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Learn Sheet Music

Learning to read piano music appears to be a daunting task, doesn't it? A few years back, that's what I thought. But once someone taught me how simple it was to read music, I've been happily playing piano ever since. Lets get started.

First off, you must learn which piano keys create which notes ( A B C D E F G ). To begin, you need locate a single key, I'll use C for an example.

Notice how the black keys form a pattern, (two black keys, then three, then two again). These will be our guide to 'naming' the neighboring white keys. Find the duo of black keys, there are three white keys touching these two black ones. The first of these white keys is C. Now the rest is effortless, just count (in letters) up the white keys, stopping at G. G is the end of the musical alphabet, so begin at A again to continue "counting".

Sharps and Flats on the Black Keys

The black keys are simple. To find G flat or sharp, you first locate the white key of G. The two surrounding black keys are G flat and sharp. Flats are found on the left side of the note, and the sharps on the right. This applies for all notes.

For an easy method of learning the note of a key on the sheet music, let's begin with the top line. I'll start with the treble clef, which directs your right hand.

First we'll 'label' each line for easy remembrance. Start at the bottom line of the top staff , and 'name' each line with a word from this phrase: Every Good Boy Does Fine. (E G B D F).

Now to name the area between the lines. Start at the bottom space between the lines you named "E" and "G" and go up. F A C E. For notes above or below these staff lines, you need to repeat these patterns to discover what the note is.

Bass Clef

The bass clef has a different pattern. Start at the bottom line of the bottom staff and moving upward. Lets name the lines again from the words of this phrase: Great Big Ducks Fly Away (G B D F A).
And name between the lines again this phrase: All Cows Eat Grass (A C E G). This bass clef directs your left hand.

Now for sharps and flats on the sheet music. At the beginning of the staff on a particular line or space, there may be a # (sharp symbol) or a b (flat symbol). If so, you need to make every single instance you play that note the sharp or flat it asks for.

There are some exceptions. Sometimes there may be a symbol appearing before a single note. Depending on the symbol, you will make that note in that measure only sharp, flat, or natural before reverting back to the note's flat/sharp status.

Natural symbols resemble lightening bolts, and the note by it should be played ignoring the song's flats and sharps, but reverting once the note has been pressed.

Repeat Symbols

Two bold vertical lines going down the staff in separate places (they look like ||: ) , are called repeat symbols. You should repeat everything that's within them once, then afterwards playing on through the song.

Done!

Okay, we're done. I'd like to recommend MakingMusicFun,net, and then 8Notes.com once you get a bit better, as they have a wider selection of free sheet music to choose from.

Two tips before you go?

Play at a "learning speed" rather then going as fast as you can. It takes some restraint (trust me!) but it's much more beneficial to your progress.

Also while practicing, you needn't start at the beginning of the song every time, taking some time to learn tricky individual parts can help you learn them extra well.