Mike Moxcey ©2005

Reading Music (Sheet, Tablature, whatever)

This is written as a tutorial so you can go page to page but I didn't want to mess with all the navigation stuff either at the bottom or as a frame. After going to any page, hit the back button on your browser (Alt-Left Arrow works on most, too) or just click the Reading Music Index link at the bottom to get back to this page.

Introduction:: Sheet Music Commandments
The Basics:: The Staff; The Notes : The Chromatic Scale : Accidental Notes : The Key Signature; Naming the Notes on the Instrument; Reading Rhythm : Note Recipes
Reading:: Reading Chords Off Sheet Music : This Old Man (C) Sheet Music; Reading Melodies Off Sheet Music : This Old Man (G) Sheet Music; Reading Tab : Amazing Grace (G) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro : Amazing Grace (G) Sheet Music. Tab for Mandolin
Songs to Read (sheet or tab):: Amazing Grace (C) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro. Tab for Mandolin; Old time Religion (G) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro. Tab for Mandolin : Alternate Endings; Skip to My Lou (G) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro. Tab for Mandolin; Old MacDonald (C) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro. Tab for Mandolin; Yankee Doodle (C) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro. Tab for Mandolin : Pickup Notes; Polly Wolly Doodle (G) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro. Tab for Mandolin; Shortnin Bread (D) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro. Tab for Mandolin; Shortnin Bread (G) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro. Tab for Mandolin; Buffalo Gals (D) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro. Tab for Mandolin; Oh Susannah (G) Sheet Music. Tab for Guitar/Banjo/Dobro. : separate Tab for Mandolin with Two Breaks

Music Theory:: Intro
Scales:: Major Scale(s) : Steps and Frets : The Major Scale; Minor Scale(s) : Modes; Blues Scale : Pentatonic Scale : Diminished Scale : Whole Tone
Chords:: Chords : Major : Minor : Power : Dominant Seventh (7) : Major Seventh : Minor Seventh : Minor-Major : Sixth : Suspended :; Extended Chords : Diminished Chords : Augmented Chords; Transposing; Circle of Fifths : Chord Progressions : Key Signatures
Applied Theory: Reading Chord Charts : Counting Numerical Chords: Song Parts; Playing with a Capo : Understanding the Theory : Using a Capo; How to Transpose : Transposition Chart : Transposing on the Fly; Chord Substitution : The Relative Minors

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