The thought of music theory used to be an entirely alien concept to me, almost like a foreign language. I would stare at a stave (I only just learnt it was a stave) and get nothing back. I gave it a go however and realised that it's very much like the grammatical rules that govern written language. By this I mean that once you know the basic rules, you can pick it up. I'm now able to read simple treble clef notation and tap out rhythms correctly. I consider this quite a large step as I had no previous experience with sheet music and can now follow a melody and stay in time and tune!
From being in choir from a young age I was familiar with reading vocals from sheet music, however I have developed this skill through the classes work with accapella, in which we read from a score.
One of my aims was however to develop my guitar playing and so I have been looking at a site called 'Ultimate Guitar' which is an online database of songs and guitar parts. I can't read tab however which is what guitar melodies are written in, however this site covers that with guides as to where to play each chord, it even reminds you where to put your fingers to achieve each chord! I aim to learn a very simple song. My main struggle with the guitar is changing chords quickly, I am confident that I know certain chords but putting two together is proving problematic.
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