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Basic Music Notation
Introduction
Welcome to the Basic Music Notation Section!
Confused About the Lines and Symbols in Piano Sheet Music?
Ever wonder what all those lines and funny-looking symbols on a piano sheet music stand for? Well, here's your chance to finally make sense of it all! If you are not familiar with music notation, it can seem pretty intimidating to look at sheet music. Actually, it is a lot easier than you think! So, don't worry; there IS hope!
Find Out the Meaning to Music Symbols
Music notation is used to record music in written form. Music notation can tell you such things as what notes to play and how long to play them. You will be learning what all the funny-looking symbols used in written music actually mean! So put on your detective gear and GET READY to decrypt!
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| Lesson 4 | Grand Staff: Diagram of the Piano Keyboard | |
| Lesson 5 | Note Durations |
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Basic Music Notation
Lesson 4Grand Staff |
Lesson 5Note Durations |
Lesson 4 - Music Notation: Grand Staff
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Piano Basics Lesson 1 - Patterns of Piano Keyboard Lesson 2 - Names of White Keys Lesson 3 - Names of Black Keys Lesson 4 - Grand Staff Lesson 5 - Note Durations |
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| Lesson 12 - 12 Keys of Music |
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Lesson 13 - Major Scale
Lesson 14 - Musical Intervals Lesson 15 - Chords of the Major Scale Lesson 16 - The Circle of Fifths |
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Lesson 17 - Chord Inversions Lesson 18 - Double Chord Pattern Lesson 19 - Broken Chord Pattern Lesson 20 - Arpeggio Chord Pattern Lesson 21 - Sounds of the Orient (Pentatonic Scale) Lesson 22 - Mysterious Sounds (Whole Tone Scale) Lesson 23 - Arpeggios |
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Lesson 27 - Minor Chord Lesson 28 - Three Secondary Chords Lesson 29 - Dominant 7th Chord Lesson 30 - Major 7th Chord Lesson 31 - Minor 7th Chord Lesson 32 - Natural Minor Scale Lesson 33 - Chords of the Natural Minor Scale |
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