How to Read Music For Guitar - 100 On Screen Exercises and Tutorials

Learn to read music on guitar today! These 100 exercises were designed to take you from step zero. This beginner's music tutorial is a one of a kind gem on YouTube, so make sure to like it or share it in your playlists!

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[rossthemusicandguitarteacher]

Please leave any questions or comments here. :) They are warmly welcome.

[rosssmith]

I can't believe you sat down for two plus hours, to help us out with reading music. This really helped me and many people out a lot. Thanks you mate.

[jonespedros]

Anyone who takes time out of their schedule to help others improve themselves deserves nothing but respect. Thanks A LOT mate. God bless.

[anticasharaon]

24:44 Exercise 21
53:16 Exercise 41
1:16:21 Exercise 61
1:37:55 Exercise 71
2:01:26 Exercise 86

[afterabbasheart]

Exercises 1-20

The staff- 1:47

E1- 4:30

E2- 6:15

E3- 7:10

E4- 7:50

E5- 8:25

E6- 9:10

E7- 9:55

E8- 11:10

E9- 12:05

E10- 12:55

E11- 14:00

E12- 15:05

E13- 16:05

E14- 17:10

E15- 18:25

E16- 19:15

E17- 20:10

E18- 21:20

E19- 22:40

E20- 23:45

[spoonfishing]

You have something for nearly every guitarist out there. You are providing all the theory and fundamentals (on guitar!) for every guitar enthusiast out there. Best of all, you are concise, direct and you skip all the presentation nonsense and hype. I appreciate your generous contribution to guitarists everywhere. Thanks Ross. You are very generous. I'm so glad I clicked on your video.

[jye.acoustic]

6 yrs old yet never dated. Thats the beauty of music language. Excellent tutorial, even though i'm 6yrs late to watch it, it's as equally helpful now as the day you posted it. Thankyou very much 🤗👍🎼🎶 Watched every excersize without guitar, now to watch it many times over with guitar 😊

[jgg]

Such a patient music teacher went thru all exercises in depth, sacrificed over 20 hours to help us all to learn how to read music. Thanks so much Ross, you the best

[yawang]

As a guitar beginner, after 5 months I go through from lesson 1 to 100. I’m so appreciated u to make this video Ross! It really helped me a lot!

[shaunwells]

Idk who needs to read this, but don't give up! Keep going!
It may seem difficult at first, but when it clicks.. You'll be so thankful for this gem of an educational video.
I just made it to exercise 32, for the second time!
Honestly, I felt too dumb to "get it" and was quite frustrated. But patience and perseverance will reward you. So keep at it!

[slowswimmer]

This is for u who are just starting the wonderful guitar journey and got no tutor. Make no mistake this is a real gift, you won't find it anywhere else.

[landonheath]

why do people dislike this video when its literally a FULL tutorial for FREE on youtube

[davidcrocker]

I've been playing guitar for more than 60 years FFS! I now need to learn to read music & this course (I bought the book) is just brilliantly conceived & executed. Thank you.

[markbrown]

This is great I wish more guitar players would learn how to play by reading music. Reading music and chord charts are various sensual and guitar playing. I started reading music in 1983 picked up a guitar the first time in 1974 still play today at the ripe old age of almost 70. I do quite well with a guitar. My fingers are still in great shape. I admire people like you with excellent teaching skills not watching just fingers and knuckles, but actually watching someone teach a guitar in a very excellent way. Thanks for your videos. I appreciate you a whole lot. Have a great day.👍🏼👍🏼😄🎸🎸

[patrickrogers]

Thank you so much Ross, it is ridiculous how much this has helped me. I finally feel like sheet music isn't something to be scared of.

[asksdub]

bookmark:
E / D / G 15:34
base B / E / D / G 16:13
C / base B / E / D / G 18:01
C / D / base B / E / D / G 18:31

[vikasmkmk]

These videos are probably the best resource on the internet to practice guitar sight reading. Thank you so much!

[musicislife]

Exercises :
1 - 5:42
2 - 6:40
3 - 7:22
4 - 8:00
5 - 8:38
6 - 9:28
7 - 10:29
8 - 11:40
9 - 12:33
10 - 13:32

[kingX]

I haven’t read music since middle school... I’m almost 30...needed that refresher.

[bullterrier]

Thank you so much for these lessons, these are gold for free. The example being played is everything here. I'm learning to play guitar, I was suggested this video a few months ago, and at first, I thought "I was looking for song tutorials, not really this" but then I thought: "well why not?" I really used to struggle and hate this practice at school, when I had to play it with a flute. Now, being 29, I got so interested, it's a pretty wide range of beats and measures to try and memorize. Thank you Ross.