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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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List of 50 Free Lessons
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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Beginner Piano Lesson 6 - Brother John Lesson 7 - London Bridge Is Falling Down Lesson 8 - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star |
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| Lesson 9 - Major Chord |
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Lesson 10 - Three Primary Chords Lesson 11 - 12 Bar Blues Chord Progression |
| 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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Intermediate Piano Lesson 24 - America (My Country Tis of Thee) Lesson 25 - Silent Night Lesson 26 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen |
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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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Lesson 34 - Melody as Octaves Lesson 35 - Root Chord Pattern Lesson 36 - Harmony Notes Lesson 37 - Major Chord Inversions Lesson 38 - Chord Inversion Straddles |
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Advanced Piano Lesson 39 - The First Noel (Flash demo version) Lesson 40 - Auld Lang Syne Lesson 41 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing |
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Lesson 42 - Diminished Chord Lesson 43 - Augmented Chord Lesson 44 - 6th Chords Lesson 45 - Sus2 Chords Lesson 46 - Sus4 Chords Lesson 47 - Major 9th Chords Lesson 48 - Major 11th Chords Lesson 49 - Major 13th Chords Lesson 51 - Blues Scale |
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