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

4: The Wind-up and the Pitch 34

5. If one note’s pitch is lower than another, it will be
   written _____ on the staff.


6. In the examples below:

Note A is _________ than note B.

Note C is _________ than note D.

Note E is _________ than note F.

7. In the examples below:

Note G is _________ than note A.

Note B is _________ than note C.

Note D is _________ than note E.

AB C D EF

GA B C D E

5. Lower
   6. lower
   higher
   lower
   7. lower
   higher
   higher

Practical Use

1. In the 12 measures you made in the last chapter, draw in several notes per measure. Vary the highness and
   lowness. Use leger lines. Go through your example and identify lower and higher from note to note.


2. On a blank staff, draw in all the line and space notes from one leger line below the staff all the way up to one
   leger line above the staff.