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NOTATION

There are different ways of writing


down music - this is called notation.
Written music will indicate the type
and length of note to be played.
Notation
Treble and bass clef
The notes on the treble clef look like
this:
There are many different mnemonics
that can be used to remember the
notes on the lines (reading from the
bottom line up). One of these is the
sentence Every Green Bus Drives Fast.
The notes in the spaces spell the

word FACE. If you need to write notes


above or below the stave, you
use ledger lines and they look like this:
The notes on the bass clef look like
this:

You can remember the notes on the


lines by the
sentence: Great Big Dogs Frighten Albe
rt. You can remember the notes in the
spaces by the
sentence: All Cows Eat Grass.
If you need to write notes above or
below the stave, they look like this:
RHYTHM AND METRE
Rhythm notation shows the duration of
a note. Study the picture below to see
the difference in note length and the
durations of different types of note.
Notation - sharps and flats
When a note is sharpened it is raised.
When a note is flattened it is lowered.
The keyboard below shows some sharps
# and flats ♭.

A semitone is one step on the


keyboard, or the distance between two
notes. A tone is two steps on the
keyboard or two semitones put
together.
Enharmonic notes
An F# is the same as a G♭. A B♭ is the
same as an A#. These
are enharmonic notes - they are
described differently but have the
same pitch.
Degrees of the scale
Each degree of a scale (see the picture
below) has a name:
Degree Name
1 Tonic
2 Supertonic
3 Median
4 Subdominant
5 Dominant
6 Submediant
7 Leading note
KEY SIGNATURES
Key signatures show the key in which
the music has been written. They are
placed at the beginning of the stave.

The key of C has no sharps or flats


The key of G has one sharp (F#)

The key of D Major has two sharps (F#


and C#)
The key of A has 3 sharps (F#, C# and
G#)

The key of E has 4 sharps (F#, C#, G#


and
The pattern of a major scale is: tone -
tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone -
semitone.
Sharps and flats - known
as accidentals - are used so that this
pattern can be retained no matter
which note you start on. Musical pieces
are all based on scales, each scale
indicating the notes that are available
from that key for the composer to use.
If notes are also used from outside the
key, this is known
as chromatic writing.

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