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If you don’t learn to read music you will never get the best out of your musical ability. Playing new pieces will always be hard as you won’t be able to fully follow the instructions. Also even if you believe you know a piece well you may missing out on the chance to improve how you play it by not being able to read music.

Many pieces have little nuances that you can only pick up on in the score. If you’ve ever looked at the sheets for complicated pieces it can be hard to believe that you could ever learn how to read them. However, learning to do anything is simply a process which takes time and which you must be patient over, and this is no exception.

The key, as with learning so many other things, is to break it down into manageable chunks and to take your time over it. Musical scores are generally made up of several aspects. There is the stave comprising of lines, each of which denotes a different note i. E. B.

The way a note is played is shown on the stave by using various symbols. These symbols show the speed at which a note should be played and also whether it needs to be played flat or sharp. When learning how to master reading music learning the notes is a good place to start.

Once you know what the notes are it is a good idea to find a simple tune that you know well and associate the notes you play with the notes on the sheet. A good type of tune for this is a nursery rhyme as they tend to be very simple and well known. Follow the notes on the sheet as you play.

There are two parts to many tunes, one played with the left hand and one with the right. Trying to learn both at once can be a challenge so it is often better to learn them one at a time. Once you get started you should progress quickly and the more you practice the better you will become.

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