Lead Sheet Basics | What they are. How to use them. Where to find them. (Lesson 14)

Lesson 14 for beginners!
If you want to play popular music of any genre, lead sheets are the most abundant resource available!
In this lesson, we will look at the format and symbols you will often encounter in lead sheets, and learn some tools to get you started learning music with them.
Please ask any questions in the comments below.
00:00 Introduction
01:41 Sheet Music Overview
04:42 Repeat Dots
05:22 Endings
06:29 DC/DS al Fine/Coda
07:49 Simplify it
09:39 Complicate it
09:51 Numbers
12:59 Dash & Sharp
15:13 Slash
16:50 Make it Musical
18:45 Finding Sheet Music
20:23 Conclusion

[@sp277]

Great video. Thank you!

[@pianowithgeorgia]

I am so glad you enjoyed it! 😊🎵

[@pnevlud]

You are very good at explaining this

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Thank you so much! I am glad my video helped you. 😊

[@AlOne-xg6dv]

Nice and clear, thank you. With a great permanent smile which helps to think positive.

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Thank you so much! I am so glad that my style is clear and encouraging. :)

[@MissyTCA]

⭐️ ❤ omg I love the way you teach so much. You really make music learning enjoyably to learn. Thank you very much . ⭐️ ❤

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Thank you!!! I am so glad you are here and that my videos are fun. Enjoying expressing ourselves through music is an amazing thing. 🎵😊

[@jerryhill6869]

You really are good at teaching this stuff! Thanks so much.

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Thank you!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment and let me know. I'm glad that my way of explaining these things connects with you. You make my video making feel very satisfying!

[@allisone2792]

This video lesson was so helpful. I have some piano background and understood everything you explained but still learned a few new things that I didn't know. Thank you.

[@pianowithgeorgia]

I am so happy to hear this! It's wonderful that someone like you who already plays gained a few tips from the video as well! I appreciate you leaving me a comment to let me know. :)

[@lillycook1781]

thank you for teaching us. we appreciate u.❤

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Hello again, thank you so much for watching! I appreciate you too, and I'm so happy you are playing the piano!

[@calebelms3842]

Very informative video! Thank you!

[@pianowithgeorgia]

So glad that you liked it! Glad to see you back too!

[@mikecraft4506]

Lovely video and a great help - thank you so much for doing this.

[@pianowithgeorgia]

You are very welcome! I love that you are watching and enjoying the videos. I also appreciate the comment very much. :)

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you. Well done.

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Thank you so much - so glad to hear that it was helpful info!

[@lovestreaming]

I'm happy to see you back, Georgia ☺ Thank you very much for another very informative video. Especially the part about chords was of interest to me. I play guitar and know how to play for instance a maj7 chord by heart, but without the theoretical knowledge, it is pure guesswork for me, when I occasionally need to "translate" a guitar chord to a piano chord. Your videos make a lot of sense and I'm ever so slowly beginning to understand the logic in the theory and to be able to use what I have learned from the videos 🙂 Oh, and thank you for using The Beatles as an example, it made me feel somewhat on home ground 😎 I wish all the best for you, and I would really appreciate it if you continue offering these teachings. Kindest regards, Erik

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Hi Erik! Thank you so much for taking the time to share such an extensive comment!! I'm so happy to know that the videos are connecting some dots for you with the theory and patterns behind the cool sounds you've already been making on guitar and now on piano too. I figured it's hard to go wrong with the Beatles - glad you think so too! Let me know if you get stuck and have any questions, I'm here to help. :)

[@marcellef8302]

I love playing piano with lead sheets 🎹

[@pianowithgeorgia]

It really does open a whole new world, right?! You can decorate with your favorite patterns as much or as little as you would like to! Thank you so much for the comment! 🎵❤️

[@stanleymhone5713]

Lovely teacher! I enjoyed the lesson in its entirety. Madam, do teach privately? Would like to enrol with you. (Think I heard you teaching chord families sometime ago😊, am I right?).

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Thank you SO much!! Private teaching is what I do professionally. At the moment, I am completely booked, but things change regularly. In the meantime, any requests for a video topic that would help you?

[@jorgeparr3002]

Awesome 🎉THANK YOU SO MUCH 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@pianowithgeorgia]

You are welcome!! I appreciate you watching and leaving me a comment! It's so encouraging to hear from people like you that the videos are helpful.

[@waleedsoliman887]

I like your voice, very soothing Wish I can afford a Charles Walter? console piano, but I live in the middle east and shipping costs are very expensive let alone taxes 😢

[@pianowithgeorgia]

I am so glad that you enjoyed the video! I completely understand how costly pianos can be. You might consider a digital piano as you save up for a console. The main features to watch for in a digital instrument are: touch sensitive (this means it will play louder and softer), weighted keys (this is a simulation of the weight that an acoustic piano has due to the lifting of the hammer), 88 keys (full keyboard size) and a pedal or a port to plug a pedal into. I am sorry my response took so long, I thought I had written you already, but apparently I just thought about what I wanted to tell you! Thanks so much for watching!

[@paxwallace8324]

I'm a dyslexic composer who managed to grow up around Jazz Thanks to my Jr. High band director and jazz musician and other jazzers through life. In trying to overcome dyslexia and become a better general reader I failed repeatedly as I was so satisfied by reading and writing lead sheets. To this day anyway.

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Wow, kudos to your band director and your own determination for sticking it out. What a great story. I grew up with classical music, and I discovered lead sheets and found them so freeing too. Keep making your music!! 🎵😊

[@khumdisangtam]

Hello mam,can you be my piano teacher?? I just bought my piano last 3 days..and i don't find any teacher here,,

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Hi! I am so glad you have a new piano and that you are playing! Teaching is what I do, but at the moment my schedule is jam packed. There are lots of teacher associations that can help you find a teacher in your area, or if you are looking for an online teacher there is a new service called Forte that matches teachers and students for online lessons. In the meantime, I hope that my videos can help you along! Thank you for watching!

[@lillycook1781]

pls make the sheet music portion lots bigger in proportion to your visage. when you do the instruction on the lead sheet with skinny pen circles, too fast, too faint, too glissy for real beginners to follow.

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Thank you so much for the feedback! We will definitely take that into consideration. :)