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Originally Posted by The Fixer

That's a great start! And since you played the cello a bit, it's also in bass clef, which is what you need to learn to read anyway. It might come back with a little practice. The names of the spaces are (from the bottom of the staff to the top) are A, C, E, G, and the lines are G, B, D, F, A.

That helps out a lot!! Thanks.

Originally Posted by The Fixer

A lot of rock tunes are based on a simple I, IV, V, I progression. So, if you were starting in in the key of C, you'd play a C triad, then on to an F triad, then G, and back to C. Another popular progression is I, vi, IV, V, I. So, that would be from C major, to A minor, then F major, G major, and back to C major. Gotta watch that minor chord, since it keep the music a bit more interesting. Let me know if you have any other questions!

Ok, so a triad is the 1st, 3rd, 5th for major and 2nd, 4th, 6th for minor, iirc? Using the 1st, 4th, and 5th as root notes, I would cycle through each one for a simple progression?