Beaming in music is such an important concept as you will see examples of beaming all over your sheet music. Beaming notes makes music much easier to read and you will see why throughout this blog post. Beaming can be used on any note that has a shorter length than a quarter note (crotchet). All … Read more
An accidental in music is a sign that is placed on a note to raise or to lower a note by one or two half steps (semitones). An accidental changes the pitch of a note. You must always write the accidental sign in front of the note. This is different to when you write this … Read more
One of the first thing you should learn when you look at music theory are the music note names, time values and the different symbols used to represent these. Musical notation is the visual representation of music and allows composers to share their music so other people can perform it. Musical notation represents a few … Read more
In order to play a piece of sheet music you must be able to read the notes on a staff (stave). The staff consists of five lines and four spaces stacked on top of each other. On these lines and spaces we can then write notes. Depending on which clef is placed at the beginning … Read more
You may have heard the term octaves in music lessons and wondered exactly what is means. In this post we will explore what an octave is, how to play it, where you can hear it featured in music and how to use it in music theory. What is An Octave? To really understand what an … Read more