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Standard Musical Notation is very simple to memorize. There are 5 bars, the bars represent the mid-tone notes of (low to high) E-G-B-D-F, this can be more easily remembered if you think of EGBDF as an Acronym for Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. The spaces inbetween the bars also represent whole notes. These spaces are named F-A-C-E. This is especially easy to remember because there is no need for an acronym. Sometimes, there is a symbol next to the top of the note, the two symbols that will appear look a lot like a lower case B (b) and a number/pound symbol (#), these represent flat (b) and sharp (#), flat and sharp are roughly halftones of whole notes. Every note has a half tone. The chromatic scale (every note in order) consists of the following notes:

A-A#(Bb)B(Cb)(B#)C-(C#)D-D#(Eb)E(Fb)(E#)F-(F#)G-G#(Ab)

At first, this example may seem intimidating. however, notice that some notes land on the same spaces, this means A# and Bb are the same note. so the pairs of A#/Bb, B/Cb, Bb/C, C#/D, D#/Eb, E/Fb, E#/F, F#/G, G#/Ab Are all the same notes. However, very rarely does a flat occur in notation. Notation using only sharps are as follows:

A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#

Remember C and B# are the same, and F and E# are the same. These are the only whole notes that are also sharps, this is important to remember, as it’s an important bit of information to know.

When you see notation, in the begining, there’s always two numbers, one over the other. This is the time signiture, 4/4 is the most common. I believe (time signitures still confuse me a little) that a time signiture represents the number of whole notes that may exist in the given number of bars, the top being the number of whole notes, the bottom being the number of bars.

for notes (the actual note on the musicall staff) there are lines that occur on the notes. An note with a hole in it is a whole, a note with no bar on it and filled is a half, a note with a bar on it and no line is a quarter, they then follow with the number of lines, eighth, sixteenth, 32nd, and 64th. these are the ammount of time each note lasts. Practice these ideas on a regular bassis, and soon you’ll be able to spot read music on any instrument.

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Standard Musical Notation is very simple to memorize. There are 5 bars, the bars represent the mid-tone notes of (low to high) E-G-B-D-F, this can be more easily remembered if you think of EGBDF as an Acronym for Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. The spaces inbetween the bars also represent whole notes. These spaces are named F-A-C-E. This is especially easy to remember because there is no need for an acronym. Sometimes, there is a symbol next to the top of the note, the two symbols that will appear look a lot like a lower case B (b) and a number/pound symbol (#), these represent flat (b) and sharp (#), flat and sharp are roughly halftones of whole notes. Every note has a half tone. The chromatic scale (every note in order) consists of the following notes:

A-A#(Bb)B(Cb)(B#)C-(C#)D-D#(Eb)E(Fb)(E#)F-(F#)G-G#(Ab)

At first, this example may seem intimidating. however, notice that some notes land on the same spaces, this means A# and Bb are the same note. so the pairs of A#/Bb, B/Cb, Bb/C, C#/D, D#/Eb, E/Fb, E#/F, F#/G, G#/Ab Are all the same notes. However, very rarely does a flat occur in notation. Notation using only sharps are as follows:

A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#

Remember C and B# are the same, and F and E# are the same. These are the only whole notes that are also sharps, this is important to remember, as it’s an important bit of information to know.

When you see notation, in the begining, there’s always two numbers, one over the other. This is the time signiture, 4/4 is the most common. I believe (time signitures still confuse me a little) that a time signiture represents the number of whole notes that may exist in the given number of bars, the top being the number of whole notes, the bottom being the number of bars.

for notes (the actual note on the musicall staff) there are lines that occur on the notes. An note with a hole in it is a whole, a note with no bar on it and filled is a half, a note with a bar on it and no line is a quarter, they then follow with the number of lines, eighth, sixteenth, 32nd, and 64th. these are the ammount of time each note lasts. Practice these ideas on a regular bassis, and soon you’ll be able to spot read music on any instrument.