Reading Guitar Music

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Cyberfret.com Legacy Reading Music for Guitar Lessons

All guitar lessons on Cyberfret.com are in the process of being updated. Below are some guitar lessons that cover how to read music from the old website that have not made it to the new one yet.

How to read Internet guitar tablature - This guitar lesson is comprehensive guide to reading guitar tabs found on the Internet. Text tabs are the most common way that you find guitar music written on the web.

Converting Standard Notation To Guitar Tablature - If you are looking for a quick way to convert standard music notation into guitar tablature, this is the guitar lesson for you.

Guitar Basics is an online method that teaches fundamental guitar techniques through reading guitar music. There is an alternate guitar tablature version of most sections, but try to use it with the standard notation version.

Guitar Basics - Online Guitar Method

Standard Notation Primer notes on the first string notes on the second string notes on the third string notes on the fourth string high A notes on the fifth string notes on the sixth string sharps flats

Guitar Tablature Version Primer notes on the first string notes on the second string notes on the third string notes on the fourth string high A notes on the fifth string notes on the sixth string sharps flats

Understanding Rhythm on the Guitar

In this section you will study rhythms by themselves, without playing specific notes. Even if you do not learn to read music, you should gain an understanding of how rhythms work.

Reading Rhythms for Guitar: Part 1 - Quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes

Reading Rhythms for Guitar: part 2 - eighth notes, dotted quarter notes