As mentioned last week, if you spend seven seconds with us each Saturday, you might be surprised how much you've learned about reading music by Christmas!
Let's talk about the lines (and spaces) on which the musical notes are written. (From RIFF, an e-book by Caroline Neeling):
"While musical notation was seen as early as 2,000 BCE, it wasn’t until around the 9th century AD that any form of musical notation was seen consistently in Europe. Up until then, the music was passed on aurally.
[Once five lines were established as the best number of lines on which music should be written]... a stylised ‘G’ called a treble clef was placed on the top five lines: the curl in the middle of the symbol indicating the position for the note G.
And a stylised ‘F’ called the bass clef shows the position for the note F."
More on this next Saturday: do let us know if you have any questions!
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