![]() Natural: This symbol tells you that any sharps or flats you have seen (whether in the key signature, or only in that specific measure, either one) are cancelled in regards to a specific note. Using the same concept, an F flat would look like this: ![]() To help you remember where accidentals go, I refer you to the Queen: (An accidental is a sharp, a flat or a natural symbol in a measure.) Sometimes when you have a lot of accidentals in a measure, it can be confusing at first to distinguish which note gets the accidental. Like a sharp, it also sits to the left of the note it is attached to, and on the same line or space. It tells you that a note should be played half a step lower than it is normally played. The sharps and flats merely modify that letter by half a step in either direction.įlat (b): This symbol looks kind of like a tiny lower case “b”. The letter designations for the lines and spaces never change. The sharp symbol is on the same space where the note “F” is, so the sharp applies to the F. The sharp symbol will sit on the line or space on the staff of the note that is intended to be played this way. It is always placed on the staff line in front of (that is, to the left of) the note. Sharp (#): This symbol (as much as I cringe to say it, the one that looks like a hashtag) indicates that a note should be played half a step higher than it is normally played. It is indicated by showing you a certain number of specific sharps and/or flats at the beginning of the song before the music starts. From this, you will know what scale (series of 8 notes) the piece of written music includes by default. Key: I n music, the key is what note the song or piece is based around. Before I delve into all that, I want to define some key words, terms and symbols. Since our last blog update broached the subject of music theory and the importance of knowing the notes, I thought I’d cover another aspect of music theory that I feel is commonly left out or under-taught.
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