I really wanna learn how to read piano sheet music. I'm currently in a class for keyboard and it helps a fair amount. I'm not learning to play piano for school or to perform for people or anything like that. I just wanna play songs that sound good like To Zanarkard. I have been really chillax about it so far but after hearing this one song i wanna know how long its gonna take until i can like. Take a look at a piece and study it for a few days. Then play it like a beast. If its like a 20 year long thing then i really don't wanna become serious. Not looking to become the next mozart.

Start now, see for yourself, and never quit.

Realistically, you could learn to read sheet music fluently after a month or so, and learning To Zanarkard will be a test of your patience, focus, and passion.

It could take you a century, or a few hours.

Definitely anyone can learn how to read music.

There's only one way to become a better sight-reading music, and that's just doing it and practicing it. You'll eventually be able to read things better, and then you'll be able to learn pieces faster.

So, basically, you won't be reading To Zanarkland and then playing it right away. However, in a year or so you'll have a better chance of learning those kinds of songs quickly, or even on the spot.

I agree with Mazeppa. You're going to have to practice and practice in order to read music. I wish you luck, lad/lass. :'D

It depends on your commitment and ability to learn the skill. I'm serious but may'be I need to practice more because I've been taking piano lessons to read music and practice on my own some for like 4 years and I still have alot of trouble, I can play easy stuff but anything that I really want to play I can't read in real-time and so I have to practice it because I can't exactly sight read any where near my technical level. I hope in a few years that will be different. I can play from sheet music about anything I want to but it just takes a little time for me to read something complicated. I'd say it takes about 5-6 years to become a sight reader who can play most songs on the spot. It's well worth it though, if you can't sight read, it's difficult to think about music in your head. This is the reason people say reading music makes your musicianship much better because sheet music will serve as a backbone for your mind to make sense of intervals, chords, scales, accidentals ect...

I arrange sheet music, which helps a lot, but I also have to actively try to commit myself to actually sight-reading it on the fly as well, which I haven't been doing :heh:

It all depends on how much work you put towards it. I'm also taking a keyboarding class at my school, but I already knew how to read Treble Cleft because I play Alto Sax and Bari Sax. But I had to learn how to read Bass Cleft and it was fairly easy.

As long as you work at it, it should come very simple to you. But if there is a piece that is too fast or something and you need to figure it out faster, or you keep messing up the notes at one part of a song, don't be afraid to write in the note names above the score. Even professionals do this sometimes.

I learned to read sheet music a while ago just in case it helped me play the guitar better but to be honest it was no help at all.
Nearly all guitar music books come in guitar tabliture nowadays and has become the standard format for guitarists. You will very rarely find guitar music in regular sheet.

A nice way to learn if you still want to go ahead is to convert tablature in sheet and learn it both ways. This way you have a comparison tho how the notes work compared to each other.

The time it will take to learn is purely dependent on your ability. Some learn faster than others.

@Gerry22:

I never played the guitar myself, but I have a question.

On the piano music sheets, they always have the guitar chords printed on it too. Is this something different from what you are talking about?

Start now, see for yourself, and never quit.

Realistically, you could learn to read sheet music fluently after a month or so, and learning To Zanarkard will be a test of your patience, focus, and passion.

It could take you a century, or a few hours.

That really nice D: seriously a century...

they always have the guitar chords printed on it too. Is this something different from what you are talking about???

born with it or hardwork.

Hi there,

Well it depends on the difficulty of the music, it can take anywhere from weeks to months. Generally, reading music is not really tough but it just takes getting used to. It is like learning how to read and write the small words are the easiest but it takes some time to learn how to say and pronounce the bigger ones. You could probably actually learn how to read music without an instructor or lessons. The most complex part of learning the piano is reading the notes and then playing the note that you read. There are a lot of books, posters, diagrams and other music-reading aids that can help you.

Yes! Sure,I really wanna learn how to read piano sheet music. I'm currently in a class for keyboard and it helps a fair amount. I'm not learning to play piano for school or to perform for people or anything like that. I just wanna play songs that sound good like To Zanarkard.

Yes! Sure,I really wanna learn how to read piano sheet music. I'm currently in a class for keyboard and it helps a fair amount. I'm not learning to play piano for school or to perform for people or anything like that. I just wanna play songs that sound good like To Zanarkard.
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