Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

Basic Music Theory The example below shows a right hand. The only difference between this example and your hand is that you migh ...

2: Lines, Lines, Everywhere There’s Lines Using a separate sheet of paper and a pencil, draw a musical staff like the one below ...

Basic Music Theory 27 CHAPTER CHAPTER 2 MORE LINES In This Chapter Bar Lines Double Bar Lines Measures Leger Lines Can we ever ...

3: More Lines 28 No Holds Barred Bar Lines and Double Bar Lines To make music easier to read, the staff is divided into sections ...

Basic Music Theory 29 Staff 3.2 Four measures of leger line examples Moving On Not too tough, was it? When talking about music, ...

3: More Lines 30 Chapter 3 Study Guide What is a bar line used for? Where is a double bar used? On another piece of paper draw ...

Basic Music Theory 31 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 THE WIND-UP AND THE PITCH In This Chapter Space notes Line notes High and Low You can’ ...

4: The Wind-up and the Pitch 32 Spaced Out and Lined Up Notes on the staff will be either space notes or line notes. A space not ...

Basic Music Theory 33 Staff 4.3 Line and space notes combined, low to high (there are notes both higher and lower than those sho ...

4: The Wind-up and the Pitch 34 If one note’s pitch is lower than another, it will be written _____ on the staff. In the exampl ...

Basic Music Theory 35 Home, Home on the Ranges Range refers to the notes an instrument is able to play, from lowest to highest. ...

4: The Wind-up and the Pitch 36 ...

Basic Music Theory CHAPTER CHAPTER 4 A NOTE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD SOUND AS SWEET In This Chapter The Musical Alphabet Note Na ...

5: A Note by Any Other Name Would Sound as Sweet What’s in a Name? You’ll be happy to find you only need the first seven letters ...

Basic Music Theory Example 5.2 Leger line note names below the treble clef staff. And here are some examples of leger line note ...

5: A Note by Any Other Name Would Sound as Sweet Chapter 5 Study Guide What letters are used to name notes in music? What lette ...

Basic Music Theory 41 Part I Review Whew! You Made It. These pages can be used to test your memory on what you’ve learned in Par ...

Part II Review 42 What is the number of the bottom space? page 24 What is the number of the top space? page 24 What is a bar li ...

Basic Music Theory 43 In the example below: Note A is than note B. Note C is than note D. Note E is ___ than note F. page 33 W ...

Part II Review 44 In the example below: Note G is than note A. Note B is than note C. Note D is ___ than note E. page 33 What ...