How To Read Ukulele Music

This is mostly used when people try to show you what the rhythm and tempo is.

How to read ukulele music. 3 4 waltz time three quarter notes to a measure. Meaning once you get the hang of it you will be reading it like you would read a book. It s a collection of lines numbers and symbols that looks confusing at first but is actually very simple to understand. Instruments with a lower range use the bass clef while piano musicians will see the bass clef below the treble clef in their sheet music. An explanation on how to read notes on the treble clef for the ukulele from the book square one ukulele.

Xa 0 2 3 0 3 2 xe 1 3 0 0 2 1 xc 0 2 0 0 2 2 xg 2 0 0 2 2 0. Learning how to read ukulele sheet music you will realize that uke players usually use the treble clef to read music. This is also known as common time and sometimes denoted by a c symbol. For the most part you ll come across ukulele music written in four quarter notes per measure 4 4 time. 6 8 six eighth notes to a measure journey s lights is in 6 8 sometimes 4 4 is shown with a c for common time and sometimes 2 4 is shown as for cut time.

2 4 two quarter notes to a measure. Here you can see the following chords. The top number tells you how many beats are in each measure and the bottom number indicates the rhythmic value of each beat 4 quarter note 8 eighth note 2 half note etc. You ll most often encounter ukulele music written in 4 4 time four quarter notes per measure also known as common time sometimes expressed with a c symbol. F g c am d7 and g7.

The bass clef is shown by a curve with two dots to the right. To read ukulele tabs note that the tab chart has 4 horizontal lines that correspond to the 4 strings on your instrument. When there s a vertical line cutting through the symbol that appears as a c that expresses cut time which means two notes every bar a meter taken for the quicker tempos.