Reading Music for Mandolin Players

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#336666" TEXT="#080000" background="13cb85a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" >Guides Publishing tm   </FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guides Publishing tm "><B>home</B></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#336666" TEXT="#080000" background="13dd2b83.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="13fb9560.jpg" border=0 width="185" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="product_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Music Instruction">Music -</A> </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" style=" border-left: 2px solid #33FFFF;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Reading Music for Mandolin Players</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1153 WIDTH="496"><div> <IMG SRC="16d7a750.gif" border=0 width="122" height="117" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The following is from the introduction to:</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="509" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFF99" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 278 WIDTH="497"><div>  <B><U>Reading Music For Mandolin Players </U></B>by Peggy Anderson </div> <bR> <div> One of the frustrations of playing an instrument for a lot of us is simply reading </div> <div> music. I don't know how many times I've heard the old saw "If I can hear it, I can play it."</div> <bR> <div> That is really true for a lot of us but ... stepping into a library or a music store can be a point of embarrassment. "What do all those dots and stems mean?"  For almost thirty years I never really understood how that mystery worked. And specifically, how those dots referred to something as marvelous as a Mandolin Fretboard? </div> <bR> <div> Then I met a remarkable professional Violist and Violin teacher who helped me understand how and why they all fit together. And with that happy thought, I'd like to introduce you to Peggy Anderson - Violist extraordinaire, terrific music teacher and all around great person -  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>D</B></I><I>ion</I><I><B> M</B></I><I>orris</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Georgia" > - </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Editor - Guides Publishin</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Georgia" >g</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="508" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFCC" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 645 WIDTH="496"><div> <B>From:</B><I> Notes on Reading Music for Mandolin Players - Peggy Anderson</I></div> <bR> <div> Although I started playing the viola at age 8 and was adept at reading the alto clef, I never learned how to read the treble clef until about 10 years ago. Then, I was offered a gig in which I had to play the violin.  All of a sudden, I had to figure out how to read the treble clef - a foreign language to me - in less than a week and - be able to do it proficiently enough to play Mozart in a professional setting.  I puzzled and crammed and then, a light bulb went off in my head!  I discovered a couple of  neat things that easily enabled me to commit the treble clef to memory in a short time.  I successfully played the Mozart gig and since then, I  have used this method to teach treble clef note reading to violin students of all ages.  When I recently started playing the mandolin, I found that these tricks work even better for mando and I'd like to share them with you.</div> <bR> <div> First of all, here are some basics about note reading.  </div> <bR> <div> Music is written on a staff, which consists of 5 <I>lines</I> and 4 <I>spaces</I>.  </div> <bR> <div> Most of the notes you will be reading fall within the staff, but there are a few notes that sit above or below the staff.  </div> <bR> <div> The short little lines you will see along with these notes are called <I><B>lege</B></I><I>r</I> lines.   </div> <bR> <div> Leger lines and the spaces between them function just like the <I><B>lines</B></I> and <I><B>spaces</B></I> of the staff itself.</div> <bR> <div> The treble clef is the curly cue on the left of the diagram - for this purpose, this explanation will be in the key of G which has ONE sharp. </div> <bR> <div> When we refer to the <I><B>lines</B></I> and <I><B>spaces</B></I> in the staff, they are labeled from the bottom up.  For example, the bottom <I><B>line</B></I><B> </B>is the first <I><B>line</B></I> and the top <I><B>space</B></I>  is the fourth <I><B>space</B></I> .  </div> <bR> <div> <B>All </B>musical notes are either line notes or space notes.  (<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Georgia" >The head of the note either has a line going through the middle of it or it falls in the space  between two lines</FONT>.) </div> <bR> <div> The thing that overwhelms most people who want to learn how to read music is that there are <I>so many</I> notes to learn.  In this approach, we will focus on teaching you how to read the notes on <B>one string at a time</B>.  </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Some Notes on Reading Music for Mandolin Players - Peggy Anderson</I></div> <bR> <div> Although I started playing the viola at age 8 and was adept at reading the alto clef, I never learned how to read the treble clef until </div> <div> To order a digital copy of this remarkable book - click here Place button here - </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>