Added by on 2013-07-16

The response from Andrew Wasson , of Creative Guitar Studio, to: “Can you do a video lesson that explains how to read music notation (not tab) on the guitar? There are so many of the exact same notes on the neck that I cant understand how the process of where the notes should be played specifically actually works when a guitarist reads music notation. Thanks, Vincent, NY. Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio covers the process of how guitarists can learn how to organize the music notes from a song onto the guitar fretboard in a logical manner using a system. Official Website: www.andrewwasson.com Follow on Twitter twitter.com MySpace: www.myspace.com Facebook: www.facebook.com

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25 Comments

  • Angel Macias 11 years ago

    I don’t know anything about guitar. Sometimes I might be a little distracted to try to learn online; especially when 80% of the “lingo” I don’t understand. What would you recomend to begin my path to learning how to play the guitar. I really love the sound and the feel of it. WOuld you be able to do a very “simplified” lesson course for Novice Beginners like me?
    

  • oribt1 11 years ago

    Thank you very much! Really helped alot!

  • Christoffer Nilsson 11 years ago

    I hate the fact that i used to play avista when i did classical guitar, but quickly lost that ability when i just got sick of it and started full time with electric guitar

  • gallion lion 11 years ago

    i know they are semitones but then i wanted to know the reason as to why only BC and EF are semitones

  • leraginasian 11 years ago

    wow. i’m hooked. thank you.

  • ZiggyGreenthumb 11 years ago

    Its because B-C and E-F are only a semitone (one fret) apart rather than a tone (two frets) like all the other notes. Learning basic theory like the major scale and learning the notes on the guitar would help you underdstand things better.

  • Ryan Fox 11 years ago

    Wow. This video was really helpful! Thanks!

  • Redeemedsinner17 11 years ago

    Thanks so much!
    Same with the guy below me :P

  • proreview3153 11 years ago

    I’ve been playing for 8 years and when I was a kid I hated reading music, so I never really learned. Thank you so much!

  • stringmachine2000 11 years ago

    Get the william G levitt Berklee series for guitar that will sort it

  • Alanis Chaffey 11 years ago

    Hey there, I’ve watched quite a lot of videos about notation, what I’m confused about is that in some notation the little black dot that is attached to the line is under the 5 lines and it is not on the any of the 5 lines, it’s under it and can have 1 line across the dot, what I’m confused about is how will I know what note it is if it’s under the 5 lines and not on any of the 5 lines?

  • gallion lion 11 years ago

    sir i have a question …a little off the topic…plz tell me why B and E doesnt have sharps and C and F doesnt have flats???this question bothers me alot…

  • TheJourney15 11 years ago

    I still don’t understand it!!!!!!

  • Music43V3Ralive 11 years ago

    He has the same electric guitar as Sungha Jung!

  • ALoudSilence11 11 years ago

    Thanks :)

  • ironpirites 11 years ago

    This is an excellent explanation of how sight reading is done on guitar. In my own playing I came to this strategy by a completely different route, that is by following Tommy Tedesco’s and Howard Roberts’ approach to reading by learning the notes on each string as a unit, independant of the other strings. In other words not learning to play by “positions”. After that, scanning for low and high notes puts your hand in place for each passage, or each chord.

  • XJagerxTDMX 11 years ago

    hey was wondering ive been playing trumpet for at least 5 years so reading treble clef isnt much of a problem so what i want to know is if i learned the note names of the frets on the E D A G B E string should i then be able to play while reading music notation or is there more to it, like i got the part about the 0-5 frets for below the lines and 5-15 above just in between because i want to practice my sight reading on guitar

  • slender. man 11 years ago

    that has to do with the tunings. drop C is when you take you low E string (the lowest string) and tune it down to a C.

  • samfraley 11 years ago

    this awesome

  • ALoudSilence11 11 years ago

    I know this isnt relevant to the video, but i am a beginner. When a song is played in drop c for example is that like the pitch? and if not can someone explain what it means

  • speedygland 11 years ago

    I notice you have a gk3 attached to your guitar. As do I

  • TheColorfulOnline 11 years ago

    wow “They can usually be able to play notes well in about 2 to 2 in a half years” -_-…daamn

  • anamariavontrap 11 years ago

    thanks to you

  • Rozlelous1165 11 years ago

    O_O wow this help me out a lot but im still a little shady at reading…but over the years of playing i never really could grasp ready notes on a guitar i guess because i can play anything by ear so i never really took the time to do that…but i could be so much more versatile if i learn notes on the guitar i already know notes on a saxophone…but at the same time by me not learning by a teacher i developed my own style but now i wish to better my self…

  • Cbrosss123 11 years ago

    Haha sounds like we are in the exact same position