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today we're gonna look at how we write
down music I'll give you a brief
introduction to musical elements such as
rhythm note symbols time names and time
values but first of all let's look at
rhythm the dictionary defines rhythm as
a strong regular repeated pattern of
movement or sound with this in mind
certain notes in music can be helpful a
long amount of time and others can be
held for a shorter amount of time
listen to the song that I'm about to
play can you hear the different rhythms
the main part of the song changed
between short and medium sounds known as
notes and then at the end it finished
with a long note rewind the video to
listen again see if you can hear more
to show how long note should be held for
we draw them in different note shapes
these are called note symbols each note
symbol has a different time name
let's take a look at them individually
here we have the crotchet it has a time
value of one B this simply means that if
I'm playing a piece of music I'm going
to count and hold the note for one beat
every time I see this particular note
symbol let me show you here we have four
crotchets lined up to form a crotchet
rhythm
this time try and clap along next up we
have the minam here is the minam note
symbol the minam has a time value of two
beats so I'd need to count and play the
note for two beats if I saw this symbol
let's have a try
Wow
you
the semibreve has a time value of four
beats and it's note symbol can be easier
to remember as it's similar to an oval
what
you've heard a rather long note and now
I'll show you a shorter time name called
the quaver this is its note symbol the
quaver is a short sound and lost for
half of a beep sometimes you may see two
or more quavers being joined together
like this it does not change its time
value each quaver is worth half of beat
and is played separately notice how I
added more to my counting by using the
word and in between each of the numbers
this is really handy when playing Cueva
ribbons pause this video and try it out
yourself
you
you
you
now to recap let's look at all the
different time names time values and
note symbols we looked at today
can you practice reading your own
rhythms
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have the notes on the stave
you
today we'll take a first look at how we
write notes on the stave I'll give you a
brief introduction to musical terms
including pitch the musical alphabet the
stave and the clef first of all let's
look at pitch when talking about pitch
and music pitch is a word we use to
describe where for a note is high or low
some sounds or notes can have a high
pitch and others can have a low pitch
there are also many different pitches in
between now imagine your large Orchestra
playing a piece of music together with
so many different high and low pitches
available and so many different
instruments playing together the
orchestra could end up sounding confused
or even terrible if they didn't know
what notes to play or when to play them
so how do so many orchestras and
musicians play comfortably together
without sounding horrible or confused
many do this through reading music
notation this is reading notes from the
musical alphabet placed on a stave I'll
break it down for you right after this
musical interlude
just like we have the English alphabet
that helps us to read and write words
stories and more there is also a musical
alphabet that helps musicians to read
write and play music the musical
alphabet is formed of seven letters that
repeat over and over again
a-b-c-d-e-f-g
each letter represents a musical pitch
so instead of just saying the musical
alphabet you can sing it or play it you
can imagine the letters being on a
neverending flight of stairs which you
can walk up and down this represents the
different pictures of the musical
alphabet in the matter of what
instrument you learn you'll always be
able to play the notes from the musical
alphabet listen to the notes a to G on
the guitar
now on the violin and now on the piano
we've heard and understand the musical
alphabet but how do you write this down
we write notes from the musical alphabet
on something called a stave
the stave is made up of five parallel
lines notes from our musical alphabet
can be placed on the lines or in the
spaces but each note has an assigned
place just like our musical stairs
before the higher the notice on the
stave the higher the pitch and the lower
the note is on the stave the lower the
pitch will revisit the musical alphabet
in a later lesson but now let's look at
the clef if you didn't notice before
there are only five visual lines on the
stave but so many more pictures
available for example the piano has 88
different pictures alone to cover all
the pictures we place a different clef
symbol on the stave to show us which
particular notes or pictures to use the
clef symbol tells us which note is
represented by each space and line of
the stave the most common clef types are
the treble clef the bass clef the auto
clef and the very similar tenor clef
we'll take a look at each of these
cliffs individually over the next
lessons so use this time to soak up what
you've learnt already with a recap we
now know that pitch is a word used to
describe what her note is high or low
and that there are many different
pictures
we know that the musical alphabet is
formed of seven letters a b c d e f and
g that repeat on and on we also know
that notes from the musical alphabet are
written on the staves lines or spaces
and that different clefs tell us where
to place particular notes on the stave
the four most common cliffs are the
treble clef the bass clef the auto clef
and the tenor clef we'll find out more
about cliffs very soon that's all for
now
in the last lesson I talked about how we
write music we looked at the note
symbols for quavers crotchets minam's
and semi briefs our key words included
note symbols time names and time values
today we'll take a step further and look
at note rests
each type of note for example a quaver a
crotchet or a Menem has a matching note
rest that has the same value
note rests on musical symbols that tell
us when not to play and when there
should be a silence in a piece of music
so now let's take a closer look and
discover the note rests for crotchets
minims and semibreve first up let's have
a look at the crotchet note rest
we already know what the crotchet note
looks like and that it has a time value
of 1 B
here we have a crotchet note rest which
actually tells us to be silent for one
beep let's see this in action
here we have four crotchets lined up to
form a crotchet rhythm what would it
sound like if I replace the first cut
chip with a crotchet note rest
what if I replace the second crotchet
note with a crotchet note rest
for what about replacing the third
crotchet note with a crotchet note rest
and finally if I were to replace the
fourth coach it note with a crotchet
note rest
could you hear the different placements
of each of the silences
here we have the minim note again we
know that it lasts for two beats this is
the minim note rest it also lost for two
beats but tells us to be silent for two
beats
let's replace the second minun note with
a minimum note rest
now let's replace the first minima note
with a minim note rest
to
could you again here the different
placements of the silences
lastly we have the semi brave
the semibreve lasts for four beats and
this is the semibreve symbol
this is the semibreve note rest both the
semibreve and the minim note rest look
very similar so it's important to look
very carefully when you're trying to
read or even draw them a good way to
identify the minimum note rest is to
remember that it looks a little bit like
a hat now back to the semibreve rhythm
we'll have a semi brief note followed by
a semi brief note rest before I finish
let's have a recap of the note rest we
looked at today the crotchet the minim
and the semibreve each and every music
will note that you ever come across will
have a matching note rest with the same
time value we'll look at more of these
in the near future but for now can you
practice reading your own rhythms one
two three four one two three
one two three four one two three pause
the video and have a try on your own
that's all for now so what else do we
have lined up for you today
at 11:30 a.m. pianist of all ages and
abilities can get their fingers warmed
up and ready for the day during on piano
campus sessions at 12:30
grab your paternal mic and get loud and
proud in our sing-along session and at
2:30 it's just for the kick we have our
musical stories creation station where
they'll be able to learn how to make
from musical shakers and to end on music
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