How to read a sheet music?
Hello, my
name is Diego, I have played the clarinet for 6 years and today I am going to
teach you the basics of reading sheet music
A score is a manuscript or printed document that represents and indicates how a musical composition should be interpreted, through its own language made up of musical signs and the so-called notation system.12 Like its analogs, books, pamphlets, etc., the medium of sheet music is usually paper or, in earlier times, parchment. Although access to musical notation in recent years also includes presentation on computer screens.
Dividing
Line or Bar
This sign
is used in musical notation, it is represented as a vertical line that passes
through the staff and divides the measures.
In sheet
music, bar lines are used as a method of organization that allows a more
accurate orientation.
Lines
• Additional Lines: are used to enlarge the staff when notes below or above it need to be represented. These additional lines are placed briefly on either side of the note. The conventional limit corresponds to 4 additional lines.
• Staff: is the basic framework of the score in which the other symbols are placed. Each of the five lines along with their intervening spaces refer to the 7 tones that are repeated in the diatonic scale, taking into account the key in use.
keys
They define
the pitch or tonal range of the staff. The clef is usually the most represented
symbol on the left side of the staff. There may be additional cues in between
that express a register change for wide range instruments.
key
signatures
These
define the accidentals that the notes will have on that space or line,
preventing you from using accidentals for different notes. If no key signature
exists, the associated key will be A minor or C major. However, it may also be
that a neutral key signature exists making use of the individual accidentals
needed on each note.
Alterations
Accidentals
change the pitch of notes that follow in sequence at the staff position within
a measure, unless canceled by a new accidental.
Accent or
Articulation
These
specify the way individual notes are played in a passage or phrase. They can be
provided through the combination of more than one symbol below or above a note.
Compass
The compass
defines the measure of the music. Music is separated into even sections known
as measures.
On the
other hand, the compass details the broken that marks the determined time of a
piece by establishing a number of beats that are assigned in each measure as a
part. This system does not necessarily determine the beats that are emphasized,
but usually suggests some predominant beat groupings.
Rhetorical
figures
They are
the symbols that represent the duration of the sound according to its value,
and the height of the sound according to the location on the staff, the most
common are: round, white, black and eighth note
For more
information, watch the following video
We already know how to read rhythms, but how do we read musical notes?
Notes are written on the sheet music
On the sheet music we write the key that determines the note that corresponds to each line
and space. In the following example we see the treble clef. This clef is used
for high-pitched instruments such as flute and violin and indicates that the
notes written on the second line correspond to the G note:
The space
above the note sol line corresponds to the note la, the line following the note
si. The notes on the staff follow the order of the notes (do, re, mi, fa, sol,
la and si) ascending and descending, alternating between lines and spaces
starting from the G note:
Using
additional lines we can write notes higher than G and lower than D:
To make it
easier to memorize the notes on the staff, it is recommended to learn the order
of the notes on the lines and spaces:
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