Saturday, January 24, 2009

Musical Staff - Musical Notation



A musical staff represents the time line of musical sound events. It is generally made up of five lines and four spaces. Notes are placed on these line and spaces to inform which pitch should sound. Notes placed on the top or each other would sound in harmony. Notes placed side by side of each other would sound as melody.



The notes on the musical staff indicates how high or how low the pitch will sound. The higher up the note is placed on the musical staff, the higher the pitch will sound. The lower the note is placed on the musical staff, the lower the pitch will sound. If notes are to go higher or lower than the five lines of the musical staff, ledger lines can be used to extend the staff.

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