2. Learn To Read Piano Notes Sheet music is written on a staff, 2 staffs actually - treble and bass staff. The upper staff (treble clef) is played with the right hand and the lower (bass clef) with the left. This combination is called a grand staff.Here is how treble and bass clef look like: Each staff is made of five lines and four spaces. Each line and space represent different note.In the treble clef the notes from bottom to top are E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F. You can use mnemonics to remember where each note is. Letters on the lines are E G B D F, letters on the spaces are F, A, C, E.How To Read Piano Music 3. And here are the notes for the bass clef: You will encounter different types of notes. The 3 most common ones are quarter note, eight note, and sixteenth note. This is how they look like:Learning Piano ChordsPiano chords are also very useful. What exactly are they? A chord is a combination of three or more notes played together. All chords have roots in a specific note, after which they are named.If you want to learn how to read chords, you must learn what the letters, symbols and numbers mean. Basic chords come in two forms, major and minor.Chords have to do with scales. Let's take a look at C major scale. It has the following notes: C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C. All of the notes are natural, no flats orHow To Read Piano Music 4. sharps. Major chords are made of the 1st, 3rd and 5th note of the corresponding major scale. So, to make C Major you take the first note C, the third note E, and the fifth note G. C Major is: C E G. Minor chords are made of the 1st, lowered 3rd, and 5th note. The bottom line, if you know the scale, you can learn any chord.Major ChordsHere is a list of basic major chords and the notes they are made of. Major chords are written as the uppercase letter of the root note. C major, for example, is simply written as C. The symbol # indicates a sharp note, while the letter b indicates a flat note.C-CEG D - D F# A E - E G# B F-FAC G-GBD A - A C# EMinor ChordsMinor chords are basically just majors with a flat. All you have to do to get from major to minor is move the middle note down one half step. Cm - C Eb G Dm - D F A Em - E G B Fm - F,Ab,C Gm - G,Bb,D Am - A, C, E How To Read Piano Music 5. Okay, these are the basics. There is, of course, a lot more to be learned, but this is a good start. When you're ready for more, visit Learn And Master Piano.How To Read Piano Music
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