LESSON 14 ( Reading Guitar Music in 2 to 4 Parts )

LESSON 14
Reading Guitar Music in 2 to 4 Parts

             Sometimes it can be confusing to read guitar music since it can have up to four different lines of music. 

Usually when the stems go up they indicate the melody line, when they go down the bass line.
Each line has to have as many beats as are indicated in the time signature.

 

            The first note played would be the bass since the melody has a rest on the first beat. While the low A keeps sounding you would play the second and third beat of the melody.

It is possible to have more than 2 lines of music, but the same rules as above would still be valid.