Sheet music reading

[KDY]

How many of you guitarist can actually play a song from sheet music?
Just wondering

 

[bedokkids]

i can!

and glad about it

 

[Hydrofly]

I'll transcribe it to tabs first, primarily because the same note can usually be found in more than one place on the fretboard. Where you choose to place it will make it easier, or harder to play.

 

[fuzztremecho]

hmmm..just a question..how do you transcribed it to tabs when the treble clef indicates...maybe 3 # or the bass clef..maybe 4 'bs...

how do you know which key is it in and the sequence of the chords progression...or if the sheet says 4/4 or 3/4 or is it a whole note, half note,quarter note or eight note ?

sorry im just a noob and wanna learn more..

 

[Hydrofly]

4/4 timing means 4 counts to a bar, 3/4 timing means 3 counts to a bar, or to be more specific, 3 quarter notes to a bar. Umm, i need some bloody pictures of standard notation so i can point out what bloody crotchets look like.

 

[fuzztremecho]

ooh..i see i see..how about the keys then..? how do you count a bar in such timing ?
is it 1 and a 2 and a 3 and 4 ?

or 1ena 2ena 3ena 4ena ? or 1n 2n 3n 4n ?

 

[pianomankris]

hmmm..just a question..how do you transcribed it to tabs when the treble clef indicates...maybe 3 # or the bass clef..maybe 4 'bs...

If transcribing purely to TAB, then key signatures are meaningless.

For example, C# would just be written as a fret (e.g. 2nd fret 2nd string) - the fret would tell you what the note is.

However, most guitar TABs also have the music above them, so you would also be able to refer to the music, if needs be.

how do you know which key is it in and the sequence of the chords progression...or if the sheet says 4/4 or 3/4 or is it a whole note, half note,quarter note or eight note ?

sorry im just a noob and wanna learn more..

See above.

If reading purely from TAB and nothing else, then there is a problem, in that standard TAB has no rhythm indicated on it.

At the very least, you would need to be able to read the rhythm from the music, and could get most of the other necessary info from the TAB.

If you can't read rhythm, you will be caught in the trap of only learning tunes you know, as you will simply be copying what you hear, rather than actually reading the music in any way at all.

So, at the very least, learn to read rhythm, as this opens doors for you to become familiar with a lot of repertoire.

Chord progressions are usually also written above the music.

You should buy some rhythm books - ask some drummers for some good books on introducing rhythm.

Hope that helps.

 

[Hydrofly]

ah yea, thats the reason why I even use sheet music, tabs have no bloody timing involved, sheet music also makes it easier to identify scales.

 

[fuzztremecho]

ah thanks pianomankris...
reading from a score and re-doing tabs on it is no mean feat..

let me see...time signature..16th notes (semiquarvers) tied notes and triplets..5 sharps and 5 flats and accidentals..yup that's about it i guess..

get back to my LCM grade 8 books..

 

[fuzztremecho]

how many of us here in Soft..guitarists can do sight reading...??

 

[bedokkids]

how many of us here in Soft..guitarists can do sight reading...??

forget about TAB,

go straight to sight reading.

tab can tell you so much about
1. where to place your finger
2. how to play the pcs without understanding the pcs FIRST.

so do not be a tab guitarist, be a score-guitarist.

 

[KeDraiv]

i can read sheet music but would prefer tabs personally

but sadly when learning classical guitar there's no such things as tabs haha
but the worst is when you're using guitars with different pitching, then what you play is not what you hear liao. lol.

sight reading shouldn't be that difficult if you know your scales and chords well. the chords roughly tell you which position to find the notes and the scales help you play smoothly.

juz imo though. haha

 

[KDY]

Tabs have a certain limit.. There are no timing or stuff..
Sight reading is relatively easy to master with practice.. Just with a little theory, rhythm skills and hard work, it won't take long..

 

[Ikiru]

I read both I refer to tab for fingering, and then the score above for timing, rhythm etcetc coz I can't read towgay for the life of me. Still working on it though, hopefully can read scores someday. And if all else fails, use your ears.

 

[widdly]

I can sight read pretty well, it's a handy skill.

But some pieces look stupid in standard notation, for example chord melody pieces. My classical guitar teacher, who couldn't read tab, used to struggle sight reading 4 to the bar 6 note chords. I just read the tab on the line below and it was much easier.

Check out this sitr for loads of classical guitar sheet music to practice reading...

http://www.eythorsson.com/en/Methods.aspx
http://www.eythorsson.com/en/Studies.aspx