Joystrings Music
Joystrings Music
Joystrings Music
Joystrings Music
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Playing the piece
At the top of each sheet of music there’s a note with a large arrow pointing to it.
Start by plucking that note, and wait for the length of time indicated by the size
and shape of the note (there is a small list on every sheet showing how many
beats to allow for each shape of note).
Now follow the dotted line that joins the first note to the next one, and pluck
that, waiting again for the right length of time. Just continue doing that all the
way to the end of the page, and you will have played the entire piece!
Repeats and jumps
Many pieces of sheet music repeat a section. To save space, we don’t print those
notes twice. Instead, we put a “jump” in the music – a blue arrow pointing to the
next note you have to play, when it’s not the next note down the page. To make
it easy to see which note is at each end of the arrow, we print those notes in blue
instead of black. Sometimes you’ll jump ahead; most often you’ll jump back.
Just look at the arrowhead to see which way the jump goes.
Sometimes you’ll jump back and repeat a section, but it has a different ending
the second time. Look for blue numbers in circles next to the blue arrows. The
first time you play through the piece, follow the jump marked
1
1
1
1
. Next time you
come to that jump ignore it, and instead follow the jump marked
2
2
2
2
, and so on.