Monkeychild Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Ok, I'm having a bit of difficulty. I bought a digital piano the other day and for the moment I'm reading tutorial books to keep me going until after christmas when I'll decide if I should get lessons. So, the book explained a bit about musical notation and I THOUGHT I understood it, until I started trying to play Feeling good. (This is loooong) OK, so from what I understood, the treble stave represents keys after middle C. Middle C it's self would be located under the bottom line.. so the first line is the E key after Middle C. Correct so far? This would mean the E at the top would be the next E in line? So as a stave is it'd be (Starting from Middle C going to the first part of the stave) E after Middle C, then F, G, A, B, NEXT C, D, NEXT E. Is that right? Right, so if you look at Feeling good, the first keys I press are the first D,G and Bb keys? This sounds right. Thie first 3 chords I have no problem with. On the next page though it has the same notes, but apart from the Bb, the other 2 notes are higher. I tried playing this with a different hand position and played the second D and G after middle C. This however, when played along with the recording, seems a bit too high. So when I played it next I played in the same position, which makes it a bit hard with the fingering when you do the next few changes with the E-Eb bit, as all the fingers become scrunched up and would probably be easier in the different position. What I basically want to know is, is my understanding of the musical note location on the stave correct? Or am I just misunderstanding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthijs Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 http://www.wikihow.com/Read-Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeychild Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 Thanks, but that didn't answer my question. It doesn't even talk about what I asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJF Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I'm not quite sure what you're asking but I'll try and explain anyway, When he plays the same three notes (D,G,Bb) with the G and D higher, the notes on the keyboard are like this: You'd want to use your thumb on the Bb, your second finger (index finger?) on the D and your pinkie (5th finger) on the top G. Then just move that shape around as needed (the next chord is Bb, D and F, so just move your pinkie down from the G to the F). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acshe Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Thanks, but that didn't answer my question. It doesn't even talk about what I asked. It actually does, at the end of the video they explain how to read notes. You can imagine the notes as alphabet, A,B,C,D,E,F,G and then it starts over again. Wait, have a look at the picture I just made (it's midnight, I can't find my Wacom so I have to use a mouse and the program is paint, so don't be so hard). I know it looks pretty bad. It's supposed to go: A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C (bass cleff) C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C I wouldn't choose Feeling Good as first song. Maybe play "Resistance Intro" before? It shouldn't take you more than 20 minutes master the intro (advanced player maybe 2-5 minutes...) These are the right hand notes for Feeling Good, the first part: G-Bb D-G-Bb D-G-A D-F#-A Bb-D-G Bb-D-F G-Bb-E G-Bb-Eb G-Bb-D G-A-D You can use the thumb as anchor point, move it from D up to Bb for the next part and then down to G again. Damn, DJF you were faster:LOL: and have a nicer looking pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJF Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Damn, DJF you were faster:LOL: and have a nicer looking pic It's amazing what you can do with screenshots and paint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeychild Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Ok another question.. I have a book of licks I've never once used because it's all written in proper musical notation.. not tab. Though I understand what each line of the stave is, on the keyboard it is easy because you can relate everything to where the middle C would normally be.. and know that this is the C in the middle of the keys.. straight forward. But where is middle C on a guitar? I found the C major scale in musical notation as attached to explain what i mean.. with that i can see I start at middle C, so for a keyboard/piano I'd know where I was starting from, ensuring the correct pitch and all that. On a guitar though I could play that in countless amounts of areas, and even 'middle C' if I go to the general middle of the guitar, there are 2 C's on on 8th fret. One high one low. Both will mean different pitched licks. So how would i know which to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Play middle C on a keyboard and see which C on the guitar matches it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthijs Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I think the central C would be the 8th on the E string / 3rd on the A string... that, or it's an octave up but I'm not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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