Notes, in music, are the things that tell you what to play.
There are 7 notes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G
We can not teach you how to play these notes, there are other websites for that, but we recommend you get a private teacher.
The seven notes can be sharped of flatted, according the need of the piece, key or scale. A sharp brings the note up one half step, while a flat brings the note down by one half steps.
A-W-B-H-C-W-D-W-E-H-F-W-G-W-A
W=Whole-Step H=Half-Step
Whole-Step versus Half-Step refers to the pitch of the note and the distance between them. A whole-step is generally twice as far as a half-step.
Key signatures change the order of the half-steps and whole-steps, but you will learn about those on the Key Signatures page.
Note Values
The length that you hold a note the note value. In Basic Music Theory we will go from 8th note to whole notes.
8th note-AKA Quaver-Lasts for 1/8 of measure value
Quarter note-AKA Crochet-Lasts for 1/4 of measure value
Half note-AKA Minim-Lasts for 1/2 of measure value
Whole note-AKA Semibreve-Lasts for 1 of measure value
There are 7 notes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G
We can not teach you how to play these notes, there are other websites for that, but we recommend you get a private teacher.
The seven notes can be sharped of flatted, according the need of the piece, key or scale. A sharp brings the note up one half step, while a flat brings the note down by one half steps.
A-W-B-H-C-W-D-W-E-H-F-W-G-W-A
W=Whole-Step H=Half-Step
Whole-Step versus Half-Step refers to the pitch of the note and the distance between them. A whole-step is generally twice as far as a half-step.
Key signatures change the order of the half-steps and whole-steps, but you will learn about those on the Key Signatures page.
Note Values
The length that you hold a note the note value. In Basic Music Theory we will go from 8th note to whole notes.
8th note-AKA Quaver-Lasts for 1/8 of measure value
Quarter note-AKA Crochet-Lasts for 1/4 of measure value
Half note-AKA Minim-Lasts for 1/2 of measure value
Whole note-AKA Semibreve-Lasts for 1 of measure value