25Mar/112
I cant read music notations. Help?
Nairbon asked:
I can read the music but i just cant tell how many beats one of the notes is worth. I have a pice with no time signuture aswell and I am suppose to perform it in 3 or 4 weeks and i have little time. I can translate the notes lets say a minum was on the third line of the treble cleff that would be a C. But the thing is I can really figure out how to play that how liong i should be playin a note. Some are joined up some are jpined up quavers, and there are Even Lines from one side of one bar to the other.
I can read the music but i just cant tell how many beats one of the notes is worth. I have a pice with no time signuture aswell and I am suppose to perform it in 3 or 4 weeks and i have little time. I can translate the notes lets say a minum was on the third line of the treble cleff that would be a C. But the thing is I can really figure out how to play that how liong i should be playin a note. Some are joined up some are jpined up quavers, and there are Even Lines from one side of one bar to the other.
please help anyone ?
Music sheet I tried to read: From page 1-4 only (the rest I dont care about) http://www.gangqinpu.com/fullread.asp?pages=0&id=3909
IF its possible can Anyone simplyfy it to make it easier please ?
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Learn How to Read Music Notes
March 26th, 2011 - 12:48
Learning How to Read Music Notes
I’m probably misunderstanding the problem. This piece is in 4/4, and at bar 11, it changes into 2/4. You’re back into 4/4 at bar 27.
There are 16 semiquavers* in each of the first four bars. Don’t worry if some of them are in the bass clef, or of bass and treble clef notes are beamed together. In any case, you’ll be using both hands on these figures.
A minim* is generally 2 beats – certainly if the time signature is 4/4 or 2/4.
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* In the U.S.: semiquavers = 16th notes; minims = half notes
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March 28th, 2011 - 22:45
Music Theory for Beginners
I can’t read the link you posted.
Can you re do that?
Anyway, here’s a link that tells you the length of each note:
I see you are using English terminology so when you look at this link, know that a crotchett is the same as a quarter note and a minim is the same as a half note. You should be able to figure out the beat from this.
When what looks like two crotchets are joined at the top with a single line then you fit those two notes into the same space as a single crotchet.
Take one bar of the music and figure out how many total beats are in it by using the quarter, whole, half note method of adding up the beats. If the measure has 4 quarter notes in it then you can be pretty sure the beat is 4/4 time.