Q&A for How to Read Piano Sheet Music

Because you will have to play both of those notes. You will often need to play multiple notes at a time when playing the piano.

No. It is just to make it so that the entire note fits on the staff. The lower line is the left hand.

B E A D G C F is the order of flats. Sharps are the complete opposite, F C G D A E B. So, let's say you have two flats in your key, then B and E would be flat throughout the piece.

Those notes are on ledger lines. To find their place on the piano, just continue the pattern from the rest of the staff. For example, in the treble clef, the notes (starting with the first ledger line, above G) go A, B, C, D, E etc.

It's entirely personal preference. Try it both ways and see which is easier for you.

There will be a separate line for it, which will indicate which notes to sing. For example, there would be a line for singing, and below that, the staff for piano parts.

When music is written like this, it is mostly for aesthetics. You do not need to play the same notes with each of your hands. If one of the notes is written as a half note in the left hand, while the right hand plays an eighth note, make sure you hold the left hand while the right hand changes notes.

Count out loud. Figure out what notes come one what count. For counting just the eight notes, count it as: One, and, two, and, three, and, four, and. A note should come on every single syllable. Count sixteenth notes as: One, ee, and, a, two, ee, and, a, three, ee, and, a, four, ee, and, a. A note should come on each syllable once again.

The middle C note is the fourth C from the left. To the left is one white key, B, and to the right is a black key, C#.

These are most likely measure numbers. Some publishers will not number each measure and instead number the beginning of the line.

In music notation, the coda symbol, which resembles a set of crosshairs, is used as a navigation marker, similar to the dal segno sign. It is used where the exit from a repeated section is within that section rather than at the end.

The hardest notes are the highest ones. The highest note ever recorded was G7.

It depends on how much you practice. Probably between 4 and 6 years to be considered a good piano player, somewhere between the level of beginner and expert, more specifically, the advanced level. Anything above the advanced level is considered a virtuoso. This takes several more years and superb playing skills.