This is where most of the guitarists give up, either they try to learn the guitar music sheet and gradually lose their interest because of laziness or too much overwhelming etc. But if we try to break the learning technique into chunks then we can able to grab on atleast how the guitar sheet music looks like isn’t it??
Now lets get into the learning business and see how the guitar music sheet looks like and what all are the terminologies linked to it –
GUITAR MUSIC SHEET TERMINOLOGY
The Staff
The Staff denotes the lines and spaces that withhelds the notes that is being played. The bottom line denotes E(4th string, 2 fret) and the top line denotes F(1st string, 1st Fret)
Ledger Lines
It denotes the lines that is below or above the staff.
Treble Clef
In music sheet, the treble clef circles the G note, you can see in below picture.
The Lines
Generally in musical language, it is abbreviated as “Every Good Boy Does Fine”, which is easy to memorize.
The Spaces
FACE is the word that is used as acronym for memorizing space.
Key Signature
It denotes the key on which the guitar player is on, whether its sharp or flat.
Accidentals
These notes that does not occur in the key, they are generally denoted as a sharp symbol, natural symbol or flat symbol.
Time Signatures
It tells you how many beats played in a measure, basically top number denotes the beats in one measure. In the below picture its 4 quarter notes that are played in one measure.
Bars
Bars are the lines that divides the guitar music sheet horizontally into measures.
Notes
Following are the basic notes : Quarter notes, Half notes and Whole notes. Also there are 32 notes(1/8), 16 notes(1/4) and 8 notes(1/2).
Rests
They denote the pause or the place where the musician doesn’t play.
Dots
A dot next to a notes is considered as 3 beats.
Ties
They denote cumulative of notes.
Slurs
Played as pull-offs or hammer-on.
Repeats
Repeat by playing from previous two dots.
String marking – On the guitar music sheet, it is denoted above the note instructing the player what sting he/she is supposed to play.
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