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Reading music

Published on Nov 19, 2015

elementary music, middle music

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Reading music

Its elementary!
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Every note

is either on a line or a space
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But sometimes...

they aren't
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Each note

has a purpose and a length
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we can know the lengths

by recognizing the notes
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Quarter notes

equal 1 beat
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quarter note

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half notes

are 2 quarter notes put together
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Half Note

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Whole notes

are 4 quarter notes put together
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whole note

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so lets put

it all together
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  • Quarter note=1 beat
  • Half note =1 beat+1 beat=2 beats
  • Whole note=1 beat X 4= 4 beats
  • Easy right?
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Eighth notes

are half of a quarter note
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8th notes

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16th notes

are half an 8th 
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16th notes

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WHY DOES it matter?

Mr. Cox tried making the above statement bigger.....didn't work
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Its important because

Friends that count together, stay together (singing)
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Reading

Ya.....i knw u knw how 2 read 
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Music is read

LEFT TO RIGHT
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Reading demo

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look ahead

to see whats coming next
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watch out for these

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Rests

they come in many types
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Quarter, half, whole, 8th...

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and most importantly

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watch the hands

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But know

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Its ok to make mistakes

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without mistakes

we can't get better
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Did you ride your bike

and quit the first time you fell?
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quit school

the first bad grade?
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why stop singing

for 1 mistake either?
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wrap-up

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Notes

  • quarter note=1 beat
  • half note=2 beats
  • whole note=3 beats
  • 8th note = 1/2 beat
  • 16th note =1/2 of an 8th note
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rests

  • quarter rest
  • half rest
  • whole rest
  • 8th rest
  • 16th rest
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Other notes

  • music read from left to right
  • watch the hands
  • make mistakes
  • But not too many
  • and have a blast with music :)

Dan Cox