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MUSIC

Musical notation THE PRODIGAL SON, ARTHUR SULLIVAN, 1869
EXAMPLE OF AN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT:

MUSICAL NOTATION IS ANY METHOD by which sounds are Moderately
written down so that they can be read and performed by fast and Tie Repeat the
quiet (bind) previous bar
others. The present-day conventional system of notation
uses a five-line stave (staff)—divided by vertical lines into
sections known as bars—on which notes, rests, clefs, key
signatures, time signatures, accidentals, and other symbols
are written. A note indicates the duration of a sound and,
according to its position on the stave, its pitch. Notes
can be arranged on the stave in order of pitch to
form a scale. A silence in the music is indicated by
Treble
a rest. The clef, which is placed at the begininng clef
of a stave, fixes the pitch. The key signature,
which is placed after the clef, indicates the key.
Bass
The time signature, placed after the key clef
signature, shows the number of beats in a bar.
Accidentals are used to indicate the raising
or lowering of the pitch of a note. Four-four time
(common time)
ELEMENTS OF MUSICAL NOTATION
CLEFS TIME SIGNATURES
Treble (or G) Alto (or C) Key
clef clef Six-eight time signature
Stave
(staff)
Alto
Bass (or F) clef Three-four time
clef
NOTES Treble
voice
Breve Minim Quaver
Alto
voice
Tenor
Semibreve Crotchet Semiquaver
voice
RESTS Bass
Breve rest Minim rest Quaver rest voice

Organ part
Semibreve Crotchet Semiquaver
rest rest rest for right hand
Organ part
SCALE for left hand

Organ
pedal line
C D E F G A B C
Bar
ACCIDENTALS
Double Instruments line Bar
Sharp Natural sharp of the
orchestra Bass clef Crotchet
written in
Italian
Flat Double Key
flat signature

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