How to Read Music For Guitar - 100 On Screen Exercises and Tutorials

hello everyone very excited to present to you today a hundred sight-reading examples this is going to be a lengthy video so by all means don't be afraid to pause it and come back and take time to master each and every exercise one at a time if you need this in book form you can check out 100 site reading exercises on Amazon or linked at my shop below now this helps a lot to have these exercises in a hard form as well as there's a little bit of extra content in the book now as you approach this you need to make sure that you master each exercise before you move on bookmark the page do whatever you need to do to come back but by all means don't expect it get through every single exercise in one sitting this is a lot like my super popular music theory video here on YouTube music theory in one lesson so you can check out by clicking up in the cards there but there's a lot of information displayed and it is not really likely that you're gonna just be able to do all of this stuff after you watch the video you have to sit down and actually spend some time doing the exercises spend some time reading more music etc etc this video is going to introduce each exercise and each exercise is going to introduce only one new concept at a time except for one exercise introduces two but they're fairly simple so it's okay to it's okay to do that let's take a look at the staff first off you're gonna notice that we have five lines on this staff from bottom to top and we also have what's called the treble clef at the beginning this is the clef we use to read out of it with the guitar there are other clefts for instruments such as the bass or trombone we're gonna be dealing with the treble clef now what you'll notice is as each note head these black dots and sometimes they'll be Hollow as each note head moves up the staff as if it were a ladder we move one letter forward in our musical alphabet now if you need to know more about the musical alphabet music theory in one lesson is an extremely popular and effective video for teaching this and you can find it on my channel so as we move forward and upwards on the staff we get the next note in the alphabet and of course after we reach where we started so in this case starting on C and ending on C it just repeats itself into infinity now a good exercise is just to know that the middle line is B and you'll be counting backwards and forwards to each note after that each example is gonna introduce only one note at a time so you'll have plenty of time to learn these don't worry about having them all memorized right now just understand that as we move upwards on the staff we move forwards in the alphabet and downwards will move us backwards in the alphabet then what it comes down to is learning to count the rhythms as well as find the notes on the fretboard it also helps to know where the open strings are now if you know where these are on the staff you pretty much have a reference point to find everything else again I'm gonna introduce these very slowly through this video so no need to have them memorized right away but if you do memorize anything today this would be the thing to memorize also notice the numbers with circles on them those represent and the string number our LOI being the lowest our sixth and our high e being the highest our first string you'll notice that the low E the note is far below the staff and we had to actually write what are called ledger lines to get that in there and then as we move through the strings we get a little bit higher in pitch finally ending up on the high E let's take a look at the first care run into for reading music here an exercise 1 the first thing we need to look at is our time signature here we have what's called 4/4 which means we have 4 beats per measure a measure being the amount of space from each bar line to the next we also have what's called a whole note this is going to last for four beats a half note which will last for two beats and quarter notes which will last for one beat the note that we're gonna be playing you'll see here is on e and this is our open high E string so what I'm going to do is I'm just luck my open high e to the rhythm that is outlined here on the staff now you can use either your fingers or a pick we're not going to get too too much into the technique of this as this video is more about the reading of the music there are plenty of technique videos on my channel so what I'm going to do is I'm going to count us in order go ahead and play through this exercise and then move on to the second exercise one two three four two three four to four and stop alright the next exercise we're gonna take a look at rests definitely don't exercise 2 introduces the quarter note rest circled there now this is a quarter note so it only lasts one B and what a rest means is silence so you actually need to stop the string from ringing I'm just gonna touch it with my finger to stop it from ringing for the beats that it's supposed to be silent okay here we go I'm going to count in one two three four one two four one two three four all right exercise three is going to show you another kind of rest and exercise 3 we have what are called half note rests these work the same way except they last for two beats so let's take a look at this one two three four one two three two three four one two three four all right let's take a look at whole note rests with the next exercise exercise four introduces the whole note rest this works the same way except it lasts for four beats one two three four one two three one two three four one [Music] okay exercise 5 is just a quick review just to make sure that we solidified these concepts then we're gonna start playing more notes than just the open e 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 all right let's move on to playing things that are a little bit more interesting than these first 5 exercises okay an exercise six we're gonna be adding a new note that note is f so you'll see it circled below you're gonna play that on the first fret of your high e so let's give this exercise a shot 1 2 3 4 4 1 3 [Music] this is the only exercises can introduce two new things at once first we get the tie that you'll see on that e between the first and second measure all that means is let the first one ring through the second so little it'll ring through the first beat of the second measure and we'll move off to the eighth and next we're gonna be playing is the G which is the third fret of our high e you'll see that circle below so let's count in and give this one a shot 1 2 3 4 3 4 all right let's take a look at exercises 8 through 10 which are gonna provide a review of all of this material don't forget to check out my shop to pick up okay so exercise eight we're gonna be starting on our f-102 the quarter note and our G quarter note rest after that for a quarter no finishing with a quarter note rest one two three four four two three three four a few more notes in exercise 9 here so we're starting with those are two more quarter notes XI two quarter notes both quarter notes then we have a whole note rest meaning or resting for that whole measure and then D for a quarter note only for a half and finishing on a quarter note rest so let's count in one two three four one two three four [Music] alright exercise 10 one more review for this first chapter of my book which you can again find on my store or Amazon this one has some more rests we're actually going to be starting with our own the quarter note two quarter note rests after that G another G for a quarter note quarter note rest going down first fret there quarter note rest or no rest no so let's check this out 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 2 3 [Music] exercise 11 we're going to be introducing 3/4 time here 3/4 time works a lot like 4/4 time so we have three beats per measure instead so we're gonna count in using a count of three starting with a quarter note ie quarter note rest you get our F hours fret third fret for the Qi gonna get a half note on that and then we get a little kind of descending thing I'm gonna let you figure those notes or watch my hand so 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 of course if you're having any trouble with this feel free to pick up the book from Amazon or my shop music and guitar lessons calm exercise 12 is going to introduce the dotted rhythm so you'll see a dotted half note circled essentially what the dot does is it takes the original length of that note which was two beats and extends it by half of that amount giving us three beats so that first app is gonna last three beats the entire measure then we have some other notes that you're familiar with and of course a tie there between the third and fourth measure one two three two three three two three okay exercise 13 now gonna take us to the B string C the B string circled down below you'll notice this is the first beat of every measure it gives us a little bit of what's called a bass pedal and you'll run into these if you're playing classical and finger style guitar quite a bit it just means there's the same bass note kind of reoccurring now the other notes are all going to be on the high E string and we're finishing this exercise with a dotted half note so remember let that last high E ring out the whole way without further adue 1 2 3 [Music] 2 3 exercise 14 introduces the note see you'll be as you'll see a circled below and that is going to be the first fret of the B string now we're gonna be going between the B and the high E string now making our exercises not only a little more interesting but a little more difficult as well so let me just run you through this one real quick before we count in starting with a quarter note of C and our open B same string then a high we're gonna start the next measure out the same way and then we're gonna finish it off with something that should look familiar with you so let's go ahead and count it one two three three three okay so this next exercise introduces the D on our B string you'll see it circled below and I'm playing it here with my pinky on the third fret of the B string and the third beat of the first few measures is gonna have a quarter note rest so be sure to to pause your strings 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 exercise 16 is going to introduce eighth notes so eighth notes we're getting it two of them per beat but the trick is that they divide the beat up evenly and when we count them out we use the word and in between the numbers so you'll see down below the first two measures are quarter notes and then measures three and for our eighth notes and then we end with our dotted half note after that I'm going to count this out for you and this is all with our open B string to start one two three [Music] two three okay exercise 17 it's gonna give us a little bit of review if you notice we're in 4/4 on this one we're using all of the concepts leading up to this point so we're gonna be getting our starting with the C or no open for a quarter note and then B for a quarter note and a quarter note rest and open B quarter note D for a quarter note C for a quarter note and another quarter note rest we have been quarter note so one two three four [Music] [Music] all right exercise 18 this is another one that's in 4/4 be careful to notice the quarter note rest at the beginning of this exercise we're also going to be getting a couple eighth notes mixed in between so the fourth fret of the 1st measure our side the first fourth beat of the first measure and the second beat of the third measure we're gonna be getting some eighth notes and I'll count those with the ann's out with you so we're getting quarter note rest we got our own ie for a quarter note B for a quarter note and then see if note for a half note we're gonna be getting three quarter note C quarter note rest quarter note rest finishing it off so one two three four one [Music] three-for-one [Music] okay exercise 19 we're in three four on this one starting with a quarter note of the G chord open B and then a quarter note on that C we're gonna be going quarter note G quarter note C quarter note of B and then G again [Music] they see you tie over and then so one two three [Music] one two three exercise 20 we're gonna be doing here starting with AC on the quarter note or no rest B quarter note C quarter note quarter note rest d quarter note quarter note quarter note rest we have quarter note rest quarter note rest ending with a dotted half note so one two three two two two two two three okay for exercise 21 we're going to introduce the concept of fingerings now you'll see a 1 a 4 above the notes down there and really what that's referring to is which finger on this hand on your left hand we have one for the index two for the middle three for the rain for for the pinkie we'll talk about this hand towards the end of the video otherwise everything else should look pretty familiar got something in 4/4 so I'm gonna go ahead and count us in 1 2 3 4 2 4 2 3 [Music] all right exercise 22 introduces to four-time a lot like three four and four or four works the same way but we have two beats per measure now notice we're gonna be starting with our pinky the fourth finger on the D there everything else should be pretty much a review one two - all right let's move on exercise 23 is going to introduce the g-string you can see it circled below and of course this is my third string third highest sounding string we're going to be playing at the beginning of measure one three five and the last measure the rest of the note should look pretty familiar don't be shy on pausing the video and looking through it so that you have it down pretty well this one's in 2/4 let's take a count here one two [Music] all right guys we're gonna be adding in the note a we're gonna play that a 2nd fret of the g-string and of course you can see the note circled down below a being a whole step above G bringing us to the second fret now if you need help with whole and half steps check out music theory in one lesson on my channel and definitely don't forget to get this book you can order it on Amazon or my shop both linked below this one's in 2/4 I'm gonna go ahead and count you in one two [Music] all right exercise 25 is gonna give us a bit of a review this one's in three four so we have three beats per measure notice that we have some eighth notes in here our rhythm overall is going to be one two and three and one two and three and definitely takes some time to pause the video and look through this one we're starting with the de and for eighth notes with the G we go to our second fret of the G first fret of the high e for our F 2nd fret of the g D 3rd fret of the B I'm gonna go ahead and count you guys in 1 2 3 [Music] [Music] all right guys we're taking a look at an exercise 26 here this one's in 4/4 and it starts off with a dotted half note now we haven't seen these in four for you we only saw them in 3/4 where it took up the whole measure of three beats now we have four beats so this one still takes up three beats only takes three out of four in the measure so we're starting with a high open D and a dotted half note we move to an open B for a quarter note and then C for another quarter note and then D for another dotted half note and that will take us through the end of that measure and we get the second fret of G for a and next OB for a half note and that quarter note rest and we go to this F here this is a dotted half note and of course I'm using my second finger so that I can sneak my first finger and get the next C you'll see kind of how I hit it to get into place for the next and then open a this ain't no thing right and that can kind of be tricky because we have slower notes and then a couple quick ones but let's take a look here 1 2 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 [Music] two three four all right exercise 27 this one is a little bit longer a lot more eighth-note action going this may be the most difficult one to date on this on this book now we're gonna be starting with a the G we're doing an eighth note run and then C let that hold out and we take the same kind of idea starting on G 3 and ending with a dotted half note there so I'm gonna give you a count in this one's in 3 4 3 beats per measure so 1 2 3 1 2 3 [Music] two three exercise 28 another review this time we're starting on out we're still using that idea of using the second finger so the first can be easier to get there for the C which is the second note this one's in two for two beats per measure and we get to second fret of the B and we get some eighth note action again in this one so we get so we've got a little more rhythmic variation in you know still in line with the other ones this one might be a little bit easier and it is a little bit shorter so let's go ahead and count in two beats per measure one two two by all means if you are having difficulty keeping up with me just pause the video and try to count these after either I've displayed them to you or even beforehand so that you can check your ability to read all right exercise 29 this one's in 4/4 this is one that's probably a little bit easier than 27 was we've got a mix of quarter notes eighth notes and we have a dotted half note there at the end so start nobody going to the third fret there rest on the the third beat and then we have four and four a b c and then for the next two beats rest on the third beat dotted half note alright count you in this one has four beats per measure one two three four three three three [Music] all right so exercise 30 here's our last review exercise for this chapter just to give you a quick overview we're in three four let me starting with our open high E moving to a C after that then we have four eighth notes as quarter notes and then we get two more eighth notes [Music] all right so I'm gonna count yet one two three [Music] three okay exercise 31 is going to introduce us to accidentals these are sharps and flats so what a sharp does is it raises a note by a half-step and a flat will lower that note by a half-step I totally recommend you check out music theory and one lesson on my channel it's an hour long animated music theory video that will take you through all of them and it's something that's very good for everything every musician to know so with that being said the first sharp that we run into is f-sharp circled below and our regular F was there on the first fret so if we're gonna raise this one a half-step let's get that on the second fret I'm gonna be using my third finger because I just feel comfortable it's a good way to go for fingering here so this is in three-four again last beat of the last measure has a F sharp so let's take a listen to this example 1 2 3 2 3 stop definitely don't forget to pick up the PDF which will explain this very very well or sorry the book rather from Amazon or my shop linked below alright exercise 30 - here's where it starts to get a little trickier we're gonna be using eighth note rests so we're starting with a high and then we have an eighth note rest right after that which means on the end of the - so the an that comes after the - I have to play my bats when I play my open B and move forward we get the same thing in the second measure where we play the a on the end of the two and in the third we get AG sharp of course you see that sharp next to it and that's raising our open G up a half-step to the first fret and we get another G sharp so what happens with these accidentals is the accidental applies to that note until the end of the measure until that bar line otherwise you know if we needed it to change from a G sharp before the end of that bar line we'd write in what it looks like a natural sign and we'll get to those however for now just know that that G sharp is sharp until the end of the measure alright here we go I'm going to count you in at three four one two three [Music] 3dr now that one's a little tricky pause the video takes some time and make sure that you really master that one before you move on all right exercise 33 is going to introduce your first flat and it's gonna be B flat we're gonna find B flat there on the third fret of our g string so that's taking our open B dance now it's important to know that this be the fourth fret of the g string is the same we'll see - you'll see people tune those two strings together like that now if this is the same thing it would be if we need to lower it a half step there is our B flat so without further ado I'm gonna count you in to this one and three four making sure that that B flat is played with our fourth finger on the third fret of the g string here we go guys one two three [Music] two three all right exercise 34 we're gonna be introducing our it's the fourth string here that is our open D now we're gonna be playing this open D on the hand of every beat you'll see it circled below so we've got a lot of eighth notes in this one and this introduces a really cool idea called the bass pedal so we're playing that note in between all the others alright we're also going to be looking at some more accidentals on this one so we get a C sharp which is our second fret of the B you'll see it circled below and we also get an F sharp well that's not new we had that in our first sharp but it's in there so be be aware of it so we're gonna be going and I'm gonna leave the open D's out just to explain this we of course all the way up to that D were having an open D in between so here we go one and sorry one two one two [Music] - done okay exercise 35 and this one we're gonna get the e-string you'll see that circle below so every time you see that note we're gonna run into e on the D string now with this one it's really important to note that we're gonna be throwing in sharp up there and actually we can kind of get all these notes to ring together so I'm gonna guide you through each note one at a time because this one's a little tougher so we're starting with our G now when I play that that measure I'm just gonna keep this second finger down on e 2 whole time so we get we can open any second fret of the G index first fret of the B for the C third finger second fret of the high e for that F sharp so picking a pattern do it right you can do this either with your fingers or a pick I'm doing this with my fingers and then what we get is our right and then our [Music] all right so I'm going to count you in this isn't 4 4 4 beats per measure 1 2 3 4 [Music] for all right exercise 36 it gets even trickier here not only do we have a new note F third fret of the D which we're going to be playing with our pinkie you'll see it circled below we've also got some ties eighth note rests syncopation and flat as well as C sharp shows up again so I'm gonna walk you through this so that we can get the counting correct and then I'm going to go ahead and play it for you so when we do this and actually you'll see the counting down below I'm going to put the numbers next to the next to the exercise here so that you can see see it the little plus signs our hands we're gonna get one dance and then we hold it and we then we let up just a little bit to mute it on the three and then the end of the three we get the flat we hold it on the three we kind of silence it and of the three we're gonna get it we get another half after that hold it and then the end of the three isn't one to notice that measure we have little ties in there so we play one and then the next the next measure we just get all the eighth notes so going from that gives us a really cool Arabic sound D so I'm gonna count you through this nice and slow one two three [Music] three okay exercise 37 this one's gonna provide a little bit of review all the way through 40 okay so what we're gonna be doing here we're gonna be starting with our town we get an eighth note second fret to open right and then back to third fret of the D for F and then we get a quarry pause for that quarter note rest then we get a snow G b-flat third fret with our pinkie and then with our second finger pick up the a for a quarter note G and then we're gonna arpeggiate in F major chord if you don't know what that means check out music theory in one lesson so we can fourth fret second of the G spread of the C and then second that the team that Nietzsche again see again I have no which is f so let's take a listen here one two three [Music] two three exercise 38 this one's a little tricky we're in three four of course three beats per measure we're all eighth notes but you'll notice the last eighth note of every measure is actually a rest so the last note you're gonna have to stop and actually make it so that there's a little silence there also we're gonna be getting F sharp on the fourth fret of the D which is a half step from the F that we already played on or sharps raising it a half step I'm gonna run you through each note in which finger to use for each note and I'm gonna go ahead and play it for you so we're starting with a G with our pinky there on the high E 3rd fret of the B with our third finger for the D then we get over B then stop and open index for that first fret open G and C again and then second threat for the e of the D and of course stop it we're gonna get first fret there sorry first finger second fret of the high e for that F sharp second finger for the D of the B then we're gonna open B then F sharp and then we're gonna get 2nd finger for the same F sharp third [Music] and then we're gonna get third finger for that next G 2nd finger for the the bead next to the a and then pinky for that have sharp and then open G of course we're gonna have to stop it so here we go 1 2 3 [Music] okay exercise 39 and this one we're in 2/4 we're gonna be using the G sharp but there's no other accidentals in there pay close attention to the fingerings listed though because we're gonna be using different ones let me get some chords to sound out so we're starting with our third fret an a of the G there's a third finger of the a the G at 2nd fret then we're gonna get a see with our index and an E of the deal or 2nd finger after that we're getting with our fourth finger damn with our pinky and move our third finger third fret of the D and then we're gonna open G rest so here we go one two [Music] all right let's take a look at exercise 40 this one and four four doesn't have any accidentals it's a little more straightforward in terms of the notes there's a lot of eighth notes there's a lot of movement so I'm gonna walk you through this just kind of one step at a time first off notice that we start with an eighth note rest this eighth note rest means we're coming in on the end of the one the first note that we play is the and after one after that just see down to be their third finger the Rudi's our pinky to catch the next e and we're gonna be going back downwards so we're gonna get our B again [Music] so I'm gonna give you a count in on this one and I take it nice and slow this one there's a lot of movement so if you need to pause the video and practice it please do so of course you can pick up the book on Amazon or my shop link below here we go one two three four one [Music] three four two three four now it's a little quicker of course it's the last exercise of this review section so I wanted to make it a little tougher of course if you have any questions about this stuff just leave them in the comments below all right exercise 41 is gonna introduce what's called compound time we're gonna start with three eighth time this has one beat per measure which is weird right because you see three notes down there well actually each beat of compound time which is any of those time signatures that you see those eight under is going to be broken up into triplets so you see the counting listed below we get one and one and one and one and also we're gonna run into our first dotted quarter-note now a dot remember it extends the note by its original duration in terms of rhythm and a quarter note if you add on half of that is adding on an eighth note we get a quarter as well as an eighth note so we get a total of really three eighth notes there now the important part to remember is a dotted quarter note lasts for an entire beat in this type of time signature and in fact that's what the beat is based off of whereas in common time three four and all of that we had a quarter note beat this is dotted quarter note beats so the third measure we get a quarter note in an eighth note right and you'll see how those line up with the counting above them so let's give this a shot one one [Music] all right let's check out 680 time for exercise 42 this works much the same way 3/8 does but we have two beats per measure so it goes one and two one two and now you'll see the counting below it's kind of listed out for you and of course this is just the B string just to get started on counting these types of rhythms so I'm gonna give you a count in one two [Music] [Music] now if you need some time and some written explanations of this you definitely check out the book on Amazon or in the link below and that gives you you know the chance to put this on your music stand in and go through nice and slow all right exercise 43 we're gonna be in 6/8 so at the same time signature from the last exercise this exercise introduces the open a string circled below a string being that second biggest strength now this is two beats each beat broken up into three notes and we're gonna be playing a G sharp in there so keep an eye out for that alright here we go one two [Music] - yeah okay exercise 44 we're gonna be introducing the notes beyond the a string second fret and C on the a string which is the third fret so b1 circled now and then c1 right after that okay also pay attention to the fingers that we're gonna be using so we're gonna be using the third finger for the first day second finger for that B and then the C we'll use our pinky and other notes should look familiar alright here we go guys one [Music] all that okay exercise 45 we're gonna be getting dotted quarter notes in common time now circle blows through the dotted quarter-note of course it lasts for a beat and a half in common time where isn't compound time before it lasts it for the entire beat this means that we're going to be coming in on the end of the two which gives us a cool syncopated feeling careful with the fingerings here these are all notes that you're familiar with so I'm gonna count you in nice and slow and make sure to pay attention to those rests and of course pause this video if you need some time to work it out one two three four [Music] exercise 46 this one's in 4/4 we have another dotted quarter-note but everything else is review be careful of the c-sharp but you're going to find on the fourth fret of the a or C be a third fret and the sharp raising it up by a half step take some time to pause the video and go through this before you listen to me play it of course and if you're an owner of the book which you can get on Amazon or the link below put it on that music stand and work through it alright I'm gonna count yet one two three four [Music] all right exercise 47 this is another review now we're starting on our E flat which is the first fret of the D string and if you find e which was the second fret of the D you flat it that brings it one half step backwards to the first fret this is in 6/8 so we get two beats broken up into triplets I'm going to count through this nice and slow also keep in mind we have there in the second measure as well as B's wet in the third alright here we go one two [Music] all right exercise 48 this one is in three four we've got a couple sharps here if you have sharps on the fourth fret of the D string and you'll find that in the third measure so it's the D sharp follow right after that we'll also the rhythm just to give you an idea we go two and three and one so here we go one two three [Music] all right exercise 49 this one's in 2/4 it's got eighth notes all the way through we're gonna be going in a string and some other notes and kind of a melody above it now we're gonna start by putting our third finger on the second fret of the g for that a then our second finger will get the next note there 2nd fret of the D that's our E and the index will get the B on the a after that then you know we go through a few more notes you can take a look at those those don't need too much explaining but next when you go back your second finger then our first and then second before this C [Music] [Music] you [Music] all right exercise 50 we've got some more accidentals in this one so most notably they're the first measure most gonna be dealing with juice on the first fret of the G and F sharp now this is in 6/8 so of course that means that we have three beats for three notes per beat two beats per measure so one and two and you notice that the first measure we have one two and one two and so if I were to snap my fingers on the notes that I would play it'd be one and two and one and two and one and two and two and all right let's go and count in on this one one and two [Music] all right exercise 51 this one's in three four and introduces the low e-string now first we're gonna be going to record we get one and then next start blue second fret of the B right open G over B and our pin you can catch that high G then we're gonna get lonely again this next E is the same in our AC second fret of the G first of the beat open e a d sharp versus the first of the D and we have a second of G over B for the F sharp and then our original board - the DDM and add the pinyin the very last so we get one two three two three all right exercise 52 this one's in 6/8 and what it's going to introduce is the note F on your low E string we're also gonna get the note B flat there on the first fret of the a and just about every measure of this melody so 6/8 again means that we have two beats triplets per beat you'll be starting on yeah then we're actually gonna also move up to a G so this melody also introduces the G then our and the beef the rest of the notes should be familiar if you need a moment to pause it or better yet if you have the book from Amazon or linked at my shop below you can take a moment to look and play through so I'm going to go ahead and count you in right now one two and [Music] and all right exercise 53 introduces what's called cut time so what this means is everything is cut in half so you'll see it looks like there's four beats per measure but really there's two and the beat this time is half notes so when you get quarter notes those function almost as if they were eighth notes and eighth notes function as what are called sixteenth notes which will run into later so I'm going to count you in on this one this is again counted with only two beats so we have one two [Music] all right so let's start reviewing all of the material that we've covered up to this point here in exercise 54 we have some cut time again meaning two beats per measure using all notes that should be familiar with you now so if you need to take a moment to pause the video take a look at the exercise and play through it please do so or better yet you can pick up the book at my shop or on Amazon linked below so let's take just a moment and count in one two [Music] - done all right exes five this one has a lot of eighth notes an eighth note rests so the idea behind this exercise is start to recognize things that have a staccato type of feel now these are not specifically staccato notes which are very sharp but this whole thing cousin has a staccato feel because we have eighth note rests between each note now the notes here these are all familiar so take a moment to pause the video or open your book to read through the melody I'm gonna go ahead and count us in 1 2 3 4 [Music] all right exercise 56 another review this one's a little tricky got to pay attention to the fingerings it's in 6/8 which means we have two beats per measure with triplets as the beat also we're gonna be using our index and fourth finger quite a lot and we're going to be actually crossing strings in a tricky way so I'm going to run you through this the first measure is pretty simple now on the second measure we're gonna go index to get that B flat and then third index and then we'll use our pinkie to get the G there third second index and then third finger for the fourth fret of the D for your f-sharp then we're gonna pop back up here third finger finger now you'll notice the index is on an F with what's called a natural sign on it so that an F natural is going to be your friend then third finger basically the opening phrase so let's count down one two [Music] [Music] all right sighs 57 we're gonna be crossing from the low e-string to the high e-string got some sharps on the way got a sharp here and f-sharp fourth fret of the D of course D sharp on your first fret and that's about all for accidentals this is nice and slow three four all quarter notes let's check this out one two three [Music] two three all right exercise 58 this one's in 4/4 has a number of accidentals we have our G short there on the first fret of the G f-sharp fourth fret of the D right now we've got C sharp 2nd fret of the B and another C sharp fourth root of the 8th other than that the rest of the notes should be familiar now we have a good amount of quarter note an eighth note mixture an eighth note rests here so be careful of those now if you need to pause the video to take a look or look in your awesome copy that you bought off my shop below or on Amazon please take some time I'm gonna go and count us in 1 2 3 4 3 3 4 3 [Music] one two three four done all right exercise 59 this one's in 2/4 so I'm going to be counting 2 beats per measure when are we going between them open D string and some notes up here so me [Music] we're gonna be putting the open D in between again notice we have quarter note rest at the beginning for the first beat further adieu them to count you in if you need to pause the video to look at it or look at your copy that you purchase off my shop linked below please go ahead one [Music] - done all right exercise 60 is another review this one's in 6/8 c-major we've got some rests and some eighth notes here so let's just run through it nice and slow we're using a third finger the C on the a second for that even open G and we're gonna use our pinky to get an F on the D and there's a short rest so let's count it one two [Music] now we're gonna take a trip around the circle of fifths the way this is gonna work it's we're gonna start in one key we're gonna go around this circle of fifths I'm going to show you a scale as well as a melody in each key now if you're not sure what a key is you should check out music theory and one lesson on my channel it's in the description as well as the cards it's a great video gives you a run-through of its scales and chords and things like that that subject is a little bit beyond the scope of this video what I really want you to understand in this video the concept of key signatures and how they work with reading music specifically so starting with exercise 61 we're in what's called the key of c-major which means we're using the C major scale to build our melody so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna play the C major scale for you you'll notice this is this one's in 4/4 we're just quarter notes and we're just gonna go from the bottom of the scale which is C to the top of the scale which is back to C so we get C [Music] so next let's take a look at the melody you'll notice it's in 6/8 so I've changed time signatures here but we're using all of the notes that belong to the C major scale now some of the notes are past where we played but they're the same notes just all an octave higher so you don't have to stop at the first octave which is C 2 C there's another octave now we're not gonna talk about higher positions in this video but we are gonna use a couple of the notes that are in the higher octave so we're in 6/8 these notes should all look very familiar we're starting with C we're gonna get an open G and then and I reckon it'd be quarter note eighth note chord quarter note and an eighth note [Music] the rest so I'm gonna go ahead and count you in here one and two and [Music] okay exercise 62 takes us to g-major which is a fifth above sea again music theory in one lesson will guide you if you need to know those definitions so something to notice we have an f-sharp here so we're taking essentially the same pattern except we're starting on the note G and not C and because we started on the note G we get an f-sharp now let's play through this scale and then I'm going to show you what kind of implication that has on the exercise so we have gene second forever f-sharp now that F sharp shows up a lot and if we're writing a melody and G we may not want to write it in every time so if we take a look at the melody now what we see is we have an f-sharp at the beginning of the staff so that means all of our apps are going to be sharp and not just the one up here but also this one and this one right all of our apps need to move a fret this way a fret higher now this I examples in 3/4 we've got a nice little mix of quarter notes and eighth notes we're starting on here we're gonna go to over G then we get the fourth fret of our D string for an F sharp another G second fret of the G for an a first fret of the D for a C and then a corner could be little rest there quarter note D corner G F sharp right so all of our FS are sharp in this example because of our key signature so I'm going to count in here one two three [Music] three two three okay exercise 63 brings us to D major now each time we move to the next node in the circle of fifths we pick up an extra sharp and we keep our last one so you'll notice we have an F sharp but we also have a C sharp now so go D second fret fourth fret the F sharp second the G for second of the B for C sharp and then of course the third fret therefore D now if you look at our key signature here we've got F sharp and C sharp so every time we see an F sharp we'll get an F sharp every time I see a C or and a half we get an F sharp every time you see a sea with a C sharp unless they write in what's called a natural sign which you've seen in one of the previous examples this one's in cut time so remember everything is kind of cut in half we're starting with an open D you get our F sharp and then our D right open e yeah sharp sure we're gonna get it second fret of the D G C sharp and then we're gonna get D sliding our third finger up F sharp 2nd fret and then D again so I'm gonna count in remember only two beats per measure on this one two [Music] all right on to a major as always if you need to stop pause the video so that you can read the exercise or better yet you can buy the book listed at my shop or on Amazon 100 sight-reading examples for guitar please do so I tend to move quick just so that this video is not 9 hours long so we're gonna be going to a major now keeping our F sharp and C sharp and now we're gonna collect a G sharp for that collection of sharps you'll notice that our key signature coming up will have a G sharp and you could keep it going so so the melody this one's in 4/4 we've got some eighth notes and just kind of like a descending type of scale through what's called a major again you can check out music theory and one last time on my channel if you need more information on that so we started an opening then we get [Music] right and then we're gonna be stepping back up alright I'm gonna count us in here one two three four [Music] [Music] two three four exercise 65 taking us to E major the next key in the circle of fifths now we're going to pick up a D sharp so fourth fret of our B as well as the Dean right so if we start the scale on our D string we get D sharp at the pinkie on the fourth fret and then okay so when when we go through this exercise we're actually going to be using the open e between the notes who've had a couple examples like this we're starting with the open E then we get our G sharp [Music] verse I see sharp right so if it's really cool Samy which is a half step we start with a quarter note we're going to some just some eighth note runs there this is two for two beats per measure so I'm going to count us in one two [Music] all right B major for exercise 66 this introduces a sharp third fret of the G the a and as you can see there's a lot more sharps here that the the key signature looks a little more complicated so let's go through this nice and slow these second fret of the a the C sharp on that fourth fret next to the D sharp second finger for the e of course pattern moving up of course we're not gonna move up here in this video now let's take a look at the exercise we're starting with a B this is common time four beats per measure and then at that dotted note we get an eighth note of a sharp again dotted we're gonna get a sharp use our pinky just to kind of get us in place a sharp four quarter note dotted quarter note let's count in so that we can get the rhythm nice and clean one two three two for two [Music] three four all right exercise 67 f-sharp major we're getting a lot of sharps now and we actually get an e sharp believe it or not now you'd think that's stupid because that's the first friend isn't that an F but yes he sharps exists and you can just think that the F is wearing a disguise known as e sharp so that he fits in with his friends an F sharp major if you want any real clarification on it check out music theory in one lesson on my channel it's an hour long it runs you through all that stuff so we're gonna be going through the scale starting with F now we have some more a sharps right so we have an e sharp here third fret of the D okay we also have an e sharp for Halloween so let's take a look at the example it's in 3/8 you can see that the key signature is pretty complicated here remember we're keeping all the sharps from the last ones and it to be careful you don't know play the sharp the third fret of the D there so we start with a little F sharp there pinkie we're gonna get the F sharp here on the D after that and then you sharp we got rests in between these right after that is and then we're gonna use a 4th finger for the a sharp positioning your third finger for the sharp so let's check this out one [Music] exercise 68 C sharp major this may well be the only time you play in C sharp major on the guitar who knows though who knows we're starting with the a sharp exists you're just gonna have to accept it we have another I know they seem like C's and they might be in disguise but for now just accept their disguise if you need any further clarification music theory and one lesson on my channel or the book listed in the shop those will help quite a lot so as you can see this melody looks pretty complicated too with the rhythm and everything so I'm gonna walk you through the notes and then we'll count through it we get C sharp C sharp major third fret there the D and we just kind of go between those notes for the first measure the second measure when we play the G sharp your second finger and your index for the the B sharp and I know that seems silly but it's easier to come to this if you set it up it's just more complicated to play it the other way then we get another C sharp F sharp C sharp a sharp F sharp a sharp C sharp again so let's count nice and slow through this melody if you need to pause the video of course do so and if you've got the book on hand take a moment to look through it one two three four one [Music] all right exercise 69 takes us to the terrible land of C flat major where we have all flats the next exercise I'll give you a break and give you something in C major this one be a little tough we also have to think about F flat which is a hard one to think about and C flat it's a hard one to think about which we have you know kind of like a and B in disguise so you're going to take your time with this one by all means you know you should have the book open in front of you you can find that at the link below let's start by going through the C flat major scale so we're gonna start with C flat 2nd fret of the a and then D flat with our pinkie you flap their index the first of the day then f flat second with the D G flat fourth fret a flat here B flat and C flat [Music] now the reading example kind of leaves that octave we're starting with our D flat here and then we're gonna get and then even on our B string fourth fret D flat second fret then B flat we're gonna get third fret of the G and then C flat open string and then a flat first and then red [Music] alright so I'm gonna count yet yeah one and two [Music] alright let's take the same exact melody from the last one and do it at C this time just to give you a breather we did a lot of accidentals last handful of exercises and I'm gonna bring this back to C major where we have no accidentals we're gonna play the same melody but this time in C so if you don't know what it is to transpose a melody and check out music theory in one lesson on my channel you can also definitely check out the book on my shop linked below now we're gonna be starting with G instead of G flat alright so let's count in one and two [Music] and yeah take a look at D flat major with exercise 72 losing the C flat from last time everything's flat except the C and the F so if we go through this scale we're starting the a and E flat first fret of the D and of course take your time pause it if you need to better yet if you have the book which you can get linked below you can go through this nice and slow we're in 3/8 here so we're gonna be starting with a D flat we're gonna go to an we're gonna play that same D flat with the third finger but slide back to the C so we can use our second finger to get this wet and our first finger to give it kind of pivot out to get the right an index again for our a flat second finger for the the C and then D flat again with our second finger so if we get one [Music] take a look at D flat major with exercise 72 losing the C flat from last time everything's flat except the C in the F so if we go through this scale we're starting to a an E flat first fret of the D and of course take your time pause it if you need to better yet if you have the book which you can get linked below you can go through this nice and slow we're in 3/8 here so we're gonna be starting with a D flat we're gonna go to an F we're gonna play that same D flat the third finger but slide back to the C so we can use our second finger to get this way and our first finger to give it out to get the right index again for our a flat second finger for the the C and then D flat again with our second finger so if we get one [Music] ah all right exercise 73 is taking us to a flat let's start off with the scale we have B flat E flat a flat B flat hopefully you have the book for this link down below now you got a flat here fourth fret of the low E B flat with your index and your third finger is gonna get C and the exercise were in 4/4 the counties a little trickier so I'm gonna run you through so we get one the a flat rest and for the C third finger for the D alright here we go one two three four one [Music] okay exercise 74 a flat major B flat E flat and a flat in this one so we start with E flat out the examples in twelve eight so we have four beats per measure broken up into triplets here we're starting with a rest and then we get G with a third finger and then we get [Music] let's take our time with this two and three and one three [Music] - for done all right exercise 75 takes us to b-flat major definitely pause the exercise if you need to take time or get the book linked below we're starting the scale enforcement of the a4 our B flat 3rd fret the C they'd be wider why did you go and see [Music] and then we're not going up here in the video but don't worry about reading that stuff yet so our examples in cut time now with this example we're gonna be doing two beats per measure of course cut time you're starting to [Music] alright exercise these six takes us to F major the only accidental here is b-flat we're starting with these notes should be familiar to you by now so the examples in four we start off okay here we go one two three four three [Music] three four all right everybody we're gonna introduce dynamics now so this example introduces the idea of piano and Forte as well as crescendo so piano means to play quietly and Forte as loudly and crescendo is to come up and vowel volume so we're going to be going from piano to Forte through the whole exercise now you'll see the f-sharp and the key signature we're in 4/4 this is in the key of E minor we didn't run through the minors in our tour of the circle of fists if you want to check that out music theory and one last lessons a great place to start if you need to slow down a little bit definitely pause the video to look at the example or get the book out in front of you which you can buy at the link below to go through the fingerings we start with [Music] let me get G and then sharp be F sharp G have sharp d sharp would be F sharp fourth of the d start quiet I get a little louder so let's do this nice and slow one two three four [Music] exercise 78 this introduces our sport Sandow which means sudden and loud and a decrescendo to mezzo Forte we also have met so piano in the beginning so mezzo means medium so medium soft firm it's a piano medium loud for mezzo Forte and sports and O's like beau it's gonna hit you and we're gonna be hitting them nice loud note this is in the key of B flat major so make sure to check you know the exercises before if you need to pause it open the book all of that you know the deal let's go through the the fingerings were in 6/8 here so we start with [Music] [Music] ressource all know is supposed to jump out at us so here we go one two and [Music] alright guys exercise 79 going to be doing some slurs here now the slur looks like a tie over multiple notes that change pitch which means the first note of the group is going to include the right hand and the rest of them are played with just a left or right now if you need to know how to do slurs I have exercises for that on my channel check out my channel this is a video on reading music so we're gonna stick to that I'm gonna run you through the fingerings here we're in twelve eight that means we have four measures our side four beats per measure broken into triplets so as we're using the B minor scale here if you need to know more about that music they're in one lesson on my channel is a great place to go so sorry that would be on the F sharp hammer on the G - C sharp [Music] sharp hammering on 2d oh all right let's count dad three and four Hey [Music] [Music] and for alright guys exercise 80 grace notes here grace notes you see these little tiny teeny F sharps followed by regular size e so what we get is just a quick slur if we were to go up you'll see in the last measure we have a dich arp up to e just really quick right before the note this is an E major so check out music theory and one lesson if you need to know your keys and of course pause this or open the book that you can find at the link below to just take your time and read through it and when you're ready watch me play it we're in cut time so we're cutting everything in half we get one and two [Music] right so we did slurring F sharp to e three times then D sharp d sharp e sharp three times then B C sharp to be three times then [Music] all right everybody exercise 81 we're in the key of F major here and we're introducing accents so of course if you need to take a moment to let take a look pause the video or hopefully you have the book just linked below you're gonna be starting with the B natural which is your open B string in this case you'll see in the key signature we have to B flat we had two natural it here so accent with open G after then we go one [Music] all right exercise 82 introduces the tenuto now this is something I've seen a lot of Facebook arguments get very long and heated over it's kind of weird when people argue over this stuff but basically what it's anudo means is give me a milk you know sometimes I even stretch the note duration just a little bit to really hold it it's kind of subjective what a milky note sounds like so you're gonna have to do your best to develop this but you'll hear the accent the two noodles just this little line above the notes you'll see below or in C major we're starting with the C right and then the next milky note after that's right check this out one two [Music] all right exercise 83 we're gonna introduce Takato notes now this is kind of tricky a couple ways to play staccato you'll see them circled below they're the notes with the dots above them now you can either stop it with your finger or just lift up after you play again this is a reading music video so we won't get into the technique of it too much but it should be staccato which means a short kind of quick note that goes right so we're gonna be doing opening a sharp C sharp because we're in the key of a a here so look at the T signature and open staccato G sharp F sharp sharp staccato mystic ATO or sorry regular TV naturalistic oh no C sharp and then staccato G sharp C sharp staccato so let's count in for this one by all means pause it if you need to or hopefully you have the book which is at the link below so we have one two three [Music] all right exercise 84 introduces the Fermata looks like that little kind of Egyptian eyeball symbol above that F there in the second measure basically a Fermata just hold the note as long as you want and then once the Fermata is done when you're ready to keep moving on and just pick up the tempo where you left off so we're gonna start from auto nose to hold this then we come in on the end of the three [Music] see your second finger so here we go 1 2 3 4 2 3 [Music] [Laughter] all there's not as you like and all right exercise 85 we're gonna be introducing Celeron doze and on those here first notice we're nine eight three beats per measure broken in triplets one and two and three and next for an D minor notice the b-flat in the key signature if you need to know more about your keys music theory and one lesson on my channel homepage that'll help you a lot it's helped countless thousands definitely pause it or take a look at the book that is available at the link below soak this one in it's a little trickier so Excel or on dos simply start speeding up and Ritardando start slowing down it's kind of to your taste I like to speed up very slowly it's a little more subtle for me some people do it a little more bombastically so I'll count it as we go [Music] we have a seller on those will speed up on those slow down so here we go one and two three [Music] [Music] alright guys let's take a look at exercise 86 got some staccato notes and all that but first let's talk about a repeat it's at the end you'll see the double dots basically repeat it played twice we're in B major here so if you need any clarification on your keys music they're in one lesson and hopefully you've got the book open which is linked below we're starting with the f-sharp [Music] [Music] notice that the open bees are not staccato all the other notes are cut time so we're this is two beats per measure and everything's kind of divided and half so these quarter notes are really eighth notes don't forget to repeat at the end here we go one two [Music] [Music] all right guys exercise eighty-seven comment I'm G major check out the F sharp and the key signature down there we're gonna be doing first and second endings here so put quite simply first time through we play what's under the bracket and one second time through we skip that and play what's under the bracket - you'll notice there's a repeat there at the end of the material under bracket one definitely pause the video if you need to take a look at the sheet music it's here on the screen or you can get the book at the shop linked below in the description I'm gonna run you through the notes we have G then we have a little rest then we have a tie into the next message then we get AC sharp a C and then another tie f-sharp G very good another tie see [Music] f sharp hello coming back through the repeat second time through all we have is a D so here we go one two three four [Music] [Music] two three two [Music] and one and two and three [Music] hey guys exercise 88 this one's in G minor if you need to know more about G minor music there in one lesson is a great place to start on my channel it's right on the home page B flat and E flat you'll notice in the key signature down there so of course our K is the opening right and we have B flat just first of it a third of the g e flat being for 13 and first so this introduces DC alfvén a which means go back to the beginning and play Tiffany pretty simple we're in 6/8 here so two beats broken into triplets I'm sorry [Music] G flat G C G B flat G go back to the beginning plate if any here we go one and two and [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] all right exercise 89 this is an f-sharp minor you need to know more about that music theory in one lesson it's gonna be the spot to go to that's a video on my channel you can see it right on the home channel understanding music theory in one hour this is in common time and we're introducing D s alpha a so when you see DSL thinning you're gonna go to the s and then play F in a pretty simple the S symbol you'll see it kind of looks like a weird dragon like critter or something along those lines like I said pretty simple pretty straightforward now this one's a little tricky I'm gonna walk you through the fingerings and we're actually running into a strange thing called a sharp which would be on the first fret of your E string yeah I know it's silly not to call it an F if you watch my music theory video that'll shed some light on why we're calling it e sharp that's beyond the scope of this video it's burn common time for beats starting with a half sharp dotted quarter nothing then we're gonna go [Music] and we go through this descending scale so we get F sharp C sharp G sharp [Music] f-sharp and then c-sharp let me go back after after that measures done then we go back to the symbol which gives us C sharp B d sharp C sharp so let's go ahead and count through this nice and slow one two three four four one [Music] two three four [Music] all right exercise 90 I tried to make this one just a little bit funny we don't really need to challenge ourselves to understand this concept we are in C flat major very weird very very weird not gonna play in that key a lot right C flat major what a nightmare however we're only gonna be learning multi measure rests in this one and well it's gonna be a boring exercise all we're gonna be playing is a b-flat and then we're gonna rest for four measures and we're gonna get another four beats would be flat this is in twelve eight so we get one two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one three and four and one and three rest for four measures you just see that big long thing it says for multi measure rests have fun let's read some chords so this is more of the classical way to create chords this is in court charged we're actually getting all the notes of each chord right now what we're going to be doing here and I have a kind of a weird in that first chord and you'll see why as we're gonna start with a major seven chord so that's Dean a c-sharp d-sharp 41:34 and in the key of D major and then we're gonna go to an a7 chord just by lifting it up and keeping the third finger there there's slide the third finger up for D chord this one's just a regular D chord and then we're gonna place our pinkie on that G and we're gonna get our D major chord [Music] there's slider third finger back a seven slide it up again this is a one major 7 chord followed by a five seven one four five seven one you don't know what that means music theory in one lesson is a great place to start understanding music in one hour you can find that on my channel I'm gonna count us in one two three two three three two three two three two three two three done all right exercise 92 we're gonna start doing some strumming directions for these chords I'm just gonna use just going down we're starting with an E minor chord we're gonna do this you'll see the direction so we do first a down arrow [Music] get it down fairly simple again this is just how to read it I'm not trying to to show you the hardest thing to play right now it's just how to read music so let's go ahead and dive right into this one one two three four [Music] three four two three four [Music] [Music] all right let's look at bars exercise 93 is gonna introduce the bar we're starting with our first bar bar the first fret and we have our C F and a there we get a measure of rest because I want to give you some time to switch to the C that's Meg so it's basically a C with that low G in there so just look at all the notes and find them one at a time of course it helps if you have the book which is listed at my shop below so you can put it on the music stand then next we're gonna be doing a b-flat major chord then we're gonna go back to a C and we're gonna go to an athame jerk or all right so that's a that's a good ol one five four five one progression you need more explanation on that well use theory on my channel so of course we're in F major here because of the B flat remember our trip around the circle of fifths or an account in on four four so here we got one two three four two three four one two three four two three four two three four two three four two three four we have a Fermata at the end this looks like kind of like a little Egyptian high symbol which means you can hold it as long as you like take this one slow bars they're tough but have alright next we have the half bar you see the little sign followed by C that means first position so 1/2 bar C 1 the Roman numeral after the C means you know what fret ball goes on if it's a half bar we're covering three out of three strings right you have all kinds of bars you know you have a four out of six bar you've got a I I tend to use either hole in half I don't you know there are playing situations where you have to use you know more of a five string bar and all of that but that will be notated in the music and it becomes very clear with this type of convention how much of a bar to do now we're an F major again and we're actually going to be playing kind of the same thing except just not bars so we have a half bar on the first first fret and I'm just borrowing three of those strings you get four if you want it really doesn't matter too much but it's a half F may see you get a little bit of a rest and we're going to see all right and then I'm gonna go to the B flat chord again but this time it doesn't have to be a bar itself and we're gonna go back to C and then we're gonna go back to the half ball so here we go one two three four two three four one two three four two three four two three four two three four two three four of course there's a Fermata hold it as long as you want all right let's get to right hand fingerings finally right I actually maybe I should have put this at the beginning of the video but I didn't it's about reading music this is intended for any guitar player my channel is mostly about finger style on classical guitar so I'm sure my students really want to get to this exercise specifically and it's a really pretty exercise and I've actually lifted it from a person who was long dead named mauro giuliani he had a hundred and twenty of these awesome finger picking patterns I will be doing a video where I go through all hundred and twenty at some point in the near future however for now I'm just gonna give you one of his exercises and I'm gonna tell you how we notate the finger picking hand so we have P for thumb I for index middle for middle and a for annular or ring a P I M a so the the note has a P next to it thumb and so forth so we're starting with the C major chord and we pick through it with this really [Music] you'll see that little similar thing that just means to do the same same pattern of fingers through the whole thing and we switched to a g7 chord and first inversion so we get finish on a little C there so here we go one two [Music] [Music] you [Music] all right exercise 96 this kind of furthers the same idea use a different pattern here we're gonna do thumb and ring at the same time that's that's another pattern we're just gonna repeat the whole time starting with our fourth finger on that G notice we have an f-sharp or in the key of E minor here you can get more music theory stuff at my channel there's a repeat and we're in 6/8 so we get so those two notes the knee and the G then G f-sharp G and we're gonna get a and G at the same time and then C and a F sharp C ma and then I'm just gonna lift it up and get the open D and open E and C a F sharp C today we're gonna go back to the basic Elysees is the first measure or repeat it and an end to e so let's check this out one and two and [Music] - done all right so we're gonna leave first position I tried to keep this whole thing pretty much in first position but I want you to be prepared to recognize not only position mark any markings but string markings because sometimes you're gonna play a note note elsewhere this G not the only place to play that right because you can also play up here and it has a different sound different things that you can do like a you know slides [Music] you can't really do some there are certain things you just can't how are you gonna do that going between strings right so let's learn how to do that now you see the the numbers with circles in it that means string so we have 1 2 3 4 5 6 from highest to lowest and the third is our g string so we're starting with open G we get a and then we get that B with our third finger and another half step up C which is the fifth fret so alright and then I'm gonna go up to seventh for D and that's a familiar-looking d but we can play it here right third finger for e and I'm gonna slide that third finger up for f-sharp because we're doing the G Major scale here and then our G on the twelfth fret every single string repeats after the twelfth fret so if you did this same kind of idea you go all the way up each and every string now you'll see the position markings to those Roman numerals so what that means is that's where your index is aligned so here we have our index line with the second fret right and then up here for the D we have it aligned with the seventh right then we get our third finger here we slide that up and then here we are in ninth position so that's how that works practice going up and down each string just naming the notes all right so we're gonna do the same exact thing as the last exercise 97 but in 98 we're gonna actually cross two strings so we're gonna go to the B string which is our second string you'll see it circled there so we start with our open G then our index our third finger for the B thank you for that C and we're gonna shift up the seventh position with our index catch that II with our third finger and instead of sliding up we can just move our index here to the B string for F sharp and G so if we did the first exercises right but this one is same sound right just different ways to play it and of course you see the position and string markings there next one's really cool this is where reading music really starts to make things very powerful for you so we're gonna be playing an open G on that same scale between each note so our open G so I have is open D open G same note is found here on the fifth fret of the D you see that's our fourth string for circled I'm starting with our second finger so we do G G and then hey write and then open B G and then I can just go here C right G f-sharp G in second position so overall I mean that's kind of a cool effect right so we [Music] cool right exercise 100 it's blank staff reason you've learned to read music is so that you can communicate not only with others that are trying to write it so that you can play it but you can also write your own I think it's really really really important to be able to to just sit down and experiment with things this video is a very long video and if you've gotten to this point thanks for watching I hope that you learned a lot I also hope that you picked up the book which is linked at the shop below so I can keep doing this for people and I really hope that you are brave enough to learn some music theory as well and put your reading and theoretical abilities together so that you can create your own music and experience your own voice with this just absolutely beautiful instrument now I do all kinds of teaching every day with not just students in person but on Skype and I make YouTube lessons here and I will tell you all of my students that begin to read music fluently they just do better and I think that you will too now there's there's a big argument about tabs versus reading sheet music out there and I am on the sheet music side I think tabs I don't like them now I'm not gonna tell anybody they're bad for using them and actually some of my students I work off of them with with tab because they just don't want to learn to read music but since you've taken this step to learn to read music congratulations you are one step further in the journey to musicianship so please subscribe to this channel you can also check out the music theory video which I'm in a place conveniently here at the end have fun definitely do not forget to subscribe and like video [Music]

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Length: 147min 36sec (8856 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 03 2017