Beginner’s guide
Look at the staffs ________________________ Bars connect the staffs that are played at the same time. Look for the choir brace. Find the staff for your part. Read the music from staff system to staff system.
1.Look for the choir brace. 2.Find the clef sign 3.Follow that sign from staff system to staff system.
Bar Line | Choir Brace [ Piano Brace { Staff System Staff System
On manuscript paper draw the following things: 1.Your Name 2.connect 2 staffs with a bar line 3.Add a choir brace 4.connect 2 more staffs to the choir staffs with a bar line. 5.Add a piano brace. 6.Skip a staff, and repeat all of the above. 7.Circle the 2 staff systems
Look at the notes on the staff. Notes are different. ♪ Whole noteHalf notequarter note eighth note 4 counts 2 counts 1 count ½ count
Quarter Notes = 1 eighth notes = 1/2 triplets = 1/3 16 th notes = 1/4