Musical Notes and Values

A song usually begins and starts in the same key, but it doesn't always have to start and end with the same note. However, the last note of a melody can help you guess the key in which that melody was written. For example, if we have a song and it ends with a C, than the key should be C major or minor.

The chord formed on the tonic note -(the tonic being C, in our example) is the most significant chord in a key. To maintain the tonality, our song should finish with the C note (which is the first note of the tonic chord) and start with a note which is contained in the tonic chord (either C, E/Eb, or G). Most of the composers prefer to start with the first note of the chord, so that's why there numerous cases in which the music starts and ends with the same note.

I think, after some test sounds like: C E G G A G E G lowB D F F E F D C

What about it? It's effectively what it sounds like, 9 beats per measure. Someone on a music forum described it really well by saying think of it as a 6/8 with an added triplet thrown in. So it winds up having 3 beats, each with a triplet (hence the 9) per bar. Or if you want to simple it up a little you could just count 9 beats.

I think the answer you're looking for is the whole note. The whole note (generally speaking although there are some exceptions) is worth 4 beats. The order of notes is:

Whole note - 4 beats

Half note- 2 beats

Quarter note - 1 beat

Eighth note - 1/2 a beat

Sixteenth note - 1/4 of a beat

32nd note - 1/8 beat... and the list goes on.

Crotchet - 1 beat

Quaver - Half beat

Semi-Quaver - Quart of a beat

Dotted Crotchet - 1 and a half beats

Minim - 2 beats

Dotted Minim - 2 and a half beats

Semi-Breve - 4 beats

Breve - 8 beats

It really depends on what music you want to play. My advice would be to go down to a local guitar shop and try out different guitars. You also want to find a guitar that feels right, not just sounds. Everyone's got a different opinion so just experiment. Gibson 355s and Fender Telecasters are stereotypically rhythm guitars and Fender Starts and Gibson LPs are seen as lead guitar, but I've got a Gretsch Pro Jet Black and, personally, I think that's a great rhythm guitar.Overall, it depends on the sound YOU want, so just find some spare time and try out different makes.

Hope I've Helped

Jamie

A semibreve is a whole note. In 4 pattern time signature, a dotted whole note gets six beats. In an 8 pattern time signature, it would get 12 beats, but I don't think you would ever see that.

A whole note in 4/4 time.

If the conductor is beating in 2 then it is one beat. If there music is slow and he is being in 6 then it is 3. But it is generally one beat.

the words for the notes of the musical scale are

do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. In that order. the lowest note of the scale is the first 'do' and then each note goes up one pitch from there.

the most common notes for the scale in letter form are 'c, d, e, f, g, a, b, c.' Each of the notes corresponds with the word in its spot. It is also with the same pitch as that note.

the words for the scale always stay the same no matter what scale they are put with. But there are many different scales you can play. Each has its own letters for the notes. some scales go higher or lower that the most common scale.

how many beats are there in a treble clef? there are no beats in the treble clef because it shows what notes are on the staff. if you had the bass clef then the notes would be different on the staff.

The top number denotes that there are four beats in a measure. The lower number implies that the beats are made of half notes. A measure in this time signature is consists of four half note beats.

Since there were at least 30 different notes produced in the 1870's, I would need to know more information about your note to be able to give you any idea of its value ... Denomination? Series Date? Condition? The words printed on the note? Description of Pictures or People on the note?

Not close. Musical tempo is sometimes indicated by a metronome setting which

is beats per minute. Often it is only indicated by an Italian word to indicate

speed, such as scherzo, presto, allegro, moderato, lento, largo and so forth.

The bottom figure of the time signature determines the duration of a beat. When the bottom number is 4 (2/4, 3/4 etc.), a quarter note takes a beat. If the bottom number is 2 (2/2, 3/2 etc.), the duration of a beat is a half note.

It is called a Chord.

As a fraction, cut time also can be written as 2/2. The upper figure says that there are two beats in a measure. The two at the bottom indicates that the unit beat is equivalent to a half note.

It depends on what time signature you're in, and therefore which note gets the beat. The most common time signature is 4/4 in which the quarter note gets the beat and there are four beats per measure. In that time signature the breakdown would be:

Whole Note/Whole Rest = 4 beats (a full measure)

Half Note/Half Rest = 2 beats (half a measure)

Quarter Note/Quarter Rest = 1 beat ( 1/4 of a measure)

Eighth Note/Eighth Rest = 1/2 a beat ( 1/8 of a measure)

Sixteenth Note/Sixteenth Rest = 1/4 a beat ( 1/16 of a measure)

And you can continue on subdividing the beat into smaller values. Then there are dotted notes/rests, which look exactly as the sound: one of the above notes/rests with a dot next to it. This dot indicates that you add half of the note's value to it. So a dotted quarter note would be 1 beat + 1/2 a beat (an eighth note) in 4/4.

High pitches are usually written _____.

..its pitch.

There are four crotchets in a semibreve.

There are four semiquavers in a crotchet.

Eight notes in an octave.

Move everything up 12 frets. Don't forget that the 'nut' represents a string to be held down at the 12.

longer straw, lower note
shorter straw, higher note