Want to Learn to Read Music? Here's the "Key"

Here's some basic information for beginners on reading time signature:

Directly to the right of the clef there may be one or more flat or sharp symbols before the notes begin. This group of symbols is called the key signature. If there are no so such symbols, then the key signature is "natural" (neither sharp nor flat).



Key signature in A-flat-major and f-minor A flat symbol on a line or a space tells you that all notes on that line or space should be played flat (one semitone lower than they would otherwise be played.) Thus a flat symbol on the line of the staff that corresponds to "B" would indicate that all "B" notes in the piece should be played as "B-flats," which are halfway between "A" and "B". The symbols that look like lowercase letter "b"s are flats.


Again, very basic but certainly worth thinking about. When I can figure out how (lol) I'll put some simple sheet music on here for us to dissect together. Plus I'll do another post or two on key signatures... In the mean time, Learn How to Read Music Fast!

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How to Read Music - the Bass Clef

I was reading on Wikipedia and howtodothings.com the other day about reading the bass cleff

It's always interesting to see the advice that people come up with. It always seems to be just a collection of the same things repeated over and over again. For example, I read...

"The bass clef is used for the bass and baritone voices and lower instruments such as the tuba, trombone, and sousaphone. The bass clef was created because the notes for these lower instruments would be so low beneath the Treble Clef staff it would be very hard to write music that was easy for players to read. The bass clef notes can be memorized by: Lines -Good Boys Do Fine Always Spaces - All Cows Eat Grass"

I don't know about you, but I've tried the memorize lines and spaces before and it just doesn't seem work for me. My brain doesn't function that way. I am always left counting lines and spaces instead of actually reading music...

But anyways, There are a few good answers out there and I'll share what I've learned in my next post. In the mean time, do some research on wikihow and spend some time on this site if you really want to Learn how to Read the Bass Clef

Learn How to Read Music

If you're like me, not knowing how to read music has been a big hinderence from time to time..
Because of that I decided to write a few basics for people who are just trying to get their feet wet... Since the treble clef is the most common, we'll start with it.

The treble clef, also known as the G-clef (because it circles the line for the G note), is used in writing music for most musical voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, and tenor), most woodwind instruments, stringed instruments (violin, guitar) and high brass instruments such as the trumpet. It also typically corresponds to the notes played with the right hand on the piano. The notes played on the lines of the treble clef staff are, from bottom to top, E, G, B, D, F. The order of these notes can be remembered with the use of mnemonic phrases such as Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge or Every Good Boy Does Fine. The spaces between the lines, from bottom to top, correspond to the notes F, A, C, E, a sequence which, obviously, spells "FACE."

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