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Well, it's somewhat hard to explain, and it would be easier to explain in person. But I would prefer checking this out if you want to learn how to read music. http://www.brainpop.com/artsandmusic/learningmusic/ You need a membership to watch, though. 

Last edited by All4one (2011-02-28 18:52:33)

Depends. If you sing like a little girl, you'll use the treble cleff. If you see really deep, use the bass cleff. If you're in between, use treble since more instruments can recognize it.

It's actually pretty simple. There are 2 clefs: treble, and bass. You'll probably only need treble.
You know how there are 5 lines?
Well, the middle one is B, the space under it is A, under that is G, under that is F, and so on.
above B is C, then D, E, F G, A again.
If it looks like this # next to a note, it means play it as a sharp. If it has a little b next to it, play it flat.
If over to the left, next to that squiggly thingie (which means treble) there's a little b or # anywhere, it means play all notes with that accidental (the name for #s or bs).
If there's a little 4
                       4 over to the left, it means there are four beats in each measure. Measures are marked with little lines going down through all 5 lines. If there's a . overa note, it means play it really short. If there's a ^ over a note, it means play it and then silence it. If there's a > over a note, it means play it with more force.
Here's a list of the loudnesses.
sfz - SUPER LOUD. Sfzortzando.
ff - Really loud. Fortissimo.
f - Loud. Forte.
mf - Medium loud. Mezzo forte.
mp - Medium soft. Mezzo Piano.
p - Soft. Piano.
pp - Really soft. Pianissimo.
Here's a list of the speeds.
Vivace - Very fast. Pronounced Vivache.
Allegro - Fast. Pronounced Allegro.
Alegretto - Medium Fast. Ditto
Moderato -Medium (soory about the rushed look, it's lightning.)
andante -medium slow.
Adagio - in between andante and largo.
largo - very slow.
maestoro - can be anywhere from andante to largo.

fourD wrote:

It's actually pretty simple. There are 2 clefs: treble, and bass. You'll probably only need treble.
You know how there are 5 lines?
Well, the middle one is B, the space under it is A, under that is G, under that is F, and so on.
above B is C, then D, E, F G, A again.
If it looks like this # next to a note, it means play it as a sharp. If it has a little b next to it, play it flat.
If over to the left, next to that squiggly thingie (which means treble) there's a little b or # anywhere, it means play all notes with that accidental (the name for #s or bs).
If there's a little 4
                       4 over to the left, it means there are four beats in each measure. Measures are marked with little lines going down through all 5 lines. If there's a . overa note, it means play it really short. If there's a ^ over a note, it means play it and then silence it. If there's a > over a note, it means play it with more force.
Here's a list of the loudnesses.
sfz - SUPER LOUD. Sfzortzando.
ff - Really loud. Fortissimo.
f - Loud. Forte.
mf - Medium loud. Mezzo forte.
mp - Medium soft. Mezzo Piano.
p - Soft. Piano.
pp - Really soft. Pianissimo.
Here's a list of the speeds.
Vivace - Very fast. Pronounced Vivache.
Allegro - Fast. Pronounced Allegro.
Alegretto - Medium Fast. Ditto
Moderato -Medium (soory about the rushed look, it's lightning.)
andante -medium slow.
Adagio - in between andante and largo.
largo - very slow.
maestoro - can be anywhere from andante to largo.

Let me edit some of that...
fff - SUPER LOUD! Fortississimo
ff - Really loud. Fortissimo.
f - Loud. Forte.
mf - Medium loud. Mezzo forte.
mp - Medium soft. Mezzo Piano.
p - Soft. Piano.
pp - Really soft. Pianissimo.
ppp - SUPER SOFT! Pianississimo
Here's a list of the speeds.
Presto - As fast as possible!
Vivace - Very fast. Pronounced Vivache.
Allegro - Fast. Pronounced Allegro.
Alegretto - Medium Fast. Ditto
Moderato -Medium (soory about the rushed look, it's lightning.)
andante -medium slow.
Adagio - Really slow
largo - Extremely slow!!!
maestoso - can be anywhere from andante to largo, very grand and majestic
Of course, there are many other speeds, but these are the basic ones

throughthefire wrote:

fourD wrote:

It's actually pretty simple. There are 2 clefs: treble, and bass. You'll probably only need treble.
You know how there are 5 lines?
Well, the middle one is B, the space under it is A, under that is G, under that is F, and so on.
above B is C, then D, E, F G, A again.
If it looks like this # next to a note, it means play it as a sharp. If it has a little b next to it, play it flat.
If over to the left, next to that squiggly thingie (which means treble) there's a little b or # anywhere, it means play all notes with that accidental (the name for #s or bs).
If there's a little 4
                       4 over to the left, it means there are four beats in each measure. Measures are marked with little lines going down through all 5 lines. If there's a . overa note, it means play it really short. If there's a ^ over a note, it means play it and then silence it. If there's a > over a note, it means play it with more force.
Here's a list of the loudnesses.
sfz - SUPER LOUD. Sfzortzando.
ff - Really loud. Fortissimo.
f - Loud. Forte.
mf - Medium loud. Mezzo forte.
mp - Medium soft. Mezzo Piano.
p - Soft. Piano.
pp - Really soft. Pianissimo.
Here's a list of the speeds.
Vivace - Very fast. Pronounced Vivache.
Allegro - Fast. Pronounced Allegro.
Alegretto - Medium Fast. Ditto
Moderato -Medium (soory about the rushed look, it's lightning.)
andante -medium slow.
Adagio - in between andante and largo.
largo - very slow.
maestoro - can be anywhere from andante to largo.

Let me edit some of that...
fff - SUPER LOUD! Fortississimo
ff - Really loud. Fortissimo.
f - Loud. Forte.
mf - Medium loud. Mezzo forte.
mp - Medium soft. Mezzo Piano.
p - Soft. Piano.
pp - Really soft. Pianissimo.
ppp - SUPER SOFT! Pianississimo
Here's a list of the speeds.
Presto - As fast as possible!
Vivace - Very fast. Pronounced Vivache.
Allegro - Fast. Pronounced Allegro.
Alegretto - Medium Fast. Ditto
Moderato -Medium (soory about the rushed look, it's lightning.)
andante -medium slow.
Adagio - Really slow
largo - Extremely slow!!!
maestoso - can be anywhere from andante to largo, very grand and majestic
Of course, there are many other speeds, but these are the basic ones

You're right, but I didn't really want to include Fortississimo and  pianississimo, plus I haven't used presto in a long, long time. Oh, you left out Sfzortzando.