both notation with tablature attached seems to be the best answer. Sheet music will also allow for the indication of the finger that needs to be used for certain note.

While a combination of notation and tablature will yield best results, we will focus more on notation in this article because of the simple fact that most guitarists already know how to read tab, so it is the learning of music notation that

will set you apart from the rest of the crowd.

Learning to read guitar sheet music

If you understand the benefit of being able to read sheet music but you feel intimidated by the look and feel of music notation, take a deep breath and relax because things seem a lot worse than they actually are. Everybody knows the

feeling of looking at notation for the very first time and feeling like you are looking at ancient hieroglyphs. In truth notation is not nearly as complicated as it seems at first glance. It's just takes a little patience and perseverance to learn

but the results are definitely worth it.

I know you might be thinking of that you will never be able to crack the code of notation. Guess I'll just have to prove to you that it's not nearly as difficult as you may think by teaching you some notation basics right here and now.

Basics... The notes

Guitar sheet music is usually written on staff comprised of five parallel lines. You can write notes either on the line or in between the lines. An easy way to remember the notes that are on the lines of the staff is by remembering the

following acronym: Every Good Boy Does Fine (E G B D F). This corresponds to the notes on the lines of the staff as read from the bottom up. To remember the notes that are in this space is between the lines, just remember FACE (F A

C E as read from the bottom up). If you have to tell me what note resides on the fourth space of the staff, as read from the bottom up, you can easily recall FACE and figure out that E note. And there you have it, less than a minute and

you already know all the notes that are on the staff. If you put a blank staff in front of you and quiz yourself over what note lies on a particular line or space, you'll soon be able to recall them automatically without using the acronyms

listed above.

Final words... don't let the notes get the best of you

So as you can see learning how to read music is not really that hard, and while it may take a little bit of time to take it all in, the benefits are huge. Stick with it and you will soon see yourself standing head and shoulders above the herd

of guitarists out there.

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