Reading All the Space Notes

Patterns and chords with even-numbered fingers

Last time, in “Reading Music Fluently,” we got started with a new take on learning to read fluently, specially geared toward stringed instruments. We saw that all the open strings are written on the spaces between the lines of the musical staff. Roughly speaking, the G is below the staff, the D at the bottom, the A in the middle, the E at the top.

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