~ What you need to know BEFORE you start to play your instrument Do you know this piece of music?

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~ What you need to know BEFORE you start to play your instrument Do you know this piece of music?

Music has it’s own language Learning music makes you bilingual The definitions and symbols are recognizable world wide Knowing music theory first makes starting on your instrument so much easier! How many already know an instrument?

STAFF 5 lines and 4 spaces used for writing music

BAR LINE Divides the staff into measures MEASURE The distance between two bar lines

TREBLE CLEF G CLEF Why is this called the G Clef? What instruments play in Treble Clef?

BASS CLEF F CLEF Why is it called the F Clef? What instruments play in the Bass Clef?

TIME SIGNATURE AKA: METER Top Number: how many beats in a measure Bottom Number: what note gets the beat 4 = quarter note

MUSICAL ALPHABET A B C D E F G Same for all instruments Different clef, different placement of note Repeats

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Even George Bush Drives Fast What else can you come up with to remember the lines on the staff? Lines on the Staff:

F A C EF A C E “Space rhymes with Face” Spaces on the Staff:

Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always Good Boys Do Fine Always What other ways can you remember the lines? Lines on the Bass Clef:

All Cows Eat Grass Spaces on the Bass Clef: What other ways can you remember the lines?

NOTE VALUES Quarter Note * Worth 1 beat in 4/4 Time

NOTE VALUES HALF NOTE * Worth 2 beats in 4/4 time

NOTE VALUES WHOLE NOTE *worth 4 beats in 4/4 time

COUNTING EXAMPLES

SHARP *Raises the pitch (note) a half step

FLAT *Lowers the pitch (note) a half step

NATURAL *Cancels the sharp or flat

FINAL BAR LINE * The end of a piece of music