Read piano notes

Here are the note names for both lines and spaces. How to read music and how to read piano notes.

If your third or fourth grader is starting to think about taking up a musical instrument, help him get the basics of reading notes with this handy sheet!

Music theory private lessons for students on all instruments. Music theory is the written language of music.

Music notes above and below the staff are read as extensions of the staff. In piano sheet music, notes above and below the staff will have lines above/below them, There are usually one, two or three of these lines and they simply act as an extension of the staff. For example, Middle C (the middle C note of the piano) is sitting on an extra line below the treble staff (the top one). This means it is two steps below the note on the bottom line of the treble staff itself, an E. The treble and…

O Christmas Tree is one of the most popular Christmas carols in the world. It’s actually a German carol, which has been translated into many different languages such as into English. It’s also a pretty easy song to play on the piano. In this free lesson we learn a bit more about the history of ... Read more