1. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Notes of the Treble and Bass Staves

2. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Agenda Note Values on the Treble Stave Note Values on the Bass Stave Ledger Line Note Values Staves and Ledger Lines Combined Mapping Stave Values to a 49 Note MIDI Keyboard

3. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Theory and Conventions Musical notes are written on a Stave - also written as Staff Note values below a certain pitch are written on the Bass Stave Notes values above a certain pitch are written on the Treble Stave Note values that are outside the range of the bass and treble stave are written on Ledger Lines Each stave is identified by a special symbol called a Clef The Treble Clef identifies the treble stave The Bass Clef identifies the bass stave The note Middle C is midway between the bass and treble stave

4. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Notes on the Treble Stave Space notes Line notes F A C E E G B DF Symbol for the Treble Clef

5. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Notes on the Bass Stave Space notes Line notes A C E G G B D FA Symbol for the Bass Clef

6. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Notes Between the Bass and Treble Staves BDMiddle C

7. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Space and Ledger Line Notes below the Bass Stave C E DF

8. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Space and Ledger Line Notes above the Treble Stave G B AC

9. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production The convention is to write notes on or above the stave middle line with tail facing down

10. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Notes two ledger lines above and below the staves are both C C C

11. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production C1C5 These notes correspond to the bass and treble limits of a 49 - note keyboard

12. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production The Transpose Octave switch can map keys to other zones of an 88 note keyboard Thus a smaller keyboard can still access all of the available 88 notes

13. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Write all the notes on the staves from C1 to C5 Start by writing all the C notes, then D, E, F, G, A, B

14. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production MIDI 49-note Keyboard mapped to pitch values C1..C5 (Logic Values) C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 Middle C C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 A2 B2C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5

15. UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Essential Reading Read the following to support and extend your understanding: Charlton: pages 22-40 Treble Stave note recognition and related exercises