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Piano – Is Reading Music Important?
Many piano beginners ask if reading music is really that important. The answer is simple – yes. It is most definitely something that you should learn and certainly worth your time and effort. The bottom line: if you want to be good at playing piano, you should learn how to read music.
The next question many ask is – why? Why is being able to make sense of a bunch of symbols and letters important? For many reasons, actually. First, you won’t have to completely memorize the songs anymore. Being dependant solely on your memory is not a very smart thing, wouldn’t you agree? It’s much more convenient, if everything is also on the paper.
You will also gain a better understanding of musical elements. Notation is all about communicating musical ideas. It’s about writing music down so anybody can play it. What you have here are instructions, a very accurate instructions that tell you exactly how to play a specific song.
You will be able to play any piece of music even without listening to it first. Now that is a great advantage, wouldn’t you say? The whole new world of music could open up for you. Still think it’s not worth it?
And if you think it’s really hard to learn, think again. It’s not. Okay, I won’t lie to you, you will have to put some effort in it, but it’s not as difficult as most people believe. All those symbols may seem daunting at first, but everything about notation is very logical. And did you know – musical alphabet only has seven letters.
These are the natural notes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, and they represent the white keys on the piano. On paper notes are written on the staff. The staff has five lines and four spaces between them. There are different types of notes – a whole note, a quarter note, an eight note, and so on. In order to play a note you have to know its pitch and duration.
And that is basically it. Of course, you will need a lot of practice to get really proficient at it, but you have to start somewhere. And the sooner you start, the better.
If you’re ready for your first lesson, visit how to read sheet music for piano. Also see how to play Unfaithful on the piano.
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