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In this lesson, you will
learn about:
You need to know about these
concepts because they tell you which notes appear on which lines in the
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Notes
In western music, names of letters of the
alphabet are assigned to each pitch.
Only the first seven letters of the alphabet
are used:
A, B, C, D, E, F and G. These letters are repeated in each octave.
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Staffs
Pitches are represented graphically on a set
of lines called a staff (it may also be called a stave).
There are five horizontal lines in the staff,
and notes can be placed on both the lines of the staff and the spaces
between the lines.
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This is a staff
This staff has notes on it.
Each note represents a specific pitch.
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