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The response from Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio to; Was hoping that you could help me with the topic of Music Reading. I have absolutely no understanding of reading music. So, I will just go over what I have been researching so far… – Ive learned that music is read off of the Music Staff. – The staff is composed of 5 lines and 4 spaces. – The lines are named from the bottom going upwards; E, G, B, D, F. (mnemonic = Every Good Boy Does Fine) – The spaces are named again from bottom going up F, A, C, E (spelling the word FACE). – There are 5 note durations: Whole = 4 beats, Half = 2 beats, Quarter = 1 beat, Eighth = 1/2 a beat Sixteeth note… (but, I have no idea what it looks like or what it does). This is all I know. Ive heard that the lines on the staff represent strings on the guitar. If so, how come there are six strings on a guitar and five lines on the staff.? And, if the lines are the guitar strings, what do the spaces on the staff represent? I am having a very difficult time understanding this. I have been watching your videos and I am hoping that you could help me to understand all of this. – Shane Andrew discusses the principles of the music staff including; Clef sign, Key Signature sign, Time Signature symbol, Note layout, pitch relationship to the guitar, and fingerboard concepts involved in learning to read music notation on guitar. Official Website: www.andrewwasson.com Follow Andrew on Blogspot creativeguitarstudio.blogspot.com Follow on Twitter …

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