Have you been having a hard time reading the exercises I’ve provided in my more recent music instructional posts–the ones in which I’ve used transcription software rather than scanned, handwritten material? Some people–including me–have had problems, though not everyone. It seems that some of the lines on the music staves appear faint to nonexistent in places, making it hard to tell the identity of notes.

From what I’m able to tell so far, the issue appears to be part browser-related and part a matter of scale, requiring that the image be adequately enlarged.

Browser: Firefox is my preferred browser. Unfortunately this is the browser on which the problem crops up for me. However, once I click on the image and then zoom in a step or two, everything clears up nicely.

Internet Explorer: When I click on the image, I just don’t have the same problem as with Firefox. The image is clear.

In a nutshell…

If you’re having a hard time reading the exercises, try (a) switching browsers; (b) magnifying the image; or (c) both.

I have an idea up my sleeve that may make everyone happy if it works. I’m going to try it next time I include written exercises in a music post. That shouldn’t be too far down the road now, as it has been a while since I’ve shared such a post. So stay tuned.

Until then, I’ll value your input on the clarity of the exercises. If you’ve had trouble, let me know whether the above suggestions fix things for you. And if you’ve had no problems, let me know that as well.

Thanks!

Bob