I'm beginning to teach myself piano and can't read music?

Question

I'm beginning to teach myself piano, and can't read music. I do have the notes for the keys all written down, but I can't find any sheet music that has the notes written out. I could really use some help.

Answer 1

I'm giving out free music theory lessons!

To begin= A treble clef (also called G clef because it curves around the second line, which is G) is normally played by the right hand. The bass clef (F clef because the line between the two dots is F) is normally played by the left hand.

Music uses 7 letter names: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. For now, you should know where C is. From there, you can find any other key. C is the white key that is imediately left to the group of two black keys. If yo have a standard keyboard or piano, it has 88 keys, you should have 8 Cs on the piano (the last white key is a C). If not, you should still be able to locate at leas 4 Cs on the keyboard. The next white key is D, then E, and so on. When you get to G, it starts over with A. The black keys are just as important; they are naed by the keys surrounding them, but I'll describe t later.

Now to sheet music!

A staff is comprised of 5 horizontal lines, resulting in creating 4 spaces between them. Standard piano sheet music deals with two staves; treble clef on top and bass clef on bottom. The combination of these staves is called a grand staff.

Treble clef: Starting with the first (bottom) line, the lines are named EGBDF. To remmber this, you say to yourself "Every Good Boy Does Fine." The space names spell out FACE, so that is easy to remember.

Bass clef: The line names are GBDFA (Good Boys Do Fine Always) and the spaces are names ACEG (All Cows Eat Grass).

One more thing you should know about is leger lines. A leger lines is short horizontal line that temporarily extends the staff. So if you have any sheet music and you see a note above or below either staff with a sall line above (touching), below (touching), or through it, that is a leger line. Imagine the staff having an infinite amoun of lines; it would get confusing! So they have basically made those lines invisible until you really need it!

Do you know about note values (half note, whole note)? Sharps and flats? Time signature? Key signature? If not,just ask!

Answer 2

Well, there's really no substitute for having a piano teacher to help you along, but in the meantime...

You will need a good book to get you started. If you are over the age of 15 I would suggest the FJH Piano Adventures Adult method book. It's a great book, much of which you could teach yourself.
If you are under the age of 15, I would suggest FJH Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner.

Both books are found on http://www.fjhmusic.com

Answer 3

You can learn through your keyboard if it has a small screen. It explains everything as you do it. If you don't, then buy a piano for beginner's book at any local music store...it'll cost you 5 bucks max.

Answer 4

Check for Jazz or Rock notation, I've played for ten years and used mostly jazz and rock notation. It just give the notes and not neccisarily the sheet music, you usually see this kind of notation in a classic fakebook.

Answer 5

You need to go to a music store and get a beginners book on music theory. This will teach you the keys and other valuable information.

Answer 6

um well go to a music store or best try to take a class i really dont know much about notes anymore i forgot but they have fold out things that go above your piano keys so you know what each one is

Answer 7

music is really easy to learn how to read find someone you know who can read it to explain it to ya
Good luck!!

Answer 8

5 lines right

this is in trebel clef

-----------F
E
---------D
C
--------B
A
---------G
F
---------E

These notes will work for top 5 lines, for the bottom 5 lines which are in bass cleff