The introductory knowledge of practical simplified musical notation and staff notation is below. As you all know, learning music theory is indispensable, so let’s take a look below!

1. How to express musical notation in simplified musical notation

In notation, the musical symbol used to represent the changes of high, low, long and short notes is called this note.

Through a certain rhythm and beat, some notes of the same or different pitches and lengths are organized, which constitutes the basic part of a tune with a certain musical image.

Therefore, in order to master the rules of simplified musical notation, you must first know the various notes and understand their meanings.

In simplified musical notation, the basic symbols used to express the pitch and relationship between sounds are seven Arabic numerals, namely 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, which are sung as do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si are called roll call.

Music notes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Roll call: do re mi fa sol la si

Chinese characters: do re mi fa sol la si< /p>

Contrast:

Obviously, the above seven tones alone cannot express numerous musical images.

In actual works, there are some higher or lower notes. For example, adding a "?" above the basic note means that the note is raised by one octave, which is called treble; Two ":" means that the pitch is raised two octaves, which is called a double treble.

Adding a "?" below the basic note means that the note is lowered by one octave, which is called bass; adding two ":" means that the note is lowered by two octaves, which is called bass. Double bass.

In general songs, it is rare to have more than two "?" notes added above or below the basic note.

Now the treble, alto and bass are grouped as follows:

In simplified musical notation, no matter whether the basic note is treble or bass, the roll call represented by the seven Arabic numerals remains unchanged. of.

In the simplified musical notation system, if the sounds between 1? i or i? 1 are arranged in high and low order like a ladder, it is called a scale.

In the forward direction, 1? i, one note is higher than the other; in the reverse direction, i? 1, one note is lower than the other.

There are many types of scales, and the above is the most basic natural major scale.

In the musical scale, the pitch distance between two adjacent tones is not equal. Among them, the relationship between 3 and 4, 7 and i is a semitone, and the relationship between the other two adjacent tones is a whole tone. .

A whole tone is equal to two semitones.

In the keyboard system, the white keys and black keys are arranged according to a fixed pattern, and each key has a fixed name, represented by the seven English letters C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. The name of a sound is called a sound name.

The note name is not the same as the roll call. The roll call does not have a fixed pitch position, and its tone moves with the change of the key (see "How to recognize the keys and key signatures in simplified musical notation"). The note name is Fixed.

The position of the sound name on the keyboard is as follows:

2. How does the musical notation represent the length of the sound?

In the musical notation, 1, 2, 3, 4 The seven basic notes, 5, 6, and 7, not only represent the pitch of the note, but are also the basic unit for expressing the duration. They are called quarter notes. The other notes are based on the quarter note, with the abbreviation short. It is represented by a horizontal line "-" and a dot "?".

1. Simple notes

In simplified musical notation, if the length of a note is represented by a dash "-", it is called a simple note.

In addition to quarter notes, simple notes have the following two forms:

⑴ Add a short horizontal line to the right of the basic note to indicate an increase in the duration of one quarter note .

This type of short horizontal line added to the right side of the note to increase the note's duration is called an increasing time line.

The more time lines there are, the longer the note’s duration is.

⑵ Add a short horizontal line under the basic note to shorten the duration of the original note by half.

This type of short horizontal line added below the note to shorten the note's duration is called a minus time line.

The more subtractive time lines, the shorter the note's duration.

The names of simple notes are based on whole notes.

For example: one-half of a whole note is called a half note, one-quarter of a whole note is called a quarter note, and so on.

The names, writing methods and values ??of common simple notes are as follows:

2. Dotted notes

In simplified musical notation, add notes to the simple notes The small dot "?" on the right side that increases the note duration is called an attached dot.

Dotted notes are called dotted notes.

The dot itself does not have a certain length, its length is determined by the simple note in front of it.

The meaning of dotted is to increase the duration of the original note by half, and is often used after quarter notes and various notes smaller than quarter notes.

For example, in simplified musical notation, a small dot added to the right side of a simple note to increase the duration of the note is called a dotted note. A note with a dotted note is called a dotted note.

The dot itself does not have a certain length, its length is determined by the simple note in front of it.

The meaning of the dot is to increase the duration of the original note by half, and is often used after quarter notes and various notes smaller than quarter notes.

For example:

Dotted quarter note:

Dotted eighth note:

Dotted sixteenth note: < /p>

In simplified musical notation, simple notes larger than a quarter note are usually not marked with dots, but are represented by increasing time lines.

For example;

Dotted half note: do not use

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A simple note with two dots is called a compound dotted note. The second dot represents half the duration of the first dot, that is, one-quarter of the note's duration.

For example:

Compound points are often used in instrumental music but rarely in songs.

3. How to express rest in simplified musical notation

The symbol that represents the rest (pause) of music in musical notation is called a rest.

The rest in simplified musical notation is represented by O.

A rest is a silent symbol, also known as a "silent note".

In music, rests generally play the role of amusing sentences, and can enhance the expressiveness of songs (music), change the mood of songs (music), and make the progress of the tune show a contrasting effect.

The length of the rest pause time is basically the same as the duration of the note, except that the time line is not used, but more O's are used instead. Each additional O represents the addition of one equivalent to a quarter rest. Pause time, the more O's, the longer the pause time.

Add different numbers of subtractive time lines under the rest, and the pause time will be shortened proportionally.

The writing method and rest duration of commonly used rests are as follows:

A dot is added to the right side of the rest, which is called a dotted rest.

The pause duration of a dotted rest is the same as that of a dotted note, that is, it is half the pause duration of the original rest.

Notes are voiced, and some notes can be prolonged, while rests are silent symbols. Therefore, in actual use, rests with equivalent dotted duration are often used instead of dotted.

For example:

Add two dots to the right side of the rest, which is called a compound dotted rest. The second dot represents half the value of the first dot. , that is, one-quarter of the duration of the rest.

For example:

In simplified musical notation, double-dot rests are rarely used.

4. How to recognize the beats and time signatures in simplified musical notation

The strong and weak beats of the melody are cycled with fixed sound values ??and combined regularly, which is called the beat. .

There are two types of beats: single beat and compound beat.

A beat in which each beat of each measure is composed of a complete note, that is, a simple note, is called a single beat; a beat in which each beat of each measure is composed of a dotted note or a note of its equivalent, It's called compound beat.

The symbols used to represent different time signatures are called time signatures.

The time signature is usually marked after the key signature.

For example: 1=C 2/4 1=G 3/4

The time signature is marked in fraction form. The number (numerator) above the fraction line represents the number of beats in each measure. , the number (denominator) below the fraction line represents the duration of each note.

For example, the "2" in 2/4 time means two beats per measure, "4" means one beat with quarter notes, and 2/4 means one beat with quarter notes, each measure There are two beats.

The strength of the melody is regular, and the beat determines the order of the strength and weakness of the melody.

Strong beats are represented by ●, weak beats are represented by ○, and sub-strong beats are represented by ◎.

The order of strength and weakness in the 2/4 beat is: ●○. This melody of continuously alternating strong and weak beats gives people a sense of neat steps and march style; 4/4 beat The order of strength and weakness is: ●○◎○, which has a solemn and sublime feeling; the order of strength and weakness of 3/4 time is: ●○○, which gives people the feeling of dancing.

Of course, the feelings of these three basic beats are not absolute.

In songs and music, the strength relationship of notes is divided by bar lines.

Regardless of the time signature, the beat after the bar line is always a strong beat, and the beat before the bar line is always a weak beat.

5. How to understand the keys and key signatures in simplified musical notation

In musical works, in order to better express the content and emotion of the work, the range and performance suitable for singing and playing, A variety of different tones are often used.

The key consists of two parts, namely the height of the tonic and the key type.

If the pitch of the natural major scale 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, i, 1 (do) is equal to the C sound on the keyboard, then this scale is called C natural Major scale; in the natural minor scale 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, the pitch of 6 (la) is equal to the A note on the keyboard, then this scale is called a natural minor scale.

In simplified musical notation, the pitch of songs and music is determined by the pitch of the major key, that is, the pitch of the 旗 (do) sound determines the pitch.

Therefore, the key signatures of C major and A minor in the simplified musical notation are both 1 = C, which does not represent the mode of the song.

The key signature is a tuning mark used to determine the height of a song or piece of music (or key).

In simplified musical notation, the key signature is a symbol used to determine the pitch position of the 1 (do) sound, and its form is 1= ?.

For example, when a simplified notation song is in the key of D, its key signature is 1= D.

Any note on the keyboard can be written as 1(do), 1(do) After the position of the ) note on the keyboard is determined, the scale position of each key can be found according to the whole tone and semitone relationship between the notes of the scale.