Native Instruments presents: The first winner of the Guitar Rig Hero contest 2008! ****** Name: Jayme Gutierrez Located: Jaén, Spain. Musical influences: Billy Joel, Jaime Cullen, Kean, Muse, Cold Play, John Williams and lots more of grand variety. Background: I am 24 years old, born in England but I live and work in Spain. I´ma self taught musician, can´t read music but I write it anyway. I play piano, drums, guitar, bass, all sorts of percussion. I sing and write lyrics. I’ve written various pieces for several Cantatas. I also record and produce my own tracks which are on my myspace profile and on iTunes. I´ma plasterer but am looking for ways to earn my living in the music industry. Homepage: www.myspace.com Instruments used in video: Yamaha Clavinova CPL 230, Fender Stratocaster, Yamaha Bass, acoustic drums (unknown brand), Flamenco box, shaker, Roland XP10, Rhode condenser microphones, Mackie Onyx 400f, Cubase SX 2 and Guitar Rig 3 with Rig Kontrol 1 pedal. ****** Check out all top 5 winners here: www.youtube.com
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If you play guitar, or are thinking about taking it up you should decide if being able to read guitar music is important to you or not. This have a big impact in how you decide to learn to play the instrument. Why? For a couple of reasons.
1. ) Not learning how to read music and relying on Tablature to learn new tunes and just knowing the names of chords is a lot easier then comprehending musical theory and the notes on each string.
2. ) If you decide you want to know how to read guitar music then it’s going to take a bit longer to learn the basics. There is more time that must be put in learning additional skills and knowledge needed later on.
What does it take to learn how to read guitar music
The initial part of learning to read music on guitar is learning the musical staff. This consists of the 5 lines and 4 spaces you see on any sheet music. Most guitar lesson home study programs should teach this, be sure to double check that it’s covered before you fork over any money.
The second portion of learning how to read guitar music is understanding the names of each string, and the notes on those strings up to the 5th fret. This corresponds to the notes you’ll be reading from sheet music. This is of course the beginning stages of learning to read music for guitar, and as you learn to read chords it will become more difficult.
The simplest way to Learn to Read Guitar Music
Learning to read sheet music on guitar isn’t impossible on your own, how ever it might take you sometime if you don’t have any previous musical experience. Having a quality guitar lesson book or video on hand will save you time while learning.
The popular learn guitar courses such as Learn and Master Guitar cover learning the notes on each string, how to read music, theory, and scales. These are all intertwined and will take you from just being a strumming guitar player to an intermediate and advanced player.
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Many of you reading this have obviously asked yourself whether or not you need tobe able to read guitar music. The truth of the matter is that it all depends on your goals and wants. There are those that need to learn and there are those that don’t.
So if it so happens that you fall in the category of those that need knowledge on guitar theory then you know what you have to do. But on the other hand, if you don’t fall in this category then you don’t need to worry about learning to read music.
Let us look at the two categories in a little more detail; those that should and those that don’t need to.
The People That Need To Read Music
If you fall under this group then you probably want to take up music as a professional career; starting guitar lessons at a tender age and/or want to be able to play classical guitar. Let us look at music as a career.
Guitar as a Career
Wanting to have the guitar pay the bills one day is a dream for a number of guitar players. If this is the case for you then please be aware that you will need to learn music theory. Unfortunately there are no two ways about that. Without the ability to read music you are killing your career before it even begins.
Starting To Play as a Teenager
It is advisable for those starting out at a tender age to learn to read music. Not only will this help you in the future understanding of music, but it will open doors to a sophisticated understanding of music that will give you a competitive advantage over those that can’t.
Classical Guitar
Classical guitar is different from blues, rock or folk. Unlike these kinds of guitar playing, classical requires a little bit more sophistication. Maybe the reason for this is because of the origin or how the whole kind of play unfolds. You can dig a little deeper on this and figure it out for yourself.
The People That Don’t Need To Read Music
Bet a lot of you are relieved to read this. One can only imagine the look on your faces if it was a requirement that anyone wishing to play the guitar had to learn to read music. Don’t be alarmed, if you only wish to play the guitar for fun there is no need to learn music.
Should I Learn to Read Guitar Music?
The answer to this question is simple; if you want to become a career guitar player then it is highly encouraged to go ahead and learn music. But if becoming a career player is not on your agenda then don’t bother. All in all, it would not hurt to know how to read music.
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Many guitarists are adamant that the only way to learn guitar is by learning to read sheet music. Some even go so far as to say that if all guitar tab was removed from the world the level of guitar playing would be much higher. The main objection to that idea is that many famous guitar players never learnt to read sheet music. Some even have trouble with tab. Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Tommy Emmanuel and Jeff Beck are shining examples. Of course, all these guitarists were following their own idiosyncratic ways of expressing themselves through the guitar rather than learning a broad range of music but there are still those who are thinking of a whole world of music that is closed to people who have not learnt to read notation. What would possibly be raised if tab were eliminated would be the level of communication between guitarists because we would all be speaking the same langusage.
But it is highly unlikely that guitar players who have more of an instinctive approach to the guitar will ever take the trouble to learn theory and standard music notation. At the same time the people who have made the effort to learn to read music will continue to feel that they have a greater understanding of the guitar and the ability to learn new music faster than guitarists who do not have a background of theory at their fingertips.
You could say that the bottom line is what works for the individual. If you can play guitar but can’t read music, does that make you an inferior guitarist? A weakness with learning from tabs is that timing and rhythm can’t be learnt from tabs but some people write tabs incorporating the elements of sheet music notation that show note values and timing, and this kind of notation is very easy to learn.
There are those guitar players who see sheet music notation as a language that was invented by keyboard players and is not very well suited to the guitar. It should be noted that without learning musical theory as well, learning to read music is just a part of the language of music and is not a great deal more useful than tabs. Also the amount of music theory a guitarist learns is in proportion to his interest in music in general but will not necessarily make him a better guitar player than a guy who doesn’t read music.
It has often been pointed out by guitar players who play in an open or alternate tuning that if you are used to reading and playing music in standard tuning you might find it very difficult to sight read a piece written in an alternate tuning using standard musical notation. If this is true it would suggest that reading standard music is not the key to universal understanding of the guitar.
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Many guitarists are adamant that the only way to learn guitar is by learning to read sheet music. Some even go so far as to say that if all guitar tab was removed from the world the level of guitar playing would be much higher. The main objection to that idea is that many famous guitar players never learnt to read sheet music. Some even have trouble with tab. Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Tommy Emmanuel and Jeff Beck are shining examples. Of course, all these guitarists were following their own idiosyncratic ways of expressing themselves through the guitar rather than learning a broad range of music but there are still those who are thinking of a whole world of music that is closed to people who have not learnt to read notation. What would possibly be raised if tab were eliminated would be the level of communication between guitarists because we would all be speaking the same langusage.
But it is highly unlikely that guitar players who have more of an instinctive approach to the guitar will ever take the trouble to learn theory and standard music notation. At the same time the people who have made the effort to learn to read music will continue to feel that they have a greater understanding of the guitar and the ability to learn new music faster than guitarists who do not have a background of theory at their fingertips.
You could say that the bottom line is what works for the individual. If you can play guitar but can’t read music, does that make you an inferior guitarist? A weakness with learning from tabs is that timing and rhythm can’t be learnt from tabs but some people write tabs incorporating the elements of sheet music notation that show note values and timing, and this kind of notation is very easy to learn.
There are those guitar players who see sheet music notation as a language that was invented by keyboard players and is not very well suited to the guitar. It should be noted that without learning musical theory as well, learning to read music is just a part of the language of music and is not a great deal more useful than tabs. Also the amount of music theory a guitarist learns is in proportion to his interest in music in general but will not necessarily make him a better guitar player than a guy who doesn’t read music.
It has often been pointed out by guitar players who play in an open or alternate tuning that if you are used to reading and playing music in standard tuning you might find it very difficult to sight read a piece written in an alternate tuning using standard musical notation. If this is true it would suggest that reading standard music is not the key to universal understanding of the guitar.
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Native Instruments presents: The fourth winner of the Guitar Rig Hero contest 2008! ****** Name: Yves Custeau Located: St-Francois-Xavier-de-Brompton, QC, Canada Musical influences: Malmsteen, Vai, Metallica, Gilmour, Petrucci and a lot more. Background: Self-taught multi-instrument musician for 18 years now, I’ve been involved in the Eastern Townships’ music scene as a musician, soundman and teacher. I also have my studio where I lay down ideas and have 100 songs to date. In 2006, I ranked 3rd place in Montreal’s Guitar Hero(!) battle among 60 guitarists (real guitarists, not the game!) and, in 2000, won 1st place at Victoriaville’s Bud Rock guitar battle. Homepage: www.myspace.com Instruments used in video: Malmsteen Fender Strat and Marc Chicoine custom guitar through Guitar Rig 3, Tama Grandstar drums, Yamaha P-80 piano and Ibanez soundgear recorded and mixed into Logic Pro 8. ****** Check out all top 5 winners here: www.youtube.com