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Music
Music Symbols and
Concepts
Music Symbols

● Are marks and symbols in musical

notation that indicate various
aspects of how a piece of music is to
be performed.
● There are symbols to communicate
information about many musical
elements including pitch, duration
and dynamics.
● And show details about specific
playing techniques.
 LINES
STAFF
• The music staff is a system of 5 lines and 4
spaces on which composers place notes and
rests when creating a piece of music. Always
count the lines and spaces from the bottom.

5 4
4 3
3 2
2 1
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Bar lines organize and separate the measures on a staff in
a piece of music. The vertical (up and down) lines are the
bar lines. A double bar line signals the end of a piece of
music. Measures are the spaces between bar lines.

1
easure Double bar lines = The End
M

Bar lines
G Clef or Treble Clef
● A clef defines the pitch
range of the staff on which it
is placed.
● This is a treble clef which
you find at the beginning of
the staff.
● The treble clef is the most
encountered clef in modern
notation.
Bass Clef
 Also known as the bass clef, the F
clef is used to indicate pitches below
middle C.
 The pitch "f" is indicated by placing
a note on the 4th line.
 Originally the clef designation of
"F" came about through the use of
the letter "F" at the end of the staff to
indicate the position of the pitch "f".
Alto Clef (Viola Clef) / Tenor Clef
 The viola clef is a C clef
placed right in the middle of
the stave and was used for
alto singers too, so its name
is actually "alto clef".

 The tenor clef is a C clef

used for bassoon, cello,
trombone and double bass
when the notes et very high.
Draw a staff with a treble clef
and all of the parts learned
today. Label each part and
number the line and spaces.
There should be 5 measures.
Musical Notes and Rest

● Musical note and rest

values are determined in
reference to the length of
a whole not
Whole Note
Half Note
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Pair of Eight Notes
Sixteenth Notes
Whole Rest
Half Rest
Quarter Rest
Eighth Rest
Sixteenth Rest
Notes and Rests Duration and Value
 Let’s sing and
memorize the notes.
 Kinds of Notes (This is the way I Brush my Teeth)

I have here a hallow head ,hallow head, hallow head

I have here a hallow head and we call It a whole note

Then we put a stem on it, stem on it, stem on it

Then we put a stem on it and we call it a half note

Then we put a shade on it, shade on it ,shade on it, shade on it

Then we put a shade on it, and we call it a quarter note

Then we put a flag on it, flag on it, flag on it

Then we put a flag on it and we call it eight note

Then we put another flag, another flag, another flag

Then we put another flag and we call it an sixteenth note

 DYNAMICS

•Dynamics are indicators of the

relative intensity or volume of a
musical line.
Pianissimo

 Very soft, usually the softest

indication in a piece of music.
Piano

Soft,louder than
pianissimo.
Mezzo Piano

Moderately soft,
louder than piano.
Mezzo Forte

Moderately loud,
softer than forte.
Forte

Loud
Fortissimo

Very Loud
Crescendo
 A gradual increase in
volume. Can be extended
under many notes to
indicate that the volume
steadily increases during
the passage.
Decrescendo

 A gradual decrease in
volume. Can be
extended in the same
manner as crescendo.
 Index

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Les 01

Beat and 02

Rhythm 03

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 What is Music?
● Music is an art that combines sounds
and silences in pleasing way.
● Musical Sounds are produced when
people sing with their voices or when
they play musical instruments, such
as piano, violin or flute.
● Music has Beat and Rhythm.
 RHYTHM
• Is an essential element of music.

• It can exist independently from melody.

• If beat is the basic unit of time in music,

then rhythm is the flow and movement.
 BEAT
• Is the steady pulse that you feel when you are
listening to a song like a clock’s tick.

• You are responding to the beat of a song when

you clap your hands or tap your foot on the
floor while listening to it.
• Rhythm is the words go in the song.
• Musical sound may be represented by the symbol ( ) or
( ).

• Musical silence may be represented by the symbol (

)

• Rhythmic pattern is a pattern of long and short sounds,

and silence.
 Follow the rhythmic pattern and do the
suggested actions.

Snap your fingers

Tap your table

 Index

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Les 01

Beats in 02

Measures of 2s, 03

3s, and 4s 04

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BEATS
• Used to count time when singing or playing a song
• Are Grouped together in a measure.

MEASURE
• The space between two vertical bar lines.
• It consists of beat and rhythm according to time signature.
Musical Beats Group

Most common group of beats

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Ostinato
• Repeated rhythmic pattern or melody that is used as
accompaniment to a musical piece.
• Can turn a simple chant into a fantastic composition

Rhythmic Ostinato
• Short rhythmic patter4n that is repeated over and over again thought
the performance of the musical piece.
Rhythmic Ostinato in Different
Measures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV_o_po0QpA
Rhythmic Ostinato in Different
Measures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV_o_po0QpA
Rhythmic Ostinato in Different
Measures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV_o_po0QpA
Speech Ostinato
• Group of words or phrase repeated
constantly to accompany a chat or song.
Repeat Sign
• Indicates that a particular section be
reapeted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6_qND6O35A