sheet music
Sheet music says its for piano, vocals and guitar. The chords are shown above the staff, but how do you know what the strum patter is. And which staff is for piano and which is for guitar? Hope some one can help.
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if its on seperate staves (sets of lines) it should tell you which is guitar & which is piono, unless its made by some idiot who expects you to be telepathic.
if its on one stave it will work for both piano & guitar.
the strum pattern - & the start of the stave you will see either a 4 above another 4 meaning there are 4 beats per bar or 3 over 4 meaning 3 beats per bar or something like that. well if a note is to be picked it will be on its own if it is connected to another note it will be picked by a down stroke followed by an upstroke (alternative picking) the timing
so.....
pretend b is a musical note & if ther is a - between to it is a quaver (connected note)
b-b-b-b b b-b
this will be sounded as the strum pattern
1 & 2 & 3 4 &
also if a note has no leg & a hollow dot it lasts 4 notes, if a note has a leg & a hollow dot it lasts 2 notes, if it has a leg & a full dot it last 1 note.
& finally if a note has a dot behind it it increases the value of that note by half.
i hope that helps, i cant really read music well, i just quickly jotted down the few things i know, i hope im right
if its on one stave it will work for both piano & guitar.
the strum pattern - & the start of the stave you will see either a 4 above another 4 meaning there are 4 beats per bar or 3 over 4 meaning 3 beats per bar or something like that. well if a note is to be picked it will be on its own if it is connected to another note it will be picked by a down stroke followed by an upstroke (alternative picking) the timing
so.....
pretend b is a musical note & if ther is a - between to it is a quaver (connected note)
b-b-b-b b b-b
this will be sounded as the strum pattern
1 & 2 & 3 4 &
also if a note has no leg & a hollow dot it lasts 4 notes, if a note has a leg & a hollow dot it lasts 2 notes, if it has a leg & a full dot it last 1 note.
& finally if a note has a dot behind it it increases the value of that note by half.
i hope that helps, i cant really read music well, i just quickly jotted down the few things i know, i hope im right
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Hey Rob, thanks for the input, you reinforced what I thought. I do have another question tho. On the sheet music there are 2 staffs, one has a G or treble cleff and the one below it has a backwards C with 2 dots behind it. What is it for, and who or what instrument would follow it. Thanks
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Originally Posted by: painthorsesHey Rob, thanks for the input, you reinforced what I thought. I do have another question tho. On the sheet music there are 2 staffs, one has a G or treble cleff and the one below it has a backwards C with 2 dots behind it. What is it for, and who or what instrument would follow it. Thanks
That's a bass clef...It's not so much "instrument" as notes. It's like a treble clef, but it's lower pitch and starts on G instead of E. Also, since your book is for piano and guitar, odds are the Bass Clef is part of the piano part, since guitar can't go but so low in the bass clef.
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