This book, along with others in its series, is designed to develop overall music reading skills. It offers a way for musicians to develop their reading skills without having to resort to method books. The book is divided into two sections: The first is comprised of some fundamentals pages and the reading exercises. The second is comprised of ten melodies from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic repertoire to allow the musician to put the newly trained skills to work. The following composers' work makes up the second section: Carulli, Haydn, Aguado, C.P.E. Bach, Giuliani, Scarlatti, Clementi, J.S. Bach, and Beethoven.