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    Lesson 1 Basic Musical Notation: The Staff

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    This document provides an overview of basic musical notation. It introduces the staff, which consists of 5 lines and 4 spaces that notes are written on. It describes the treble and bass clefs that are used to indicate the pitch of the notes on the staff. The treble clef marks the G line and bass clef marks the F line. When combined, the treble and bass clefs form the grand staff, expanding the musical range. Measures divided by vertical lines organize the music into groups of beats according to the time signature.

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    This document provides an overview of basic musical notation. It introduces the staff, which consists of 5 lines and 4 spaces that notes are written on. It describes the treble and bass clefs that are used to indicate the pitch of the notes on the staff. The treble clef marks the G line and bass clef marks the F line. When combined, the treble and bass clefs form the grand staff, expanding the musical range. Measures divided by vertical lines organize the music into groups of beats according to the time signature.

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    This document provides an overview of basic musical notation. It introduces the staff, which consists of 5 lines and 4 spaces that notes are written on. It describes the treble and bass clefs that are used to indicate the pitch of the notes on the staff. The treble clef marks the G line and bass clef marks the F line. When combined, the treble and bass clefs form the grand staff, expanding the musical range. Measures divided by vertical lines organize the music into groups of beats according to the time signature.

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    Lesson 1 Basic Musical Notation: The Staff

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    This document provides an overview of basic musical notation. It introduces the staff, which consists of 5 lines and 4 spaces that notes are written on. It describes the treble and bass clefs that are used to indicate the pitch of the notes on the staff. The treble clef marks the G line and bass clef marks the F line. When combined, the treble and bass clefs form the grand staff, expanding the musical range. Measures divided by vertical lines organize the music into groups of beats according to the time signature.

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    LESSON 1

    Basic Musical Notation


    Especially in the days before audio recording and playback, music
    was often written out as a means of preserving and communicating
    it. To do this, a system of notation was developed that gives
    musicians the information they need to play music as the composer
    intended it.

    The Staff
    The staff is the basis of written music. It is what the notes are
    presented on. It consists of 5 lines with four spaces between them.
    A simple, unadorned staff is shown below.

    Clefs

    This is the treble staff. The treble clef (the large fancy symbol to the
    far left) shows the musician that the staff is treble. Since it curls
    around the G line, it is also called a G clef. The treble staff begins
    with the first line as E. Each successive space and line is the next
    letter in the musical alphabet. The staff ends with the last line as an
    F. Many mnemonic devices exist to help a person remember which
    line and space is which. One of the most common phrases to
    remember the names of the lines is: Every Good Boy Does Fine.
    (Also popular is Elvis' Guitar Broke Down Friday). To remember the
    spaces, just remember that they spell FACE starting from the
    bottom.
    This is the bass (pronounced 'base' ) staff. The bass clef, also
    known as the F clef because it locates the line known as F, is on the
    far left. The bass clef uses the same musical alphabet as treble, but
    the letters start in different places. Instead of an E, the bottom line
    is a G, and the letters proceed logically from there. Again, simple
    mnemonics can be used to remember the names of the notes. The
    lines on the bass cleft, from bottom to top are: G, B, D, F, A
    (Good Boys Don't Fight Anyone), and the spaces are A,C,E,G
    (All Cows Eat Grass).

    The Grand Staff

    When the bass and treble clef are combined and connected by a
    brace (left) and lines, they become the grand staff. This greatly
    increases the range of pitches that can be noted, and is often used
    in piano music, due to the piano's wide range.
    Measures

    The vertical lines on the staff mark the measures. Measures are
    used to divide and organize music. The time signature determines
    how many beats can be in a measure. The thick double bars mark
    the beginning and ends of a piece of music. Measures are
    sometimes marked with numbers to make navigating a piece easier.
    The first measure would be measure one, the second measure two
    and so on.

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