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Steps to Sight - Reading
The foundation for becoming an excellent sight reader
Before pursuing sight-reading, you should have a good grasp of
(1) A Brief Foundation of Basic Music Theory
see www.sethescalante.com/basicmusictheory for my lessons on Basic Music Theory
(2) How to Read Tabs
see www.sethescalante.com/introtoguitar - LESSON 3 for my lessons on 'How to Read Tabs:
(3) The strings of the guitar and their names
The names of the strings on the Guitar are:
E A D G B E
the Bottom string of the guitar is the first string
1st string - E
2nd string - B
3rd string - G
4th string - D
5th string - A
6th string - E
A popular acronym to assist in memorizing the names of the strings is:
' Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie'
This goes from the 6th string to the 1st string.
(4) Notes to Tabs of First Position
The following is a useful worksheet showing all the whole notes of the first position
(5) Try reading notes with letters first
The following is a useful worksheet showing all the whole notes of the first position
- Using the following notes, play them on the guitar.
1) G A B C
2) D E F high G
3) F G A E
4) A A B E
- Using the following notes, play them on the guitar
1) A B C D
2) C D E F
3) B D E B
4) A E C D
- Using the following notes, play them on the guitar
1) E F G
2) F G E