{"id":216,"date":"2024-05-08T13:27:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/introtomusictheory\/?post_type=chapter&p=216"},"modified":"2024-07-22T14:55:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T18:55:36","slug":"notes-and-clefs","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openbooks.macewan.ca\/introtomusictheory\/chapter\/notes-and-clefs\/","title":{"raw":"Notes and Clefs","rendered":"Notes and Clefs"},"content":{"raw":"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.\r\n\r\nClick through the following slides to learn more. If you see a blue information icon, click to read for more information. You can also click the icon at the bottom right to view it in full-screen mode.\r\n<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"12\"]\r\n
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[h5p id=\"3\"]<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nNotes written on the staff always consist of a note head and often have a stem and sometimes even a flag or beam.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]\"Two Figure 2.1 The anatomy of a note.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nFlags 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.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1075\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"405\"]\"\" Figure 2.2 A note below and a note above the centre line.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n
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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.<\/p>\n

Click through the following slides to learn more. If you see a blue information icon, click to read for more information. You can also click the icon at the bottom right to view it in full-screen mode.
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