{"id":124669,"date":"2020-07-10T01:27:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T08:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?page_id=124669"},"modified":"2021-09-03T03:43:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T10:43:31","slug":"reading-music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/a\/reading-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Music for Classical Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To &#8220;read&#8221; music means to see the notes on the page and play them.\u00a0 Standard musical notation is a language of its own.\u00a0 And part of mastering classical guitar is learning to use musical notation.<\/p>\n<p>Also popular on guitar is TAB. TAB is short for &#8220;tablature&#8221;, and has been around since at least the 1600&#8217;s.\u00a0 While it has its benefits, the information it provides is extremely limited.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a tool, and can be useful.\u00a0 But for deep study and musical understanding, nothing beats musical notation.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some places to start:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/music-theory-guitar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beginning Music Theory<\/a> &#8211; Here you&#8217;ll find tutorials on how musical notation works.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/courses\/how-to-read-music-for-guitar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Read Music for Guitar<\/a> &#8211; This is a premium course for beginning music-readers.\u00a0 It covers the basics, especially as they pertain to guitar music.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/how-to-learn-classical-guitar-pieces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Learn Classical Guitar Pieces<\/a> &#8211; Here you&#8217;ll find a 7-step method to learn pieces quickly and easily.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/clap-count-rhythm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Clap and Count Rhythms<\/a> &#8211; Decipher musical rhythms, with this lesson on how to vocalize and clap rhythm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And other popular articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/classical-guitar-tab-vs-notation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Good and Bad of TABs<\/a> &#8211; Discover pros and cons of TABs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/sight-reading-guitar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Practice Sight-Reading on Guitar<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Sight-reading&#8221; is playing from notation at sight, in rhythm, usually seeing the music for the first time. Here are practice methods to build this skill.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/courses\/supercharge-sight-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supercharge Your Sight-Reading<\/a> &#8211; This is a short premium course with practice methods to quickly build your music-reading abilities.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/interpret-classic-guitar-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Musical Parts and Voices<\/a> &#8211; Classical guitar music has many notes stacked on each other on the page.\u00a0 This tutorial shows you how to separate the bass, melody and accompaniment parts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>All Articles on Reading Music:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-117747-CATTRf7d252fd9aab01449e985109873db941\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-117747-CATTRf7d252fd9aab01449e985109873db941\" data-viewnumber=\"117747-CATTRf7d252fd9aab01449e985109873db941\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;117747&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-views\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:0,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124669?wpv_view_count=117747-CATTRf7d252fd9aab01449e985109873db941&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124669?wpv_view_count=117747-CATTRf7d252fd9aab01449e985109873db941\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\t<ol class=\"wpv-loop js-wpv-loop\">\n\t\t\n          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/3-steps-change-fingerings\/\" target=\"_blank\">3 Steps to Change the Fingering in a Piece of Classical Guitar Music<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\n          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/7steps\/\" target=\"_blank\">7 Steps to Learning Any Piece Quickly and Easily (video series)<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\n          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/guitar-specific-music-notation\/\" target=\"_blank\">9 Guitar-Specific Musical Notation Symbols Explained<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\n          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/fine-details-classical-guitar-polish-perfect\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Guide to the Fine Details: How to Mine Your Music for Gold<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\n          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/an-alternative-to-music-notation-software\/\" target=\"_blank\">An Alternative to Music Notation Software<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\n          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/chord-tab\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chord TABs: Learn Classical Guitar Pieces Faster with this Secret Code<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\n          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/clap-count-rhythm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clap and Count Rhythm Aloud: How to Learn the Rhythms in Your Music<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\n          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/classical-guitar-tab-vs-notation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Classical Guitar TABs: Both Terrible and Wonderful<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\n          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/high-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Course: Play and Read Music in the Higher Positions on Guitar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\n          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/dotted-notes-music\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dotted Notes in Music &#8211; 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