reading music is real hard?

Question

by looking at the notes, iam not able to say which one is what? for example, a note on the 4th line, iam not able to instantly say whether it is a f, or a g or b...how to identify quickly??

Answer 1

The more you do it, the easier it gets. Learning to read music takes time and effort - just keep at it, and eventually you will wonder why you had such a hard time in the first place.

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, man, practice!

Answer 2

Apart from Searching For Friends' advice above me, I'd suggest starting slowly - for example, get a beginner's recorder book and learn where B, A and G appear, then add in new notes as you get confident. Or using a piano book, you'll learn C, D and E - and probably how to play Merrily We Roll Along in both books!

This way you're less likely to be overwhelmed and will only be learning a couple of notes at a time. Don't attempt to read full scores until you're confident - it will look like trying to climb a mountain when you're an ant. That will happen when you're ready.

Answer 3

keep at it- the more u practice the easier it'll get, n after a while ull be able to know them straight away- u can get some mnemonics to help learn them tho, like F A C E, for the spaces, n Every Good Boy Deserves Fun...... or something like that
to be honest i cant remember how i learned, it was about..... 8 years ago now, so ive spent half my life reading music lol

Answer 4

on a treble clef, starting from the bottom:
lines: Every Good Boy Deserves Football
spaces: FACE

on bass clef:
lines: Grissly Bears Dont Fear Anything
spaces: All Cows Eat Grass

Its a childish way but it's great for getting the hang of reading music and eventually you will just know it!

Hope it helped, let me know if you need any other music help
xxx

Answer 5

Are you learning to play an instrument? You'll pick it up in time, just keep going.

I used the 'Tune a Day' books when I was younger, they teach you to read music at the same time as teaching you the instrument, so you learn to read music without actually realising.

Answer 6

no not really because i learn the violin and the piano but they are easy but it depends what you really know the most but when i tarted learning when i was about 15 i thought that it is really hard but then you get really use to it really depends what the note is but i really think that it is a f line the very last one.:)

Answer 7

It will come to be second nature if you keep practicing. I was just thinking how I miss playing the piano...

Answer 8

it will come with practice no one was able to read music with out practice. it may help to remember the following:
Lines from bottom to top :
Every
Good
Boy
Does
Fine

Spaces:
F
A
C
E

Answer 9

Think of it as another language, one whose vocabulery you have to learn before you can use it to communicate. You'd expect to put in effort to speak another language; this is no different.

Answer 10

Remember - easy is way over-rated.