How do I know that a note on the staff is a sharp?
FiddleHed Mike asked “Often I see a note on the ‘F’ space for example, but in the tab it’s shown as D2, which is F#. Sometimes there is a sharp sign next to the note on the page, but often there is nothing. It’s keeping me awake at night … please help me sleep :)”
- The Key Signature will tell you if the note is sharp or flat.
- This makes the sheet music less cluttered so it’s easier to read.
- In the example above, there is an F sharp and a C sharp in the signature.
- So very time you see an F in the piece it is played as F sharp.
- So the very first note of Dargason is F sharp (F#).
- If you look at the second bar, the first and last notes are also F#.
- The music is not cluttered with # symbols. Yay 🕺🏾