Guitar Grade 5: Sight-Reading

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Sight-reading means playing a new piece of music you've never seen before, just by looking at the notes! 🎵

2. 2

   What does 'sight-reading' mean?

3. 3

   Tap the notes on the guitar fretboard as they appear — start on the open string E! 🎸

4. 4

   Let's read this short tune together — first 4 notes. 🎵

5. 5

   Now you try! Read the next 4 notes on the screen. 🎶

6. 6

   If the note is on the bottom line of the stave, which string do you play?

7. 7

   What is the next note after E on the guitar? (Hint: it's one fret higher) 🎸