How do y'all learn to read sheet music please help

[hollow wind]

I wanna learn sheet music, aka music theory, but i can't like buy or spend on things, what are y'all alternative or how did you all learn sheet music?

[silver halo]

I just used stupid acronyms

Like for the treble clef, it would be "Every, Good, Boy, Does, Fine"

[hollow wind]

i see

and FACE right?

[silver halo]

------------------------------F------
------------------------D------------
-------------------B-----------------
--------------G------
---------E

You get the point

[hollow wind]

i'm js trying to learn it rn like focus on learning it

[silver halo]

Yeah face too

[hollow wind]

yea yea

i got those down

but

[silver halo]

A mistake I made was thinking the acronyms started up going down

[hollow wind]

my brain can't like fkn uh process fast enough

[silver halo]

You shouldn't be trying

[hollow wind]

i'm using a site called music theory, like excersises

[silver halo]

Every person learning how to read sheet music starts slow

[hollow wind]

yea

i need tips and tricks

[silver halo]

Well

Keep spaces in mind

If it's 5 jumps apart like

---

---

--------------------0--

---------------------0-

Let's just pretend those are 2 whole notes

So the bottom would be e and the upper would be b

The amount of spaces they're apart (including the ones they're on) is the amount of keys they're apart on a keyboard

There's also finger placement

It's a bad thing to always rely on finger placement because then you start relying on it more than the actual notes

But it helps to pay attention

Idk it's hard to explain

[hollow wind]

i see

[silver halo]

Also use a metronome

consistency is key

[hollow wind]

you see i came from letter notes like, i learned it like g# shi before trying to learn music sheet aka notations

that's why i have a hard time shifting to it

[silver halo]

if you can't play it at a certain speed, slow your metronome down. Consistency over Speed

[silver halo]

Yeah that's completely fine

I came from synthesia tutorials

Also if you notice any patterns

Then use that

Like

I'm not typing out the lines cuz holy shit those take a long time

[hollow wind]

synthesia?

[hollow wind]

wanna hop on vc or smth

[silver halo]

You know those videos you see with the rectangles that fall on the keys as the pianist presses them

[hollow wind]

OHHH

YEA

[silver halo]

Usually from an overhead view

[hollow wind]

yea yea

[silver halo]

Those

[hollow wind]

i wanna learn moon light sonata mov1 and 3

[silver halo]

no my grandmother is using an extremely loud radio

[hollow wind]

mainly those two

[silver halo]

That's gonna be pretty hard

[hollow wind]

i have the part 1 and the half of part two of mov 1

[silver halo]

Like let's say the first measure is

You know what a measure is right

[silver halo]

My best advice is to just get a teacher honestly

Best start with hanon and czerny

[hollow wind]

Hanon and czerny?

[hollow wind]

😓😓

[silver halo]

They're pianists

Hanon and Czerny composed LITERAL hundreds of pieces (some long, most usually short) and they're there to help beginners train their technique

The more you go down the line of hanon and Czerny pieces the more you'll realize they also compose more than JUST baby pieces

They're basically the stepping stones to not just improving your technique, but also getting more used to reading sheets. If you wanna play Ms 3rd movement or any of the Chopin etudes, you go through them

Read a shit ton of sheet music and eventually you memorize all the notes

[hollow wind]

dude thanks

Honestly

[silver halo]

Try Czerny op. 599

Just try the first 10 pieces and see how you'll like them

It's better if you have a teacher guide you through them

[hollow wind]

Thankss

[olive belfry]

throwing it out there, the bass clef mnennonym is 'Good Boys Deserve Fudge / Do Fight Always'. Space = All Cows Eat Grass

[hollow wind]

TYY!!

[hollow wind]

Tyy

[olive belfry]

you got it :)

[sweet perch]

Why not mv2 aswell 🫩

[hollow wind]

Lets wait on that, i need to learn sheet music first😭

[sweet perch]

😭

[hollow wind]

I need more tips and trick bruv

Like

Y'all be my teachers

[lapis crater]

two handy resources -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSOU-J9KHbg

and https://www.musictheory.net/lessons

musictheory.net also has exercises, where you can customize the difficulty

[hollow wind]

Thanks man!

[lapis crater]

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[near tulip]

since whne was frank here

dang