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Music Theory

Band & Drums 2010

L Colpitts

Music NotesPage 2

Semibreve = Whole Note

Minim – Half Note

Crotchet = Quarter Note

Quaver = Eight Note

Music Notes cont...Page 3

Semiquaver = Sixteenth Note

Demisemiquaver = Thirty-second Note

Hemidemisemiquaver = Sixty-fourth Note

Other NotesPage 4

Beams connect eight notes(quavers) and notes of shorter value

Placing a dot next to the note increases the value by half. Example a dotted minim would equal Half + Quarter = 3/4 Note

StavePage 5

All of these notes will then be transferred onto a stave. Notes on

the line = E G B D F (Every Good Boy Deserves Football) and the notes

between the lines = F A C E (FACE)

Ledger Lines

Is used to extend the Stave if the note is higher then the stave

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Can be above or below the stave

Bar LinesPage 7

Single Bar Line – used to separate measures

Double Bar Line – Used to separate sections or phrase of music

Sharps

When ever you see then that means that you need to raise the pitch of the note by a half step.

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Flats

• When ever you see this means you need to lower the note by half a step

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Order of Sharps and FlatsPage 10

B, E, A, D, G, C, F are the order of the flats.  The first four flats spell BEAD.  That's easy to

remember.  F, C, G, D, A, E, B are the order of the sharps.  Try this memory trick to remember the order of the sharps::  Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating

Birds. 

Naturals

• When you see it means you cancel out the sharp or the flat and return to the original pitch

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Rests in MusicA rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music,

marked by a sign indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note

value:long (or four-measure rest) double whole rest / breve rest

whole rest / semibreve rest half rest / minim rest

quarter rest / crotchet rest eighth rest / quaver rest

sixteenth rest / semiquaver rest thirty-second rest / demisemiquaver rest

sixty-fourth rest / hemidemisemiquaver rest

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Musical Terms

– Andantino – A moderate tempo marking slightly faster than Andante and slower than Moderato.

– Larghetto – A tempo not quite as slow as Largo. Often between 60-66 beats per minute.

– Largo – A slow tempo marking, having between 40 and 60 beats per minute.

– Lento – Slow.– Moderato – A directive to perform a certain

passage of a composition in a moderate tempo; moderately restrained.

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Musical Terms cont ...

– Adagio – A slow tempo marking between Largo and Andante.

– Allegretto – A rather fast tempo marking between Allegro and Moderato.

– Allegro – A fast tempo marking between Allegretto and Vivace.

– Andante – A moderate tempo marking between Largo and Moderato

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Musical Terms cont...

– Prestissimo – A directive to perform a certain passage of a composition very, very fast, as fast as possible; faster than presto.

– Presto – A directive to perform a certain passage of a composition very quickly.

– Vivace – A directive to perform a certain passage of a composition in a lively or brisk manner.

– Vivo – A directive to perform a certain passage of a composition in a lively, animated or brisk manner. Slightly more animated or brisk than Vivace.

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If you would like copies of this PowerPoint please just either ask

Band Master or Drum Major

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