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Most
people think that reading music is hard and difficult. In order to
understand in a better way as to how to read music, it would be best to
first ask us, What is music exactly?
To start with defining
what music exactly is, music is
1)The art of
producing significant arrangements of sounds, usually.
2)With
reference to rhythm, pitch and tone color and
3) Usually succession or combination of notes, especially if pleasing to the ear.
Now before
you decide that learning how to read music is not your cup of tea because
your head is already reeling with the many high-sounding music terms that
have already been used, wait and relax. There are simple enough explanations
to each of these terms. Read on to find out.
Pitch is
basically the frequency at which a note vibrates. Tone colour is the type of
sound that is produced. A simple example is the sound produced by an
overdriven electric guitar, which is a very rough aggressive tone. In
contrast to this is the sound produced by the flute, which is usually a soft
mellow tone. Rhythm is simply the duration of the time in which you play the
notes.
In the most
contemporary sheet of music you will find that music is written on either
the treble or the clef staff. There are
basically two kinds of clefs. And of course the clef that will appear on
your music depends completely on the instrument you are playing.
There are also some
notes that are called Accidentals. Accidentals are actually those notes
which are not in the general key that most of the song is written in.
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