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The document discusses the treble clef and how to read music notation on the staff. It introduces: 1) The treble clef and how it assigns pitches to the lines and spaces of the staff using the mnemonics "Every Good Boy Does Fine" and "FACE". 2) Musical measures and time signatures, explaining how notes are organized into measures separated by bar lines and the time signature indicates the number of beats per measure. 3) Examples of time signatures including 4/4 time and 3/4 time.
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Measures (Or Bars) : e e e e e

The document discusses the treble clef and how to read music notation on the staff. It introduces: 1) The treble clef and how it assigns pitches to the lines and spaces of the staff using the mnemonics "Every Good Boy Does Fine" and "FACE". 2) Musical measures and time signatures, explaining how notes are organized into measures separated by bar lines and the time signature indicates the number of beats per measure. 3) Examples of time signatures including 4/4 time and 3/4 time.
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uses a va ri ety of clef s, but we a re on ly concer ned wit h one f or no :

Treble clef

A treble clef staff makes the lines a nd spaces have the following pitches:

$ e
E
e
G
e

B
e

D F
$ ()

F
()

A
()

c
0

E
Every Good Band Draws Fans "FACE"

An easy way to remember the line pitc hes is "Every Good Band Draws Fans." For t he
spaces, spe ll "face."

Measures (or Bars)


Notes on a staff are divided into measures (or "ba rs" ) to he lp yo u keep track of where yo u
are in the so ng. (Imag ine read ing a book without any periods, commas, or capital letters!)

1st measure 2nd measure 3rd measure

II
t
staff lines double bar line
/
" " bar lines
(end of section)

Time Signatures (or Meters)


A time signature (or " meter" ) indicates how many beats will appear in each measure. It
conta ins two numbers: the top number tells yo u how many beats will be in each mea s ure;
the bottom number says what type of note will equal one beat.

@4 ~ ~ ~ ~ II ~ ~ ~ ~ II
t
four beats per measure
quarter note (1 /4) = one beat
' t
three beats per measure
quarter note (1/4) = one beat

Re lax for a while, read through it again later, and then move on.
(Trust us - as we go through the book, you'll start to understand it:)

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