Comments on: How to Read Classical Guitar Music http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/ Classical Guitar Lessons, Interview, News, Tips & More Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:11:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher Davis http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/#comment-102900 Christopher Davis Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:32:22 +0000 http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/?p=368#comment-102900 Not really. Just takes practice! Not really. Just takes practice!

]]> By: Pete Welsh http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/#comment-101339 Pete Welsh Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:29:37 +0000 http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/?p=368#comment-101339 HI Christopher, I'm progressing quite well but find it a real struggle reading for the bass strings. Ledger lines confuse me as they sort of float nowhere! I can read Bass clef for piano and don't understand why we don't use this for guitar as reading bass note is easier this way (to me?) as they are properly placed on the staff. Anyway do you have any tips for reading notes on ledger lines? Pete HI Christopher,

I’m progressing quite well but find it a real struggle reading for the bass strings. Ledger lines confuse me as they sort of float nowhere! I can read Bass clef for piano and don’t understand why we don’t use this for guitar as reading bass note is easier this way (to me?) as they are properly placed on the staff. Anyway do you have any tips for reading notes on ledger lines?

Pete

]]> By: pixie http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/#comment-88958 pixie Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:00:50 +0000 http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/?p=368#comment-88958 thanks a lot!!! thanks a lot!!!

]]> By: Christopher Davis http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/#comment-88908 Christopher Davis Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:05:43 +0000 http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/?p=368#comment-88908 1/2 = Half, C = capo (barre), II = second fret. So a half-barre (across strings 1, 2 and 3) at the second fret. 1/2 = Half, C = capo (barre), II = second fret.

So a half-barre (across strings 1, 2 and 3) at the second fret.

]]> By: pixie http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/#comment-88884 pixie Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:06:26 +0000 http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/?p=368#comment-88884 hi! i was wondering what does that mean: 1/2 C II - above the notes hi! i was wondering what does that mean:
1/2 C II – above the notes

]]> By: Christopher Davis http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/#comment-3922 Christopher Davis Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:25:29 +0000 http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/?p=368#comment-3922 Yep, that's exactly what the subscript 4 means. You'd just barre the highest 4 strings. A subscript 3 would me you'd barre the highest 3 string, etc. Yep, that’s exactly what the subscript 4 means. You’d just barre the highest 4 strings. A subscript 3 would me you’d barre the highest 3 string, etc.

]]> By: Kevin Lai http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/#comment-3921 Kevin Lai Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:34:29 +0000 http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/?p=368#comment-3921 Hi Zach, While practice a sheet of studies that a friend gave me, there is a symbol "BV4" with the 4 as a subscript to some bars. I could figure out that the B = barre', the V = 5th fret but what does the subscript "4" means? Does it mean playing only 4 strings of the barre? Hi Zach,

While practice a sheet of studies that a friend gave me, there is a symbol “BV4″ with the 4 as a subscript to some bars. I could figure out that the B = barre’, the V = 5th fret but what does the subscript “4″ means? Does it mean playing only 4 strings of the barre?

]]> By: Christopher Davis http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/#comment-3914 Christopher Davis Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:46:20 +0000 http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/?p=368#comment-3914 The tempo would be quarter note = 120. Since two quarter notes fit into one half note, you double the tempo, not half it. Hope that helps! The tempo would be quarter note = 120. Since two quarter notes fit into one half note, you double the tempo, not half it. Hope that helps!

]]> By: Zach http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/#comment-3913 Zach Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:58:31 +0000 http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/?p=368#comment-3913 Hello again! Thanks for your advice from almost a year ago. I now am playing guitar in my school band and I had a question about a piece of sheet music. It says the tempo is one half note gets 60 bpm. What the tempo name for that (like moderato, largo), and does that every quarter note gets 30 bmp. If thats true it is a very slow beat. Oh, it’s called “Ballet” by Michael Practorius if that helps, my teacher transposed it for guitar and he might have made a mistake. Hello again! Thanks for your advice from almost a year ago. I now am playing guitar in my school band and I had a question about a piece of sheet music. It says the tempo is one half note gets 60 bpm. What the tempo name for that (like moderato, largo), and does that every quarter note gets 30 bmp. If thats true it is a very slow beat. Oh, it’s called “Ballet” by Michael Practorius if that helps, my teacher transposed it for guitar and he might have made a mistake.

]]> By: Christopher Davis http://www.classicalguitar.org/2009/01/how-to-read-classical-guitar-music/#comment-2039 Christopher Davis Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:51:41 +0000 http://www.classicalguitarblog.net/?p=368#comment-2039 Hi again Zach! numbers in circles indicate strings. 1 would be the highest (first string), 6 is the lowest. Hi again Zach! numbers in circles indicate strings. 1 would be the highest (first string), 6 is the lowest.

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