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where to find guitar sheet music? learning?

David Jones — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:14:33 +0000

SidewalkerTexasRanger asked:

i have never seen guitar sheet music but i want to try learning to read it because i want to be a guitar player like steve vai and i heard that he learned from people that required him to read/write music. so im self taught in playing cello/bass in school and i can read music pretty well because i had some friends who helped along the way but i definitely cant sight read it fast enough to play fluidly! so i want to practice reading guitar sheet music, is there any easy books i should know of?

Learning to Read Music

Learn to Read Music Notes Names Continued

David Jones — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:09:12 +0000

This is a continuation of the last lesson to help you Learn to Read Music. We’re just going to jump right back into it, so now back to the music reading lesson!

Now let’s look at the lines. EGBDF. It doesn’t spell a word, so we’ll have to make up a sentence to help remember these. “Every Good Bird Does Fly” is a sentence that will help you remember the names of the music notes that land on the lines. While there are many other sentences (“Every Good Boy Does Fine” is a common one) that are used to remember the line notes, “Every Good Bird Does Fly” will help you remember that the music notes are ‘flying’ up the staff.

Practice!

Now that you know the names of the music notes, you’re moving down the ‘learn to read music’ road. Next you need to learn them well enough to say the letter name the instant you see the note on the staff. A common way to learn this is Flash Cards! You can find music flash cards at music stores, online, or you can even make your own out of index cards – just make sure you double check the answers before you write them on the back. Flash cards are not a bad way to learn to read music, but there are often faster and more complete programs to help you learn to read music.

Find Free Sheet Music from Music Reading Tips

David Jones — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:11:32 +0000

My friend from MusicReadingTips.com found a few really good websites about that will come in handy in your music reading adventures, and I wanted to let you know about them ASAP! Here’s what he said: “Obviously, one of the most important things you can do when learning to read music is practice, and to practice you need sheet music.

You can find FREE Sheet Music at the following sites:

8notes.com
Freesheetmusic.net
Freesheetmusicguide.com

Enjoy!”

Now print off a few pieces of this sheet music & follow the music reading practice tips that we talked about last week and you’ll get great results. If you need more help checkout this site to learn How To Read Music Fast