The Grand Staff

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The Grand Staff

• Combination of two staves
• One treble and one bass clef
• Middle C
• Bar Line
• Measure
• Double Bar Line

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PITCH NOTATION

• Note Anatomy
• Musical Alphabet
• Pitch Notation on staff A-B-C-D-E-F-G
• Closed score notation
• Open score notation

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HALF/WHOLE STEPS ACCIDENTALS

• Half Step
• Whole Step
• Accidentals
• Sharp
• Flat
• Natural

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• PITCH MOVEMENT
• INTERVALS
• TRIAD (tri-) means 3.
• CHORD
• SCALES
• KEY SIGNATURE

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RHYTHMIC NOTATION

• DOTTED NOTES AND RESTS

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SPECIAL NOTATIONS

• Tie
• Duplet
• Triplet
• Meter
• Time Signature

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Musical Road Maps

• Repeat sign
• First and Second ending
• Da Capo (D.C.)
• Dal Segno (D.S.)
• al Fine
• al Coda

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TEMPO MARKINGS

• Written in Italian here a few common Tempo
  Markings
• Adagio ( ah dah jee o)- slow
• Andante ( ahn dahn tay) slow walking pace
• Moderato (mah der ahto)- moderately
• Allegro- ( ah leg groh) - fast
• Vivace- ( vi vah chee) - lively

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DYNAMIC MARKINGS

• Abbreviations and symbols that indicate degrees
  of loud and soft
• pp very soft
• p soft
• mp moderately soft
• mf moderately loud
• f loud
• ff very loud

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More symbols

• This symbol means to crescendo or gradually sing
  louder
• This symbol means to decrescendo or gradually
  sing softer

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For other musical symbols and abbreviations,
see Finale examples