Learning To Play Piano – Reading Music
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Is reading music really that important, if you want to learn how to play piano? The answer to this question, which is asked by many beginners, is short and simple – yes. Yes, it is important and it is certainly worth your time. If you want to be good at playing piano, you should be able to read music.
Why, you ask? How is a bunch of symbols and letters on a paper going to help me become a better player? For starters, your playing won’t be dependant on your memory anymore. If you don’t know how to read music, you have to memorize everything. And with most people, memory is not really a solid long term solution.
Next, you will gain a much better understanding of how things work. Musical notation is the most accurate form of instructions on how to play a particular piece. It tells you which notes to play and for how long. It tells you everything you need to know in order to play it correctly.
When you learn to understand these instructions, you will be able to play any song you want. You won’t even have listen to it first. You can probably imagine how great this would be. A whole new world will open up to you.
And if you think it’s really hard to learn, think again. It’s not. Okay, I won’t lie to you, you will have to put some effort in it, but it’s not as difficult as most people believe. All those symbols may seem daunting at first, but everything about notation is very logical. And did you know – musical alphabet only has seven letters.
These are the natural notes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, and they represent the white keys on the piano. On paper notes are written on the staff. The staff has five lines and four spaces between them. There are different types of notes – a whole note, a quarter note, an eight note, and so on. In order to play a note you have to know its pitch and duration.
And that’s about it, that’s the basic concept. Practice makes perfect, of course, but the sooner you start, the better you will be.
If you’re ready for your first lesson, visit how to read sheet music for piano. Also see how to play Unfaithful on the piano.
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