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Music: 2 of 9 Music: 3 of 9

Reading sheet music: sheet music looks complicated but just like the notes on the piano, it follows a

Reading guitar tablature: The horizontal lines represent strings. pattern based on the first seven letters of the alphabet. Once we understand this, sheet music

The thinnest string on the guitar is the top string on the page. The thickest string on the guitar is the becomes easier to read.
bottom string on the guitar. Sheet music looks like a row of five lines with dots placed on it. The dots are either directly on top of

This means that the line that is closest to your face is the string that is closest to your face. the lines, or they are in the space in between the line.

The numbers tell you which fret to press down. You press down on the string just behind the fret.
Some songs only use one string. Some songs use more than one string. Make sure to play attention One of the easiest ways to remember where the notes are is to use the rhymes shown below. The

to which string you are supposed to be playing. first rhyme tells us the notes that are on the lines (E, G, B, D and F) and the second rhyme tells us
the notes that are in the spaces (FACE in the space).

Some people find it easier to learn just one note, and then using that to work out the rest by

following the alphabet:

If we remember that E is the bottom note on the stave, then we know that the space above it must

be F, because F follows E in the alphabet. The note above this must be G, because G follows F.