sheet music

[_jimmy_]

ever since school started my guitar teacher said that if i was gonna go to study music at tafe than i should start to read music. As most of the guitarist from the forum im sure we started out reading tabs. can anyone give me tips on reading sheet music?

[WHITE FALCON]

the lines going up are E G B D F and the spaces are F A C E

every good boy deserves fruit, FACE!

[Neo]

the lines going up are E G B D F and the spaces are F A C E

every good boy deserves fruit, FACE!

Thats with the treble clef. but you generally play guitar off the treble clef anyway :)

[mel_bound]

Bass is (going up) Great Bombs Drop From Above, and the spaces are ACEG

Tenor and Alto are.. no fun at all :p

[Bec]

It might be helpful buying some sheet music with both notes and tabs so you can try and read the music and then check with the tabs to see if you're doing it right.
Or buy some really simple music and concentrate on learning to read it rather than playing complicated stuff.

[Kevin]

best to have someone show you, there's not much point knowing what the notes on the staff are called when you have no idea where they relate to on the guitar

[damo0945]

yeah, i can play sheet music on piano but i am too lazy to look at it for guitar, i suppose i could work it out if i had to, but i don't know

[Armistice]

ever since school started my guitar teacher said that if i was gonna go to study music at tafe than i should start to read music. As most of the guitarist from the forum im sure we started out reading tabs. can anyone give me tips on reading sheet music?

I got the Fender Strat Pak for my Bday and it had a book in there that used notes. No tab. Look for a beginning Fender book, or ask your local music shop for esay sheet music. Explain what you're trying to do and they should be able to help you out

I've been playing also sax for 8yrs, so I can read sheet music... I can barely read bass, all I know is that B for bass clef is G for trebble clef

Yes, guitar is in trebble clef

[Neo]

I got the Fender Strat Pak for my Bday and it had a book in there that used notes. No tab. Look for a beginning Fender book, or ask your local music shop for esay sheet music. Explain what you're trying to do and they should be able to help you out

I've been playing also sax for 8yrs, so I can read sheet music... I can barely read bass, all I know is that B for bass clef is G for trebble clef

Yes, guitar is in trebble clef

Every note on the bass clef is just a line/space below what it would be on a treble clef
eg. the position of an G on the bass clef is the same spot as E on the bass, but where you would see a G on treble it would be a B on bass, an A on the bass clef is the same spot as F on the bass, but F on treble it would be a D on bass....... if that makes sense

[All_torn_down16]

ever since school started my guitar teacher said that if i was gonna go to study music at tafe than i should start to read music. As most of the guitarist from the forum im sure we started out reading tabs. can anyone give me tips on reading sheet music?

I suggest that you go to a music shop and buy a Grade 1 Theory book...some of them are pretty cheap :-) and explain how to read music clearly. Some sites on the net might give some tips too.

[lachlandavis]

Can i just say, until you know every note on every string of the guitar, then you will struggle with sheet music. There are no short cuts you just have to go it the hard way. Then once you remember the notes on sheet music you put 2 and 2 together and viola!

[_jimmy_]

cool, thanks alot guys. in the time i havent been on i've learnt something from 'a modern method for guitar volume 1' its pretty helpful and how would you know what a sharp or flat is?

[Incognito]

cool, thanks alot guys. in the time i havent been on i've learnt something from 'a modern method for guitar volume 1' its pretty helpful and how would you know what a sharp or flat is?

A sharp or flat where? The sheet music? That would be via the key signature which shows which notes are sharp or flat (get your circle of 4ths out kiddies). The key signature is located next to the clef on the stave. It uses sharps or flats to indicate which notes are sharp or flat. For example, the key of G major has one sharp (F#) so a sharp symbol (#) appears on the F stave line next to the clef to express that every "F" played under this key signature is to be an F sharp. The exception of course being if a natural accidental appears on the F note during the music.

Some people choose to write in concert C (no key signature indicating sharps or flats) and just use accidentals throughout the piece. There isn't anything wrong at all by writing this way.