look up all 93 cards and write the answer on the back so I would know whether she was correct or not. Other than that I was happy with the product.

This packet is meant to be ordered with a book and used by a music teacher who already knows the notes. I was disappointed in the product.

I was disapointed in these flashcards. They have a lot of good information and are very easy to read. However, the way that the answers are presented on the reverse side, they can only be used with a student-teacher or student-music knowledgable person. The student can not check themselves, nor can a non-muscian parent use them to work with the student.

I wouldn't recommend this to students who just want to use this as a way to memorize things. I also thought when I was ordering this that they were like the size of a deck of cards but they are actually something like 5 x 8 inches so they are meant to be held up by a teacher in a classroom so they can be seen from a distance. I was a little bummed when I realized I needed to use this in conjuction with another product.

The product description is very much incomplete. These flash 'cards' are actually quite large, much bigger than index cards, which is typically the size I encounter for most flashcards. I'm also turned off by how flimsy the paper is. Additionally, the flashcards are more geared toward educators or teachers in a school classroom and are less than desirable for personal use. I teach privately and have new students use flashcards to get acquainted with reading the staff. With these, however, the answer to the note name is not found on the opposite side; instead is another note-to-be-named. So, if I have a student use these for their daily private study, it is not the most efficient or useful method. On another note, these cards are a part of a whole system - meaning that you'd have to be several other sets of cards and even CDs to actually get a thorough approach (and thus have to spend a lot more money). Again, this is far from what I expected them to be - simple, honest, complete, flashcards.

I bought this for a piano course I was taking, we would be learning 8 scales and reading music in each, so I wanted to prep myself as much as possible for this. My professor suggested that I buy flash cards, these however turned out to be a disaster for my needs.

They are in fact flash cards, but they are unlike most flash cards I've ever used. Normally you have the symbol on the front and an answer on the back, these don't. Instead of having the answer in plain English on the back they have a repeat of what's on the front only smaller - which is useless, how are you going to learn to memorize something without the correct answers to check - AND how is someone who knows nothing about music going to quiz you?
(And the answers are NO WHERE to be found, so you have to do all the checking yourself)

Let me tell you how frustrating it is to hold up a card and guess then not know if you're right. You can get these however and write the correct answers on the back if you wish, but that seems kinda frustrating to me.

I started piano lessons when I was 3, and I used these exact cards to learn to read music. I now have a 2 month old daughter who I plan to teach piano to. I had all my old piano books and these flash cards at my parents house, however, it recently burned down and all my books and cards were lost. So when the time comes, I plan to buy these, identical cards, to teach my daughter to read music. I'm really excited that they still sell them! I found them to be really helpful, and easy to quiz myself. And they work for student - teacher activities too!

These cards are terrific for teaching rhythmic literacy. The teacher can establish a tempo for the group with a metronome and then hold up a card for four beats before the next measure. Students clap or chant the rhythm back in unison. Teachers can choose to show the card for increasingly shorter intervals requiring the students to quickly memorize a measure at a time and perform the rhythm. Students learn to recognize rhythmic patterns and become fluent in notation. All the negative reviews are from people who didn't realize the intent of the cards.

I used these to teach senior citizens music once a week at a nursing home- they are easy to use- very straight forward and over all I am very pleased with this product!
worth it!

I just received my flash cards and my first thought was "man, these things are huge," then I realized they are designed for a music teacher to teach a class with. I bought them because I am teaching my self to read music so the biggest draw back for me is that the "answer" on the back corner is just a picture of what is on the front cover, not the note timing and letter. I am not sure if I will go through and add that information or not. The cards are very nice and well made, but if I remember correctly, even the math cards we used when I was in elementary school had the answer in the corner, not just a picture of the problem from the front. This makes it less practical to have someone help me with my self teaching since they would probably have less music knowledge than I do (which is not much).