1. Notating Music There are two sides to music TimePitch

2. Notes and Time Notes are time symbols They indicate how long a note should be held They do not indicate what the pitch is

3. Whole Note 4 Beats

4. Half Note 2 Beats

5. Quarter Note 1 Beat

6. Eighth Note 1/2 Beat

8. Pitch The musical sound which is heard How high or low the sound is

9. Staff The Staff is a map for pitches 5 lines 4 spaces Musical Alphabet = A, B, C, D, E, F, G Pattern Repeats

10. Staff (cont.) 5 lines4 Spaces 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4

12. Treble or “G” Clef Bass of “F” Clef Higher Notes Lower Notes

13. Middle C D B

14. Direction of Notes As the notes go up, the musical alphabet moves to the right As the notes go down the musical alphabet moves to the left

15. Middle C D E F G A B C D E F G D E F G A B C F G B A