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Time Signatures
Accidentals
More about Note Values and Rhythm
Structure
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Minor Key Signatures and Scales
Playing Notes on the Keyboard
Whether you are a singer, composer, or instrumentalist, it is helpful to know how to locate and play notes on a keyboard. Take a look at how the notes you have learned in treble clef and bass clef correspond to the white keys of the piano. The note labeled Middle C
is the C note nearest to the center of the keyboard. Notice that many of the notes may be written in either clef.
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The staff with the treble clef is used to indicate music to be played by the right hand. The bass clef staff governs the left hand. The bracket that links the two staves together is called a brace.
When an octave sign appears below the staff, the indicated passage should be played an octave lower than written. This inverted octave sign is only used to mark passages in bass clef (which are sometimes also marked with the Italian word bassa).
Octave signs are generally used to write very high passages in treble clef or very low passages in bass clef without using too many leger lines. This makes the music easier to read.
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