Use this method to improve your speed and accuracy of transposition. Choose a piece of music which you know well. Pick a section to use to practise your transposition. Look at the key signature and work out what key this section of music is in. Next pick a new key that you will transpose the music ...

Being able to write down what you hear will help all aspects of your playing. For this method you will need a way of playing music (CD or mp3 player). Pick a piece of music. Any piece you like. Using your music player, listen very, very carefully to the music - try to pick up the pattern ...

Improve your all round musical knowledge. Find a new piece of music. This can be for any instrument. Your local library is a good place to look. Open the music to a random page.You now have to describe every single element on that page. You will need to identify dynamics, clefs, key signatures, italien terms, instruments and ...