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Mathews, Standard Graded Course of Studies, Grade I

W. S. B. Mathews · section 4 of 24

Elements of music

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Notation

Staff
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Lines
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Spaces
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Treble or G Clef
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Bass or F Clef
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Leger lines
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Diagram from the print
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The relative values of notes, rests, dots, etc

Each note or rest is twice the length of the succeeding.

NOTES · RESTS
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Dotted Notes. A dot placed after a note increases its length by one half; Ex: a whole note (𝅝) is equal in length to two half notes (𝅗𝅥𝅗𝅥); but a dotted whole note (𝅝.) is equal in length to three half notes (𝅗𝅥𝅗𝅥𝅗𝅥). So a half note (𝅗𝅥) is equal to two quarter notes (♩♩);

Dotted Notes.
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but a dotted half (𝅗𝅥.) is equal to three quarter notes (♩♩♩); etc. When two dots are placed after a note, the second dot adds half the value of the first. A double dotted whole note would therefore be equal to a whole note, a half note and a quarter note.

Bar · Double Bar
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Measure
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Repeat
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Brace
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Examples on the various kinds of time

Double Time.
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Triple Time.
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Accidentals

Sharp · Double Sharp · Flat · Double Flat · Natural
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Music example
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SECTION OF KEY-BOARD OF PIANOFORTE
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TREBLE CLEF · BASS CLEF
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