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HOW TO READ MUSIC NOTES (QUICK-LEARN CHEAT SHEETS),
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Clefs are symbols that determine which note letter names belong to the lines and spaces of a staff.
The Musical Alphabet = A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Note that there is no such note as “H.”
Parts of a note:
Head
- the round part of a note. (All notes have a head.)
Stem - the straight line part of a note that is connected to the note head.
Flag - a curved line that is attached to the other end of the stem.
Beam - a straightened flag that connects two or more note stems.
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Pitch
is the highness or lowness of a note or sound.
Pitch is indicated by how high or how low a note’s head is located on a staff and is
designated by a letter name.
A note head higher in the staff = higher pitch;
a note head lower in the staff = lower pitch.
The Mu
sical Alphabet = A, B, C, D, E, F, G
.
Note that there is no such note as “H.”
The
hand staff
or, the
Guidonian
h
and
—was first used by Guido D’Arezzo
(c. 991-c. 1033). You can use your hand staff to practice saying and
remembering the letter names of the lines and spaces of the staffs. If you hold
up one hand and turn it sideways, the five fingers on that hand represent the five
lines of a staff. And, if you spread those five fingers apart slightly, then the gaps
between those fingers represent the four spaces of the staff.
REMEMBER THAT WE ALWAYS COUNT LINES AND SPACES AND
SAY THE LETTER NAMES OF THE LINES AND SPACES FROM THE
BOTTOM UP, NEVER FROM THE TOP DOWN!!!
Staff
(or
Stave
) - a set of
5 lines
(and 4 spaces between those
lines) that music notes and symbols are written or printed on.
that music not
es and symbols are written or printed on.
Treble Clef
(or
G Clef
) - a clef that wraps around the second line from the
bottom of the staff, showing that this line is where the note “G” is found.
Bass Clef
(or
F Clef
) - a clef that indicates that the fourth line from the
bottom of the staff (between the two dots) is where the note “F” is found.