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Notation of Pitch
Staff
- it is consist of five equally spaced horizontal lines which makes four spaces in between them.
Bar Lines
- are lines that divides the staff into measures
Few other types of bar lines
Double bar line
- indicates the end of a section; in simply means you are at the end of a certain part of a song or music
Fine or End
- indicates the end a piece or a musical score.
Repeat signs
- there are many types and symbols of repeat signs but let us discuss the commonly used ones.
The forward repeat sign tells us to play the section of a piece until we see the nearest backward repeat sign which also indicates to go back to the nearest forward repeat sign.
Letter Names
- the various pitches in our musical language are referred to by the first seven letters of the alphabet.
A B C D E F G
- here is how you locate them on the keyboard
The CLEFS
- it is a symbol placed before a line of music that will establish the letter names on the lines spaces of a staff
- it is a french word which means "KEY" in english
Types of clefs
G clef or Treble clef
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| don't worry about the color, I just think it's kinda cool to look at |
- the G clef or the treble clef is an ornate letter G. Simply put, it's a letter G that evolved into that symbol
- this is how we draw a G clef
- when you place a G clef on the staff, you call that staff now a "G staff"
- notice the clef curling around the second line? The G clef designates that G is located at the second line
- so now that we know that G is on the second line by reason of the G clef, we can then identify the notes on the other lines and spaces on the staff using G on the second line as our reference point. (Please, oh please, this is just a hint, do not use this as a method for sight reading)The G clef is used
The F clef or the Bass clef
- the bass clef is also called the f clef because it was derived from the letter F. Like the g clef, it designates where to look for the letter F on the staff.
- the note F is located between the dots of the F clef, that is the fourth line of the staff
- this is how we draw a bass clef
-when you place a bass clef or an f clef on the staff, you call that staff a "F staff"
The C clef or the Movable Clef
- so many are confused and bedazzled by this strange clef, the c clef. Especially those who haven't had any formal music training at all. DO NOT BE AFRAID!
- the c clef works this way. Wherever the pointy arrow part of the clef points at, that is where you will find you middle C if you are using this clef.
- the reason why this is called a movable clef is because it really is movable (wow that was deep, LOL)
- to illustrate that further, take a look at the image below
- The tenor clef has its middle C located on the fourth line
- The alto clef has its middle C located on the third line
- The mezzo soprano clef has its middle C on the second line
- The soprano clef has its middle C on the first line.
Here is another image on how these different clefs are use
Rhythm Clef or the Neutral clef or Percussion Clef
- this is a clef that is use for non pitched instruments, like the drums, percussion section, and others alike
- this clef shows mainly the rhythm of the music being played
Here is an example of how a rhythm clef is use and how it is use on drum notation
If you have finished reading this chapter of music theory, please continue reading MUSIC NOTATION MADE SIMPLE PART 2
