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Music Basics. Being comfortable with music as a Song Leader. Five Lines and a Clef Sign: That’s it. The Staff: Five lines and four spaces, indicating which pitch to play Vertical lines break the staff in to sections, called measures. Five Lines and a Clef Sign: That’s it. The Clefs: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MUSIC BASICSBeing comfortable with music
as a Song Leader
Five Lines and a Clef Sign:That’s it.
The Staff: Five lines and four spaces, indicating
which pitch to play Vertical lines break the staff in to
sections, called measures
Five Lines and a Clef Sign:That’s it.
The Clefs: A symbol that determines the range of
notes played on the staff Found at the beginning of every staff Two main clefs: Treble and Bass
Five Lines and a Clef Sign:That’s it.
The Clefs: Treble Indicates higher notes, the top half of a
piano Called the G clef
Five Lines and a Clef Sign:That’s it.
The Clefs: Bass Indicates lower notes, the bottom half of
the piano Called the F clef
Treble Clef + Bass Clef =Grand Staff
The Grand Staff When the Treble Clef and the Bass Clef
are linked together you have a Grand Staff
Treble Clef + Bass Clef =Grand Staff
The Grand Staff Here is another look at a Grand Staff
Five Lines and a Clef Sign:That’s it.
Note Names Each line and space in a staff has a
name, corresponding to a certain note Names differ between Treble and Bass
clefs
Five Lines and a Clef Sign:That’s it.
Note Names: Treble Lines: E, G, B, D, and F
(Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge) Spaces: F, A, C, and E
(FACE)
Five Lines and a Clef Sign:That’s it.
Note Names: Bass Lines: G, B, D, F, and A
(Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always) Spaces: A, C, E, and G
(All Cows Eat Grass)
Five Lines and a Clef Sign:That’s it.
Other Clefs: Percussion Used for percussion instruments, on a
single line staff, or sometimes a five line staff too
Five Lines and a Clef Sign:That’s it.
Other Clefs: C clefs Called the movable clef Whichever line is in the middle of the clef
symbol, that line is middle C
Circles for the Lines
Notes Symbols used to designates pitches and
rhythms in music Position in staff determines pitch Shape of note determines rhythm
(duration)
Circles for the Lines
Notes: Types Whole Note: four beats
Half Note: two beats (half of a whole note)
Circles for the Lines
Notes: Types Quarter Note: one beat (quarter of a
whole note, half of a half note)
Eighth note: half a beat (hopefully by now you see the pattern
Circles for the Lines
Notes: Types Notes continue in to sixteenth and thirty-
second notes, but we don’t sing anything beyond a sixteenth note.
Circles for the LinesThe Dot! Dotted notes Adding a dote to a note multiplies its
duration by 1.5 Add half of the notes value to itself
q e
h
w
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q.e.
h.
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= += 4 beats
= 2 beats
= 1 beat
= ½ beat
= ¼ beat
w
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= +
= +
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Notes and Corresponding Rests
Rests Just like a note, but stand for silence
instead of a played pitch
Now We Add Some Numbers…
Time Signature A set of stacked numbers that determines
the meter of the music Top Number: number of beats in a
measure Bottom Number: size of a note that
determines what a single beat is
Now We Add Some Numbers…
Time Signature: Denominator explained Bottom number is the note determining
the beat (pulse) Common time: bottom number is a 4, so
a quarter note equals the beat So, if the bottom number is 8, an eighth
note is the pulse/beat of the music
What Does It Sound Like?Keys and the Circle of Fifths Key is an arranged pattern of notes that
correspond to a tonic pitch 12 major keys, 12 minor keys
Key Signatures are made up of Sharps and Flats or Accidentals
Key Signature Symbols that indicate what they key of
the music is Designated by sharps or flats at the
beginning of every staff Sharps raise a pitch, flats lower a pitch
# = raise b = lower n = undoes a sharp or flat
Sharps and Flats last for every note in the measure.
When a new measure begins, the accidental is deactivated.
The Law of Accidentals
You have to know this as a singer
Sharps and Flats Order of Flats: B E A D G C F
Order of Sharps: F C G D E A B
Key of C# Major Key of Cb Major
Do You Have the Key?
Sharps and Flats Order of Flats: B E A D G C F
Order of Sharps: F C G D E A B
Do You Have the Key?
How the sharps and flats are supposed to help you read the music
Understanding the Key Signature
The key of C has no sharps or flats
When you put the song in the key of G every F in the music will automatically be sharp or raised a ½ step.
Understanding the Key Signature
The key of G has one sharp ---- F#
#
#
Without the key signature the sheet music would appear very busy
Understanding the Key Signature
From this To this
Examine “Singing I Go”
Understanding the Key Signature
The key of C has no sharps or flats
When you put the song in the key of G every F in the music will automatically be sharp or raised a ½ step.
Understanding the Key Signature
The key of G has one sharp ---- F#
#
#
Without the key signature the sheet music would appear very busy
Understanding the Key Signature
From this To this
Now lets put the song in it’s original hymn book key of A flat
Understanding the Key Signature
The key of A flat has 4 flats ---- Bb
Eb A
b Db
Without the key signature the sheet music would appear very busy
Understanding the Key Signature
From this To this
We Have Music Now?
Put it all together (staff, clef sign, notes, measures, key signature, time signature), and you have some simple music.
