2 Notes and Clefs
When naming and identifying notes on a staff, it is important to recognize that the clef is what determines where notes are placed on the staff. Notes are named based on their placement on the staff using the musical alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
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Exercise
Notes written on the staff always consist of a note head and often have a stem and sometimes even a flag or beam.
Flags are added to notes to indicate how long or short a note is to be played (see Chapter III). Stems can point both up or down. Notes that are below the centre line have their stem on the right-hand side of the note head and point up, whereas notes above the centre line have their stem on the left-hand side and point down.
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