Start Simple With Basic Sheet Music

By Robert Gray


Many people are tempted to try to pick the most difficult thing they can find for their very first time reading this type of thing. If this is what you are thinking about, you may want to reconsider. You actually will have much better luck with basic sheet music than you will have with the most complex pieces you can find, and you won't advance a lot faster if you try something way above your level, contrary to what some people believe.

Some people might be discouraged easily and have a hard time pressing forward when things get difficult. If this is the kind of person you are, you might find ways to keep yourself motivated when things are at their hardest in the musical learning process. One of the ways that many people have helped themselves is with a friend who is their practice buddy, or by putting motivational posters up on the wall.

Something that you should definitely try to keep in mind is that the more you practice, the better you get. No one ever just woke up one day and was good at an instrument. You'll have to practice it and practice it and learn all of the skills you need in order to be great before you can experience the wonders of having incredible musical abilities.

If you have never even heard of a time signature before, now is a great time to learn more about what it is and what it means. An easy way to explain it that doesn't take a lot of time or previous musical understanding is that it tells you how many beats are going to be in a measure, as well as how long each quarter note will be valued for. Most of the time, four-four time is what is used, also abbreviated to common time with a capital C, which means there are four beats in a measure, and a quarter note receives a count of one.

If you have never heard of what a time this sure is, now is a good time to learn. Sharps and flats will be noted in the very beginning of the piece. It is nice to know that when you start with a simple song like this, you will probably work mostly in the key of C, in which there are no sharps or flats to worry about at all.

If you are not sure how to count out notes, it has never been a better time to learn. The reason why it seems difficult is that you have to get the hang of keeping a steady beat. Once you learn the basics, it isn't that hard at all, and so you'll want to start out with quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes.

If you're worried that you'll have to learn an entire alphabet of note names, you will probably be relieved to hear that it ends at G. Learning about the musical staff is the first place to begin with this. There are many helpful tricks to memorizing all of the note names on a staff.

People who play complex songs usually deal with plenty of symbols. You won't have to worry about many of these, so they are nothing to get stressed out about. Just a few basic ones will be what you start with, and these can include anything from dynamics, accents, to sharps and flats.




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