The Fastest Way to Learn to Speed Read Piano Notes

Learning to read piano music can be a long and frustrating experience. It often requires years of piano lessons and practices as well as an investment of money. However, learning to read piano music can be a rewarding experience since you can play your favorite songs on your own. There are many methods to teaching someone to read music. By learning the industry's "short cut" to reading music, you will be playing your favorite piano music in no time.

Things You'll Need

• Piano music
• Pencil

Instructions

1. 

   Treble clef

   Locate the first line of music with the treble clef sign. Treble clef, also known as G clef, starts at the second line of music and spirals out to form the sign at the very beginning of the music line. This clef is usually played with your right hand and includes notes above middle C.

2. Use your pencil to mark the lines with 1 through 5. Start with the line at the bottom and work your way to the top.

3. Use the following sentence to learn the name of the line notes on the treble clef :
   Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. The first letter of every word corresponds with a particular line on the treble clef. The "E" in "Every" corresponds with line 1. Then the "G" in "Good" corresponds with line 2 and so forth.

4. Use your pencil to mark the spaces between the lines 1 through 4. Start with the space at the bottom and work your way to the top.

5. Use the following word to learn the space notes on the treble clef:
   FACE. The each letter of the word corresponds with a particular space on the treble clef. The "F" in "FACE" corresponds with line 1. Then the "A" corresponds with line 2 and so forth.

6. 

   Bass clef is the sign at the bottom

   Locate the second line of music with the bass clef sign. Bass clef, also known as F clef, starts at the fourth line of music and spirals out to form the sign at the very beginning of the music line. This clef is usually played with your left hand and includes notes below middle C.

7. Use your pencil to mark the lines with 1 through 5. Start with the line at the bottom and work your way to the top.

8. Use the following sentence to learn the line notes on the bass clef:
   Great Big Dogs Fight Animals. The first letter of every word corresponds with a particular line on the bass clef. The "G" in "Great" corresponds with line 1. Then the "B" in "Big" corresponds with line 2 and so forth.

9. Use your pencil to mark the spaces between the lines 1 through 4. Start with the space at the bottom and work your way to the top.

10. Use the following sentence to learn the space notes on the bass clef:
    All Cows Eat Grass. The first letter of every word corresponds with a particular space on the bass clef. The "A" in "All" corresponds with line 1. Then the "C" in "Cows" corresponds with line 2 and so forth.

11. Read your music from left to right. First, practice reading the treble clef and playing with your right hand. Then practice reading the bass clef and playing with your left hand. Write in any notes that may be giving you a hard time. Play your hands together by reading the the treble clef and bass clef lines at the same time after you are comfortable playing your hands separately. The more often you practice and work on reading notes, the quicker you will get.

Tips & Warnings

• Look for patterns that repeat throughout the song. Once you've identified and mastered patterns, it will cut down on learning time since you won't waste any time learning the same pattern of notes again.

References

• Notation Machine: The Basics of Reading Music: Learning the Names of the Notes