| Reading Piano Sheet Music can look like ink | | | | staff with a ledger line through it. |
| splattered across a page to begin with! The good | | | | The left hand reads from the bottom staff using |
| news is - it becomes easier to read and it is | | | | the bass clef. Middle C is written above the staff, |
| totally logical. Here are 5 easy tips on Reading | | | | with a ledger line through it. |
| Piano Sheet Music for Beginners. | | | | Middle C always has a ledger line through the |
| #1 - The piano notes are named after the first 7 | | | | MIDDLE of it. |
| letters of the alphabet - A B C D E F G. The | | | | #3 - Both music staffs have 5 lines and 4 spaces |
| white notes rise up the piano, one after each | | | | between. |
| other, in alphabetical order. In piano sheet music, | | | | In the treble clef the 4 space notes spell FACE. |
| they do exactly the same. If you wrote the | | | | In the bass clef, the bottom 3 space notes spell |
| notes A B C D E F G in sheet music they would | | | | ACE. |
| appear as a diagonal ascending line. | | | | #4 - In the treble clef for the 5 line notes say: |
| If the notes rise on the piano, they rise in the | | | | "Every Great Bands Deserves Fame" |
| sheet music. | | | | In the bass clef for the 5 line notes say: "Great |
| #2 - Find Middle C on the piano. As the name | | | | Bands Deserve Fame Always" |
| suggests, Middle C is in the middle of the piano. It | | | | #5 - If you play 2 space notes on the piano, you |
| is also in the middle of the right hand and left | | | | would miss a white note each time. |
| hand staffs. | | | | If you play 2 line notes on the piano, you would |
| The right hand reads from the top staff using the | | | | also miss a white note each time. |
| treble clef. Middle C is written underneath the | | | | |