Note for music beginners

Note for music beginners

Music is a synthesis of the rational and emotional. Like any other science, it has basic concepts with which every musician should be familiar. If you are just starting to comprehend the wonderful world of sounds and melodies, then this page is for you. After reading it, you can understand the basics of musical notation. Music notation will become clear, and you can play simple, and maybe complex works.

What is the musical notation

From what, from what our musical notation is made. Of:

• Music staff;
• Notes;
• Durations;
• Alteration Signs;
• Key;
• Size

Let's take a closer look at each of these points in order to better understand the musical notation.

Musical staff

The musical staff is the main element of the musical language. It contains five lines and four spaces between them. It should be borne in mind that each of these gaps and rulers corresponds to a specific piano key (or other musical instrument).

If we look at the recording of notes for piano, then it usually consists of two Notoners, it is called a large musical staff. The upper notoner serves to record music played by the right hand. The lower bearer displays the music for the left hand. Usually they are combined with a special brace.

An example of a large music staff

The staff has several main components, namely, keys, size, bars and clock characteristics.

Keys

The key is a musical sign, standing at the beginning of the music staff, and thus opens the record. There are several varieties, the most common are the treble and bass, so they need to be considered in more detail.

The treble clef usually stands at the beginning of the upper bearer. The central part of the sign is twisted around the second line, so it is called the key Sol. If you still do not know what names have notes, and where they are located, we suggest you read the article “Learning notes together. In it you will find a lot of useful information.

Sample treble clef

The bass key is a musical sign that opens the lower not-bearer. The starting point of the symbol covers the fourth ruler, on which the “F” note is located, therefore this key is called the “F” key.

Bass clef example

Duration and size

Sounds in musical works must be maintained in a certain rhythmic pattern, otherwise the work will not be like itself. To indicate the amount of time, a duration system is used. There are the most common durations:

• Whole;
• Half;
• Fourth;
• Eighth;
• Sixteenth;
• Thirty second.

Whole note is a white, not painted over circle. Typically, the duration is maintained during the account: one, two, three, four.

Half It is a shaded head with a calm. It is considered to be: one, two.

Fourth It is a painted head with a calm. It is considered at times.

Eighth It is a shaded head with a calm and single tail. The account is half less than a quarter.

Sixteenth is a shaded head with a double tail. The score is half the eighth.

Thirty second is a painted head with a triple tail. The score is half the sixteenth.

It should be noted that a longer note may be quantitatively equal to another. That is, the whole is equal to two half, four quarters and eight eighties, etc. It turns out a kind of arithmetic progression. Consider an example.

The size

Notebook for beginners also includes the concept of size.

The size is always denoted by a fraction: the numerator is the number of the duration in a measure (about this concept in more detail below), the denominator is an indication of the duration. Usually the size is set once for the whole work and is located after the key and key signs (for more details on the key signs below).

There are several common sizes:

To better understand this material requires an explanation in a specific size. Take one of the most popular sizes, namely 4/4.

In this size, the unit selected quarter, as indicated in the denominator of the fraction. The total number of notes in the measure should be four total.

Note: many people at the beginning of training think that if the size is 4/4, then only quarters can be used and there should be four. No, the durations can be very diverse, as long as their sum in tact does not exceed 4/4.

Tacts and bars

Tact directly interacts with size. Many are interested in what bars are needed for, because you could just write the duration in the required order. But everything is more complicated. The fact is that rhythm in music is achieved by alternating strong and weak parts, which is called the meter. If there is no constant ripple, then the whole melodic structure will fall apart.

As for the particular bars and clocks, everything is much simpler. One measure includes the total number of durations assigned in size. Stroke bars separate one beat from another. There are several types of clocks, the most common are two:

• The touch bar is used between bars.
• A double bar is used at the end of the piece and closes it.

Alteration and tonality signs (key marks)

If you imagine a piano keyboard, you can see that in addition to the white keys, there are also black ones. The black keys are chromatic sounds, namely, they are either lowering or raising the pitch. This effect can be achieved with the help of alteration signs.

At this point in time, the most common signs of alteration are sharp, flat and bak.

The first character raises the note by half a tone, and the second character lowers the note by half a tone, the third cancels the alteration. A note is read with signs. This symbol is valid only within one measure.

For example:

Interpretation: Sol-sharp, salt-bakar, salt | Sol-flat, salt-bakar ||.

If the alterations are valid only for one measure, then there are key signs that keep increasing or decreasing throughout the entire work.

Key marks are assigned to the music lines immediately after the key. Depending on the key signs, you can determine the tonality of the work. It must be remembered that they go in a certain unchanging sequence, which cannot be broken when recording notes in tonality. There are sharp and flat key. Consider the position first in the sharp, and then in the flat keys.

AT sharp the following sounds rise (one sound, one key):

1. F
2. Before
3. Salt
4. Re
5. La
6. Mi
7. Si

AT flat the following sounds are lowered (one sound, one key):

1. Si
2. Mi
3. La
4. Re
5. Salt
6. Before
7. F

Now, when the order of indication of key marks is remembered, one can proceed to the study of basic tonalities. But what is tonality?

Key in the work plays an important role, it allows you to reflect the nature of the music, making it, or simple, or difficult to understand. Any key consists of two characteristics: tone and mood. AT musical notation for beginners the tone is the main sound from which the scale will be built. Inclination is the nature of music; there is a major, and there is a minor inclination. Roughly speaking, major is joy, and minor is sadness. It is rather difficult to determine the mood for a novice musician at first, especially if you are not familiar with elementary structural units, such as intervals. Therefore, until we get ahead. And let's deal with the tonalities using a convenient table.

Sharp keys

Tonality (Major and Minor)	Key signs
C major and A minor
G major and E minor
D Major and B Minor
A Major and F Sharp Minor
E major and C sharp minor
C major and G Sharp Minor
F sharp major and D sharp minor
C sharp major and A sharp minor

Flat key

Musical notation necessary for both professional musicians and beginners. Study it, strive for perfection. We hope that you have discovered something new from the article and were able to understand the basics of musical notation! We wish you success in creative endeavors!