Thursday, 1 December 2016

Music Theory


Staff
Basic Music Theory.
Staff :- A Set of 5 lines and 4 spaces where music is generally written.



    Clef:- It is French word, which means "key" in English, where symbols placed at the left hand end of a staff (in plural Stave), indicating the pitch of the notes written on it.


Notes:- A sign used in music that represents the relative duration and pitch of a sound.

Kind of Notes

  • Semibreve:- It is a note having the time value of two minims or four crotchets, represented by a ring with no stem. In simple terms it is one note/Rest that is played/counted for four counts.
Left hand side is symbol for the note.
Right Hand side is the symbol for rest.


  •  Minim:- A note having the time value of two crotchets or half a semibreve, represented by a ring with a stem. In simple terms, it's one note/Rest that is played/counted for 2 counts.
Left Hand side is the note.
Right hand side is the rest.


  • Crotchet:- A note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem.In simple terms, it is one note/Rest that is played/counted for one count.
    Left hand side is the note.
    Right hand side is the rest.
  • Quaver:- A note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem. In simple terms, it is a note/Rest that is played/counted for half a count.
    Left hand side is the note.
    Right hand side is the rest.
  • Semiquaver:-
    a note having the time value of a sixteenth of a semibreve or half a quaver, represented by a large dot with a two-hooked stem. In simple terms, it is a note/Rest that is played/counted for quarter count.
    Left hand side is the note.
    Right hand side is the rest.





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