Chords for HOW TO READ BASS GUITAR SHEET MUSIC ~ lesson #121

[C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
You'll be able to use this video even if you do not learn to read traditional notation.
However, we have included an introduction in this section.
_ _ Music is traditionally written on a staff.
A staff consists of five lines and four spaces, which represent the different notes of the musical alphabet.
_ The notes represented on the staff come from our musical alphabet.
They are A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
_ After the G note, the alphabet starts over with A.
_ This also works in reverse if you are playing or writing the notes backwards.
G, F, E, D, C, B, A, G, F, and so on.
_ _ Bass music is written on the bass clef.
Whenever you see this symbol, the music can be played on a bass guitar.
The notes of the bass clef start with G on the very bottom line.
The space above G represents an A note.
The line above A represents B.
The space above B represents C, and so on. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Notes can extend above and below the staff by the use of ledger lines. _
_ _ There are also different versions of most notes, called [C] accidentals.
_ Accidentals consist of sharps and flats.
_ _ To make a note sharp is to raise it one fret on the bass.
To make a note flat is to lower it one fret on the bass. _ _
One way of writing sharps or flats on the staff is to place the symbol before the note
you want to change. _
Another way of writing sharps or flats is to use a key signature.
Simply put, a key signature is a group of sharps or flats at the very beginning of a staff line. _
The sharp or flat note in the key signature indicates that all notes of the same name
will be altered throughout the piece of music.
_ For example, if the key signature has a sharp symbol on an F, you are to play F sharp in
place of F for the remainder of the piece of music, unless otherwise indicated by another accidental symbol. _
_ When a sharp or flat note needs to be changed back to its original, non-accidental state,
a natural symbol is used.
_ Most bass guitar music uses both tablature and staff notation, which allows you to choose
which method of reading you would like to use. _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _