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Piano and guitar sheet music are very different. Since a guitar is a string family instrument you will find you are taught not to think in terms of notes like the piano. Learning guitar is going to be a bit different than any other instrument.

I am not saying that an experienced and knowledgeable guitar player doesn’t know his (or her) sheet music as well as a Piano player. I just mean that beginner guitar is not learned the same. Most run of the mill guitar players can’t even tell you what note the clef is on anyway. Guitar sheet music is set up like the guitar is played. It indicates not what NOTES to play but what fret and string to finger. In this way your learn exactly how to PLAY the song not to READ the the song.

Guitar sheet music is shown in a general layout. It is not specific as “how to Play” but what to play. The player has a lot of leeway and can decide what finger to your and strumming. The pace or beat is also set by the player. The sheet music that you see is meant for accompaniment.

Another thing about learning to play the guitar is that the “way” the songs are played are individual to the guitar player. You get to decide how to strum and what patterns to use.

Another cool thing about guitars is the ease with which you can find guitar sheet music. Guitar tabs, in fact, are all over the Internet. This is the most common way to learn guitar. You can take guitar courses or look at more formal guitar sheet music; however most people like to just play along with the songs that they hear on the radio.

You can always form your own band too. The girls all go nuts for the guitar players. The applause is infectious and maybe you can get paying gigs too.

Being creative, you can write your own songs and lyrics and play them too. The crowds will love it. Who can tell? Maybe you will be the next Keith Urban.

Give study to popular music and it will teach you to play as assuredly as learning music theory. Make time to play everyday and to dedicated yourself to doing what you love - playing guitar music. The music books that you see at conventional music stores is part of the learning process. Practice makes perfect so get after it and learn to play the guitar.