Written Music Tutorial #1 ( Pitch )
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Summary

In this tutorial we have covered:

Vocabulary

Accidental - A symbol in music placed before a note to alter the notes pitch. See page 4
Bass Clef - A clef that sets the 4th line of the staff to F below middle C. ( See page 2)
Chromatic Scale - (page 4)
Degree - Numbers from 1 to 7 indicating the various notes of the Major scale.
Flat - A musical symbol used to lower a pitch by 1/2 step
Grand Staff - A double staff with a Treble clef for the top staff and a Bass clef for the bottom staff used for piano notation. (page 2)
Half Step - The smallest pitch increment in western music. There are 12 half steps in an octave. The 12 half steps comprise the Chromatic Scale.
Key -See page 8
Key Signature -See page 8
Ledger Lines -Lines added above or below the staff to accommodate musical passages that would otherwise be too high or too low. See page 3
Major Scale -See page 5
Natural - A symbol used in music to cancel a Sharp or Flat in a key signature or set a note to its natural (not sharped or flatted) state.
Sharp - A musical symbol used to raise a pitch by 1/2 step
Spelling -Whether one chooses Flats or Sharps to write a musical passage. (i.e. spelled in sharps or spelled in flats
Treble Clef - A clef that sets the 2nd line of the staff to G above middle C. (page 2)
Whole Step - 2 half steps (i.e. the distance between the notes C and D).
Written Music Tutorial #1 ( Pitch )
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