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NAMES OF PRINCIPAL PARTS OF GUITAR
HEAD
PATENT
HEADS
(Tuning Keys)
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FINGER-
BOARD
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(Little Metallic)
Bars)
POSITION
MARKS SPACE
BETWEEN
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NECK
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(Or Top)
,
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(Rosette) STRINGS
BRIDGE PINS
(For Holding Strings) BRIDGE
SIDE
(Frame)
BINDING
EDGE.
END PIN
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TIME
Relative Value of Notes
Musical sounds, or tones have
as represented in written music are called NOTES. These no
seven forms, each form indicating the relative length or value of the sound. Below are Evc"
nly
five of the most used forms.
NOTE NOTE NUMBER
COUNTSSOFEXPLANATION
ADDITIONAL REMARKS
FORM CHARACTER OF BEATING
longest sound is the Whole Note.
The
The sound is held for 4 complete
WHOLE
beats (down and up means one com
Count 1 2 plete beat)
Note gets only "2 beats"
The Half
is held just half as long as the
HALF 2 or
whole note.
Count 2 (2 half notes make a whole)
The Quartér Note gets "one beat."
QUARTER
(4 Quarter notes make a whole)
Count 1
1 Flag
1/2
The Eighth Note gets "one half beat"
or it takes 2 eighth notes to make
(Two to
EIGHTH one beat.
one count)
Count 1 (8 eighth notes make a whole
2 Flags The Sixteenth Note is held for "a
1/4
quarter beat." "Four sixteenth notes
(Four to
SIXTEENTH make one beat.
one count)
Count 1 (16 sixteenth notes make a whole)
TUC nreT
English Name Beats
Symbol Scientific Name
Double Whole note 8
1) Breve
Whole note 4
2) Semi breve
2
3) Minim 1/2 note
4) Crotchet 1/4th note 1
5) Quaver 1/8th note 1/2
6) Semiquaver 1/16th note 1/4
7) Demisemi quaver 1/32nd note
A
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Breve o -
The value of whole note is 4 beat
Minim d-(1/2 note) 2 times is equal to a whole note
Crotchet -(1/4 note) 4 times is equal to a whole note
Quaver -(1/8 note) 8 times is equal to a whole note
Semi quaver -(1/16 note) 16 times is equal to a whole note
Demi semi quaver -(1/32 note) 32 times is equal to a whole note
Great Staff
on the two bracketted staffs f
taffs fro
The writing of music notations
is known as the Great Stafe
h e lowest octave to the highest
octave
ABC D EF
FG A BC
G DE F G
A B C D E F G ABC
Leger Lines
When notes rise or fall beyond the range of the five lines, they
are denoted small lines placed above or below the staff lines. Notes
can come on these lines, which are called Leger lines or Ledger
lines.
Great Staff
The writing of music notations on the two bracketted staffs from
the lowest octave to the highest octave is known as the Great Staff
CDE FG ABCD FO A B
GABC DE F G ABC
Leger Lines
When notes rise or fall beyond the range of the five lines, they
are denoted small lines placed above or below the stafflines. Notes
can come on these lines, which are called Leger lines or Ledger
lines.
