Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Notation - Lesson 1

Handwritten notation has very specific rules! While each person's style is a little different, there are rules to follow in relation to writing music down.
 - A staff is the 5 lines and 4 spaces that music is written on.
- The clef tells us what notes we are reading. This is placed on the far left side of the staff.
- The key signature is next to the clef on the staff and tells us what key we are in or the scale the music is based on.
- The time signature is next to the key signature and tells us the beats and division of beats. It is important to know how to hand write this information! The following website is a good resource for information...

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