Music theory blog posts

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Writing and reading music starts with a Stave

Reading and writing music starts with the Stave, also known as the Staff. The stave is five lines stacked on top of each other. We draw notes on the stave and the height of the note decides how high it will sound: if the note is high on the Stave it will be a high note, and vice versa. This is also known as the Pitch of the note.

Liam Hindson

20 Dec, 2016

Student

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Notation - Tips for reading music notes

You'd be forgiven for thinking that music looks like intimidating gibberish. This blog post will explain the basics of reading music, focussing in on notes: what they are, the different shapes and sizes, and why they move up and down the stave.

Liam Hindson

20 Dec, 2016

Student

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All Cows Eat Grass - Rhymes to read music

There are rhymes to help you remember the note names for space and line notes. The rhymes that will be covered below are for the treble clef and bass clef.

Liam Hindson

20 Dec, 2016

Student

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Read music with the treble and bass clef

It's important to consider the variety of musical instruments before we talk about clefs. Some instruments have a high pitch range, such as the Violin, Trumpet and Flute. Other instruments have a low pitch range, including the Cello, Trombone and Bassoon. Then we have instrument with an extreme pitch range, such as the Piccolo that is capable of playing a D five octaves above middle C, and the Sousaphone (from the Brass family) that can play an F four octaves below middle C. There is also the Piano, which has a very wide pitch range and can play both low and high pitches.

Liam Hindson

17 Dec, 2016

Music theory

Writing and reading music starts with a Stave

Notation - Tips for reading music notes

All Cows Eat Grass - Rhymes to read music

Read music with the treble and bass clef

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