Piano question regarding reading music sheet?!
Question: hello, im had a question regarding how to read a piano music sheet. if there is a music sheet with three sets of staff lines with the bottom two sets conjoined by a some kind of bracket, which two of the three am I supposed to play? Am I supposed to play the top staff with either of the two bracketed bottom staffs or am I only supposed to play the two bottom staff lines? thank you!
Answers: hello, im had a question regarding how to read a piano music sheet. if there is a music sheet with three sets of staff lines with the bottom two sets conjoined by a some kind of bracket, which two of the three am I supposed to play? Am I supposed to play the top staff with either of the two bracketed bottom staffs or am I only supposed to play the two bottom staff lines? thank you!
the top line is the melody (usually played by another instrument: violin or voice, let's say). The two bottom staffs are what the piano plays - it's the piano accompinament (sp.?).
Of course the poianist can always get "fancy" and improvise/play his own arrangement and play all three staffs at some point or another.
Hope this helps.
You are suppose to play the top staff and the bottom line in the bottom bracket, the top line is for anyone who might play with you, usually this will be for a guitar. Hope this helps
Good question. You're supposed to play the two bracketed bottom staves. The top line is the melody line, either vocal or violin or whatever it is. If you want you can incorporate the melody into it if you don't have a soloist or sing it yourself if its a vocal part.
~Lisa
The piano staff (grand staff) is joined together with a brace and bar lines that run all the way through from top to bottom. The staff above is most likely a vocal line or solo instrument line containing only the melody.