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How to Learn To Read Music Notes Successfully - General Basics

Regardless of which variant you choose to learn to read sheet music, you will first be taught the general basics of the notation system.

• There is the system of lines, consisting of five main lines with four spaces in between. The musical notes are written on and between these lines, the pitches of which are determined by the respective location. The lower notes represent low notes and the upper notes represent high notes. If the five lines are not sufficient for a piece of music, these can be supplemented with additional guidelines and clefs.
• The clefs are also vital to ensuring that you read sheet music correctly. The most important clefs are the treble and bass clefs. The treble clef is used to record high notes and the bass clef represents the low notes.
• To read sheet music correctly, you also need to know the names of the notes. The tones C, D, E, F, G, A and H are called root tones. It is best to look at an example on the treble clef and bass clef staff so that you can take into account the appropriate pitch.
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• In addition, you should also know how a note is composed and written in order to read or use it correctly. A musical note always consists of a note head. Depending on how long a note is to be played, the stem, flag or beam may also be added. The stem points either up or down. It depends on the position of the notehead. If this is above the midline, the neck points down and vice versa.


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• The flag on the note always points to the right. One or more flags can also be connected to one another by bars. The flag denotes, roughly speaking, short note values. The more flags there are on a note, the shorter the tone is played.

You too can learn to read sheet music. No special prior knowledge is required for this. If you have studied the basics of the staff, notes, and their meanings, you will already have a good understanding of musical notes. You can build on this with expert assistance until you can read sheet music well and properly.