Reading Music

by Justin Mahoney

If you are new to reading music on guitar, you may want to pick up a method book such as Berklee Book 1. It starts from the very beginning, step one, but also moves along at a faster pace than most methods so that you aren’t just playing 3 note melodies in the open position for weeks… If you can kind of read already, or  looking for something to read that may be a little more challenging, check out Bach’s two part inventions. It uses different keys and time signatures, and the beautiful thing about the Bach pieces is even if you play them super slow (which you should if you aren’t a good reader), they still sound musical. If you consider reading to be work, you might as well enjoy the sound of the music.

Justin Mahoney offers private guitar lessons for beginner and advanced students at Elite Music Academy. Having two locations at 822 and 2007 Danforth Avenue in Toronto, Elite Music offers music lessons in diverse music styles and instruments. For a free consultation, please contact the main desk at 416 406 5355 ext 1.