The basic guide to how to read music by Cooper Helen 1963-

Author:Cooper, Helen, 1963- [Cooper, Helen, 1963-]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Music -- Instruction and study, Musical notation, Notenschrift, Einführung, Music -- Study and teaching
ISBN: 9780399511226
Publisher: New York, NY : Putnam Pub. Group
Published: 1985-06-08T19:00:00+00:00

The correct choice of name for the upper note of a step is that which contains the next letter of the alphab et. It is important not to miss out a letter. Follow the first example through and you will see how it is possible to avoid making this error.

Example 1

Name the note which is one step above F$.

If you look at the keyboard, you will see that the note one step above Fjt can be discovered by following through two half steps: F$ - G>G - Gff. The note G|J has two names: Gjf and Ab but the correct name in this instance must be G § in order to satisfy the rule of consecutive lettering.

Example 2

Name the note which is one step above B b.

Folio w through the rule for finding the step by passing through two half steps

Bb-B, B-C. Thus, a step above Bb is C and this fulfils the rule of using two consecutive letter names.

Practice this skill at the piano until you can fluently name given half steps and steps without conscious effort. For string players, the understanding of half steps and steps is fundamental when seeking the precise position of any two consecutive notes on the fingerboard. Half steps are the building bricks of intervals, so fluency in the skill of identifying steps and half steps with ear and eye is vital for all musicians.

Now apply this knowledge to the instrument you are studying. If it is a stringed instrument, you will notice that there is a systematic method for seeking the distances between notes. In order to accomplish this task with accuracy, it is necessary to understand the precise distance between the two notes of the interval.

You now 7 have enough knowledge to understand the construction of scales.

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