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How Notes are named and written 11 Nov 2010 | 10:04 pm
How Notes are named Notes, or music notations, are named after the first seven letters from our alphabet: A — B — C — D — E — F — G After G, the note names start again at A: A — B — C — D — E — F ...
Bar-Lines, Measure and Leger-Lines 5 Nov 2010 | 05:22 pm
To make reading and counting Music Note easier, music note is divided with vertical lines on Stave called Bar-Lines. Bar-Lines help us to show the Rhythm (more on this in next lesson). The first Note ...
Beats and Time Signatures 1 Nov 2010 | 08:14 pm
Beats Written music tells us how long each note should sound, by giving notes different shapes. Each different shape lasts for a certain number of beats which is we can count. is Semibreve. It is Br...
Rhythm of Music 28 Oct 2010 | 03:23 am
Time Signature also tells something else: Rhythm of Music. Rhythm is made up of sounds and silences (rests). These sounds and silences are put together to form patterns of sound, which are repeated to...
Rest: Semibreve, Minim, Crochet and Quaver 24 Oct 2010 | 07:19 pm
Silence in music is as important as sound. In many pieces of music, one or more instrument players or singer is silent for a few beats. Rest is a Musical Notation for the absence of sound for a length...
Curved Lines: Tie and Slur 21 Oct 2010 | 02:33 pm
Sometimes it is needed to carry on a Note into next Bar. When this is needed, a curved horizontal line is used, called a Tie. This make the previous note last longer by joining it with the first note ...
Dotted Notes 20 Oct 2010 | 04:15 am
A small dot after any Note makes it last one and half times its normal length of Note without dot. If the original Note lasts 2 beats, then the corresponding dotted Note lasts 3 beats. Here the examp...
Sharps, Flats and Natural Notes 15 Oct 2010 | 09:54 pm
If only music were written played with just seven notes: C – D – E – F – G – A – B, learn to read music note would be a lot easier. But music would also a lot more boring! None of the songs we like an...
Key Signatures 13 Oct 2010 | 09:02 pm
As you already learned on previous lessons, Sharps, Flats and Naturals may be written when they are needed. These Sharps, Flats and Naturals are called Accidentals. However, these Sharps and Flats ar...
Tempo in Music 11 Oct 2010 | 08:23 pm
Tempo is an indication of the speed or pace of the piece of music. Tempo is a crucial element of any music composition, as it can affect the mood and feels of a piece of music. It is normally given at...
