i love to play the piano alot, and i know inorder to get better i need to play more pieces, and this is the problem, i dont know how to read the music sheets ?! can someone plz pzl plz teach me how or atleast give me a simple and understandable tutorial ?
thnks

You can't learn to read in just a few hours. You can translate the notes as a starting point and let the skill develop from that.

http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/a2683-how-to-read-sheet-music.html

http://www.notationmachine.com/how_to_read_sheetmusic/

http://www.wikihow.com/Read-Music

http://library.thinkquest.org/13734/lesson/lesson1.html

*hugs google* you should try it sometime. :P

heres an in depth explanation of the two clefs


this is a treble clef
http://www.nowhere.ca/images/trebleclef.gif
this is a bass clef
http://www.theronhatch.com/blog/icontact/archives/images/bassclef1.jpg
generally, the treble clef is the parts you play with your right hand, and the bass for your left

the treble notes from the bottom line of the staff to the top are "E,G,B,D,F." one way to remember that, is simply "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge." you can make up anything else to remember it, but thats how I learned it.

the 4 spaces of the staff are simply FACE.


now onto the bass lines

the 5 lines for the bass are "GBDFA." the way I remembered it is "Good Boy Deserve Fudge Always"

the Spaces are "ACEG" or "All Cows Eat Grass."

I hope that wasn't too confusing.

thanks a lot guys, u've been a really good help.!

^_^

Its funny.. I never learned to read music that way... My teacher just drilled my on flash cards and told me not to count up from another note. It took a little while.. But not too long. Try some flash cards, they're fun ^.^

i suggest u go buy 1 of those AB music guide books. Helps a ton. ^^

ya. i think i should buy me a guid book... next time i go out, i'll look for it..
and the flash card idea, never though of it, i should give it a shot...




thanks alot
Darkend_Angel and juoin

No probs. but a word of advice. Learning how to read notes and Music theory are worlds apart. Knowing how to read notes doesn't mean that you understand the music. And music theory is not as easy as it seems. O.O

Knowing how to read notes doesn't mean that you understand the music. And music theory is not as easy as it seems. O.O

YUP YUP TO THAT!!! ^_^

ahaha. Still, if you want to really learn music theory seriously, i suggest u get a teacher.

No probs. but a word of advice. Learning how to read notes and Music theory are worlds apart. Knowing how to read notes doesn't mean that you understand the music. And music theory is not as easy as it seems. O.O still, knowing the notes should be the first thing to know as a music student.

lines stand for
Elvises
Guitar
Broke
Down
Friday




Spaces stand for
FACE

key left of the two black ones is a C
move on from that!


Simple as that! :)

or you can use

Every
Good
Boy
Deserves
Fun

for the line notes. ^^

thnx alot...
i am thinking of getting a teacher, the problem is i dont have time

or you can use

Every
Good
Boy
Deserves
Fun

for the line notes. ^^

OR!!!!
Every
Good
Boy
Deserves
FRUIT!!!!

ha!!!.... fruit is healthy for you!!! :)



i am thinking of getting a teacher, the problem is i dont have time

It's good to have a professional teacher teaching ... you know, face-to-face... haha
But really... more time is spent practicing than seeing the actual teacher...

OR!!!!
Every
Good
Boy
Deserves
FRUIT!!!!

ha!!!.... fruit is healthy for you!!! :)



It's good to have a professional teacher teaching ... you know, face-to-face... haha
But really... more time is spent practicing than seeing the actual teacher...

My teacher always used to say:
Every
Good
Boy
Deserves
Food

Lmao, he was the best music teacher/director I ever had...now he's gone *sniff* and now this new guy waltzes in saying that he is 'replacing' him! Grrr...

Every
Good
Boy
Deserves
Food


I think that's what most public schools teach. Mine did and so did my private teacher.

not really. My teacher told me just to memorise it. Like taking a pic and put it in you head:heh:. After that it should be easy to read music sheets. Maybe slow at first but with practise it will goes well:P

amazingly i never learnt it that way, same as the poster above, I learnt it as each bar represent each note.

My teacher always used to say:
Every
Good
Boy
Deserves
Food

Lmao, he was the best music teacher/director I ever had...now he's gone *sniff* and now this new guy waltzes in saying that he is 'replacing' him! Grrr...

haha... fruit and food same thing!!! XD
hmmm... i wonder what else it could stand for
Every
Gigantic
Bananas
Dig
Flys?
XD nah nah...

but really, all i remember was i did some sight reading on the piano and note drawing with my piano teacher and i learnt which note was which :D
I learnt about the letter representing in school.. it was cool!

Every
Good
Boys
Drives
Ferrari's

Thats all I can think of....which makes sense of course....I hope xD

ya, i should probably memorize it as u say...
u see, the problem is i think i already know them but in a different way, the last time i learned music was like 6 years ago, and i studied them as Do, Rei, Mi, Fa, Soul, La, Si, Do :heh:(this is not the correct spelling)

Try musictheory.net. It isn't that hard. Just don't go too far into the reading or else you end up learning music theory which is really confusing for a newbie.

Every
Good
Boys
Drives
Ferrari's

Thats all I can think of....which makes sense of course....I hope xD

haha... that actually makes sense you know! XD


ya, i should probably memorize it as u say...
u see, the problem is i think i already know them but in a different way, the last time i learned music was like 6 years ago, and i studied them as Do, Rei, Mi, Fa, Soul, La, Si, Do :heh:(this is not the correct spelling)

LOL! i think its do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do... lol!
but i think that's to sing the pitch, (i could be wrong :heh:)
you also have to memorise the letter names of the keys, honestly i think within time and lots of practise you'll be able to read music sheets YAY!... it'll probably take a bit of time to remember and learn music notes and values, etc. :)


Try musictheory.net. It isn't that hard. Just don't go too far into the reading or else you end up learning music theory which is really confusing for a newbie.

wow! that's a pretty awesome website!
sure could learn from it ^_^

*Too lazy to read other's posts in detail*

Learning to read music is quite simple really. First, learn the notes and know where they are on your instrument. From there, carefully go through music; getting method books or starter books.

After just going through music upon music, you get better at it; it's all in how seriously you take it. (Practicing, etc.)

thanks alot guys, the site is really nice and explainde alot of my questions:lol:

haha... that actually makes sense you know! XD



LOL! i think its do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do... lol!
but i think that's to sing the pitch, (i could be wrong :heh:)
you also have to memorise the letter names of the keys, honestly i think within time and lots of practise you'll be able to read music sheets YAY!... it'll probably take a bit of time to remember and learn music notes and values, etc. :)



wow! that's a pretty awesome website!
sure could learn from it ^_^

you know, learning it by Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do is pretty inaccurate. the Do changes notes with each Major/Minor. For example, on the C Major, Do would be C, Re would D, Mi would be E etc. but if you change the Major key, Do would change again. like in G Major, Do would be G etc.

So i wouldnt recommend learning music by Do Re Mi.. cause it will be pretty confusing.

Isn't do, re, mi, etc. mainly more to help you like sing the notes?
Like you know, get the melody...
I think it is.. but yeah, i wouldnt recommend learning music by do, re, mi either.

woahh thats toughh well i'm teaching a beginer at my school but what she does is write in the notes but shes been doing it WAY too long so really if your trying to do this like online or by your self i suggest finding like charts on google

ok, so all i know is do re mi, and the C major/minor is confusing me alot, i'm the type of person that needs a teacher to explain...

anyway, do re mi was really helpful for me (since no one at school taught us REAL music)... i just have to figure out how to play randomly and know which tone sounds like what...

thanks anyway for ur tips, right now i have school pressure, i cant even haave my own me-time! thats annoying, i just hope to find time to play the piano

LOL! i dont really know... but if do re mi helps you then well, it must've helped you! LOL! hehe...
yeah... maybe a teacher would be a great assist for you! :)

Well... what dont you get about C major/minor
Umm... with the C major and minor
the keys of C major is - C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C
and the keys of C minor is - C, D, E flat, F, G, A flat, B, C
difference between a major and minor is major scales sounds more bright and minor scale is well... unbright... heh! i couldnt think of the right word.. :heh:
you can always tell whether a scale is major and minor by its 3rd note... like C major... its only E and minor is E flat... so its lower by a semitone sooo thats why it doesnt sound too bright... umm... i hope im not confusing you! hheheh :sweat:

wells... do hope you have more me-time! :D

LOL! i dont really know... but if do re mi helps you then well, it must've helped you! LOL! hehe...
yeah... maybe a teacher would be a great assist for you! :)


difference between a major and minor is major scales sounds more bright and minor scale is well... unbright... heh! i couldnt think of the right word.. :heh:
you can always tell whether a scale is major and minor by its 3rd note... like C major... its only E and minor is E flat... so its lower by a semitone sooo thats why it doesnt sound too bright... umm... i hope im not confusing you! hheheh :sweat:



another way to explain it would be that minor tends to sound more haunting and dark or sad due to the minor 3rd (one whole step and one half) while major scales are more light and happy sounding. Does that make sense? a Major scale consists of WWhWWWh W=whole step. h=half step make sense?

another way to explain it would be that minor tends to sound more haunting and dark or sad due to the minor 3rd (one whole step and one half) while major scales are more light and happy sounding. Does that make sense? a Major scale consists of WWhWWWh W=whole step. h=half step make sense?

haunting... dark... sad, now how come i couldnt think of those words? :lol: LOL! ah! *bangs head*
LOL! ... yeah, i think that1player explained it much better than i did! hehehe!
oh yeah... quick question... why do some people use the term whole steps and half steps while some people like me uses the term tones and semitones?
not much difference really... but just curious! :D

haunting... dark... sad, now how come i couldnt think of those words? :lol: LOL! ah! *bangs head*
LOL! ... yeah, i think that1player explained it much better than i did! hehehe!
oh yeah... quick question... why do some people use the term whole steps and half steps while some people like me uses the term tones and semitones?
not much difference really... but just curious! :D

hm..... not too sure myself. could be just people using different words to explain the same idea.

ok, major bright, minor unbright.... got it,
>atleast this makes sense<

what do u mean by "flat" ? is flat the black keys on the piano ?

HAHAH!
you're using the bright and unbright!!! ahhh.... :P
flat... doesnt have to be a black key
like F flat would be E
a flat is a note which is lowered by a semitone/half step....

haha!! bright n unbright. Well, it would be good to actually listen to some songs and try to determine if it is in a Major or Minor key. Most depressing songs would be minor, and most happy dancing songs would be major. MOST not all.

ok, major bright, minor unbright.... got it,
>atleast this makes sense<

what do u mean by "flat" ? is flat the black keys on the piano ?


haha!! bright n unbright. Well, it would be good to actually listen to some songs and try to determine if it is in a Major or Minor key. Most depressing songs would be minor, and most happy dancing songs would be major. MOST not all.

@ Juoin: Yeah there was a concerto I was playing originally for c major but sounded more like a minor scale.


@ broomhead: "flat" on a piano usually refers to when a note normal to C major is lowered a half step. (E.G.) G flat would be the g in C major. then lowered a half step. Hence, you can get f flat (also known as e natural) there are also double flats which means instead of lowering it by one half step, you lower it by two. (B becomes b double flat aka a natural) most flat notes are black keys on the piano. there are only two that aren't f flat and c flat.

basically, a flat would be a key lower. ONE key lower. It maybe a white or black key depending on the original note but only ONE key lower. a sharp would be the opposite- ONE key higher. there are also double sharps and flats but for your current level, i guess you dont have to know those.