Just for reference, here are the notes of the open guitar strings in Standard Tuning as they would appear on a treble clef with the low E and A strings as they also appear of the bass, or F clef: Standard notation is what is meant by the phrase “reading music” You need to be able to read the notes on the treble clef, the duration of the notes, rests, ties, and a whole lot more. But you have to be able to read sheet music, everything. Standard notation has the most information on the rhythm, harmony, and melody for a song. This article is the only one you’ll find that lists all the types of music notation for guitar, so that is what I’m focusing on.ġ) Standard music notation (treble or G clef) I am not going to go into great detail on all the symbols for standard notation and guitar tab. Check out my Downloads page for links to most of the music notation sheets listed below.
I include descriptions of each type with graphics and have downloadable PDF files for download.īelow are all the various types of music notation that you will see in music books or on websites. Six of the guitar notation types are for performance while the remaining one is for practice. There are seven different types of music notation for guitar, from advanced sheet music (treble clef or G-clef) to simple chord diagrams. Whether you write your own music or want to play covers of songs you like, you must be able to read and write various kinds of music notation.