8/23/2018

Start Simple With Basic Sheet Music

By Robert Gray


If you are the kind of person who tends to push yourself too hard and start way too difficult, you might want to take it easy on learning how to sightread. This is because it might lead to a very difficult first lesson. It is best to start off with basic sheet music.

Some people might be discouraged easily and have a hard time pressing forward when things get difficult. If this is the kind of person you are, you might find ways to keep yourself motivated when things are at their hardest in the musical learning process. One of the ways that many people have helped themselves is with a friend who is their practice buddy, or by putting motivational posters up on the wall.

Sometimes you may have heard that practice makes perfect, and sometimes you might hear that said so many times that it just gets lost somewhere inside your head. The best thing you can do for yourself at that point is just sit down and really think about the words being said to you because they have a lot of truth behind them. You really cannot deny that it takes hours and hours of hard work to get better at anything difficult, and the only things that seem to be worth knowing how to do are the ones that have some challenges in store for you.

One of the first things to learn when you are trying to figure out how to read music is what a time signature is. This will be two numbers, one on top of the other, at the beginning of the song. And extremely common time signature is four-four time, a four on top of another four, and it is very easy to get the hang of.

A key signature is easy enough to understand if you're willing to take the time. The thing that you need to know is that the key signature will be the thing that determines what the notes will sound like, which accounts for the quality and emotion in the tune. The great thing about easier songs is that they will be in the key of C most of the time, or else F, or perhaps G, all of which have minimal or no sharps or flats.

If you are not sure how to count out notes, it has never been a better time to learn. The reason why it seems difficult is that you have to get the hang of keeping a steady beat. Once you learn the basics, it isn't that hard at all, and so you'll want to start out with quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes.

You'll really want to get to know the musical staff as soon as possible. This is the key to figuring out which note you're supposed to play. It's nice to remember that the note names end at G before going back to A, so you don't have to worry about the whole rest of the alphabet.

People who play complex songs usually deal with plenty of symbols. You won't have to worry about many of these, so they are nothing to get stressed out about. Just a few basic ones will be what you start with, and these can include anything from dynamics, accents, to sharps and flats.




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