LESSON SEVEN - DIRECTIONS
The sheet music roadmap
What will you learn in Lesson 7?
During this lesson you will learn how to find your way around sheet music
including:
- Repeats and loops
- 1st and 2nd time bars
- D.C. and D.S.
- When and where to stop
What are directions?
Directions (noun) = how to get from A to B
The final challenge we are presented with when reading sheet music is how to
find our way around a score. This whole chapter could be classed as Student
Questions as this is an area which many of my students struggle with. Unlike
written text which can simply be followed from start to finish, music often re-
peats certain sections. However, this challenge is relatively easy to overcome as
there are some clear signposts which can be used when writing sheet music.
Learn these signposts and you will not get lost....