This page is for those who are interested in learning notes for whatever music instrument in interest. Here you will find images designed for being printed on an A4, easy to see and simple to interpret, showing where the notes are on the corresponding instrument.

If you are unsure on how to practice your instrument in general, please take a look at the “How to Practice” page. This page is still in update and new instrument guides will be put out.

Feel free to make a request by sending an email. Help is also accepted, although I must make the images myself. I am wondering how wind instruments works, flutes, oboes, etc, and will make update for these as soon as I've found out more about them.

When reading key signatures you must move one half step up, to a higher note, if there is a sharp (#). One half step lower if a flat (b). One whole step up if a double sharp (x) and one whole step down if a double flat (bb). To do this in the piano you must play on the black key, however the distance between B and C and E and F is one half step which mean you will play for example F if there is a sharp on E. In guitars every band is a half step, the same works with bowed string instruments just that there is no bands, but the distance is the same.

1. Playing Technique

For any instrument you practice you must always hold a proper hand position, movement and rhythm. No matter how difficult the piece is these cannot be violated. If this is hard either put more effort, play it slower or change to an easier song/piece.

For keyboard instruments your seat must be set so that your elbow is in the height of your keyboard. You must always play with your fingertips; the shape of your hand should look like if you are holding a ball while playing. Do not “fondle” the keys while playing, try holding a “formal” position (of course adapt your playing to your hand and piece, if you need to move your hand up striking the key higher up is exceedingly admissible and should be practiced).

What goes for all instruments, guitars, cellos, flutes, is that the player should be relaxed always. Be relaxed in the shoulders as well as in the hands playing. Most of the tensions one get are unnecessary and won’t improve your playing; it will rather make it harder on all levels. What also goes for all instruments is that one should stick to only one fingering, by doing this it will be easier for you to remember the song/piece, among others.

2. Gradations

The dynamic can be ignored to one point, only if you need to put much concentration in just playing the correct tones and rhythm. When you feel like you can, try follow the instructions giving in the piece for the right “volume level”, strength. If there is no “instructions” for this then try to listen to the piece or song online and try to play as they play it. If this is your first time practicing this you will feel like it’s hard to judge by yourself what the right dynamics would be for the piece. But after practicing by listening to how someone else play it or by reading in the sheet music it will come to you slowly and you will also get a feeling on how the dynamics should be and by time you can be your own judge. Some say the dynamics, well “the way the piece is played” (also includes holder tones out longer / tempo changes), are the most important part of the playing; miss a tone or two but don’t miss out on the dynamics!

3. First steps for the practice!

You might wonder why I did not put this headline at the top. Basically the other two steps are more important to get correct, this step will only tell you how you learn it the fastest way; not the correct way.

The first thing for you to do is to split up the piece into smaller (SMALLER!!!) parts that makes sense for your hands. Smaller can mean two to three words (˜3-4 seconds of playing). You practice these parts over and over slow and correct until you can play them and then you put two parts together. When you have done this and feel like there is no part in the piece that is difficult, try play the whole piece again but if that does not work out very well after a few times go back to the small parts.

If your are to play a pattern, like arpeggios moving up or down that is longer than the “small parts” they could just be played at once. However if you fail on learning the correct speed try playing two of these patterns first, moving to three, then four etc.

This is all you need to know, and all that is needed to be done. Overall for everything you practice; just make sure you split it up to small enough parts for your short-term memory to remember and then practice the part over and over again, move to the next etc. A music teacher is always to be recommended, they would be able to see the wrongs you do in your technique, see if you have even got it right from the start and most of all they know what pieces should be practiced first in order to maintain the best learning. They will also be able to give you good tips for the corresponding piece adapted to your needs (it’s worth the purchase…).