![]() When you have the pattern memorized, try this pattern beginning Try this pattern beginning on all of the white keys (A through G). You will notice that if you follow the pattern correctly, that instead of F, you have to play F#. Now try this same pattern beginning on the G note instead. Notice that there are whole steps between all of the keys except E & F and B & C. Using your index finger, play the following notes on the keyboard:Ĭ D E F G A B C. ![]() (A whole step has one key in between and a half step has no keys between.) It is made up of 2 whole steps, a half step, 3 whole steps and a half step. The major scale has a happy and light-hearted sound to it. The most common scale pattern we use is the major scale. Chords and melodies are then made from the notes in the scale. Scales are chosen according to the sound desired by the person writing, or composing, the music. What notes are in the C scale? A scale is made up of notes that follow a set pattern. If you can't read or write yet, ask a parent to help you do this out loud.ġ. Write down all the underlined italicized words above. If Middle C had a line all the way across, there would only be one staff with 11 lines in it! Middle C is given a short line all to itself so as to keep a division between the two staffs. In between the Bass staff and Treble staff is B, Middle C, and D. What are the space notes for the Bass Clef? The notes that go in the spaces of the staff.ġ0. If you skip every other white key, you also skip every other alphabet letter and will come up with the line notes: G (skip A) B (skip C) D (skip E) F (skip G) A. This is the 2nd G from the low end of the keyboard. The lowest note on the Bass staff, is the line note, G. What are the line notes for the Bass Clef? What are the space notes for the Treble Clef?ĩ. The notes that were skipped are the notes in the spaces.Ĩ. The first note of the Treble staff is E (skip F) G (skip A) B (skip C) D (skip E) F. Can you name the line notes of the Treble Clef? When you put them together, you get a grand staff.ħ. This sign tells us to give the lines and spaces of the staff letter names beginning on the 4th E from the lower end of the piano keyboard. What is the name of the sign on the staff for playing notes above middle C? This sign tells us to give the lines and spaces of the staff, letter names beginning on the 2nd G from the lower end of the piano keyboard.Ħ. What is the name of the sign that is put on the staff for playing notes below middle C?īass clef. The staff goes: line, space, line, space, line, space, line, space, line.ĥ. There are 4 spaces in between the 5 lines. Every line and space points to one key on the keyboard! (Many years ago, a staff might have as many as 11 lines!) Notes are placed both on lines and in the spaces in order to make full use of the staff. There are 2 half notes in a whole note and so a half note is equal to 2 beats.Ī staff has 5 lines for easier reading. Because the whole note is equal to 4 beats, a quarter note is equal to 1 beat. This is the time used most often in music. In 4/4 time, the whole note is equal to 4 beats. There are 4 quarter notes in a whole note. Which is longer, a quarter note, or a half note? C is always in front of each group of 2 and F is always in front of each group of 3.Ģ. Practice saying the music alphabet backwards and forwards! The black keys are grouped in two's and three's. This pattern continues until the very highest note on the right side of the keyboard, which is C. When you get to G, the next white key is A again. The white keys on a piano keyboard starting on the left, at the lowest note are A B C D E F G. Notes are named for the first 7 letters of the alphabet: A B C D E F G. In modern pieces, this is often marked in beats per minute (bpm), referring to the number of quarter counts per minute e.g. Traditionally, this is written in Italian terms like Lento (“slowly”), Moderato (“moderately”) or Allegro (“fast and bright”). To count properly, you need to know the speed intended for the piece, known as tempo. ![]() This allows us to count measures with shorter subdivisions, dotted or tied notes. You can split these counts in half by adding “and” between them, to make “one and two and three and four and”. In 4/4 this will be four quarters, so you count “one, two, three, four”. ![]() Look at the time signature to work out how many counts are in a measure and how long each will be. Eventually it will come naturally, allowing you to sight read music and stay in time without having to concentrate. Counting out loud to yourself is fine at first, but over time you will develop the ability to count in your head. If you have ever heard musicians calling out numbers before music begins, then you can get an idea.
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