In notation, musical symbols that represent changes in high, low, long, and short sounds are collectively called notes. Organizing some notes of the same or different pitches and lengths through a certain rhythm and beat constitutes the basic part of a tune with a unique musical image. Therefore, in order to master the rules of simplified musical notation, we must first know various notes and understand their meanings. Next, let's talk about the techniques of using rests, beats and time signatures, and key and key signatures in simplified musical notation.

Rest is a silent symbol, also known as "silent note", often represented by O. In music, rests generally play the role of a sentence teaser. The length of the pause is basically the same as the duration of the note, except that instead of increasing the time line, more O's are used instead. Each additional O means that one additional O is equivalent to a four. The pause time is divided into rests. The more O's, the longer the pause time. Adding different numbers of subtracted time lines below the rests shortens the pause time proportionally, and can enhance the expressiveness of the song (music), change the mood of the song (music), and make the progression of the tune show a contrasting effect.

The writing methods and rest durations of commonly used rests are as follows:

Adding a dot to the right of the rest is called a dotted rest. The pause duration of a dotted rest is the same as that of a dotted note, that is, half the pause duration of the original rest.

The strong and weak beats of the melody are cycled with fixed tone values ??and combined regularly, which is called a 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 is called a 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:

Time signatures are marked in fractional form. The number above the fraction line (numerator) represents the number of beats in each measure, and the number below the fraction line (denominator) represents the note in each beat. time value. For example, the "2" in 2/4? means two beats per measure, the "4" means one beat is a quarter note, and 2/4 means one beat is a quarter note, and there are two beats per measure. 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.

3. How to recognize 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 are suitable for singing and playing. A variety of different tones are often used.

Commonly used modes include Western major mode and minor mode. Both major and minor modes have seven basic tone levels. For example, the seven notes in the major mode are called do re mi fa sol la si, and the seven notes in the minor mode are called do re mi fa sol la si. The sound is called la si do re mi fa sol la. Your teacher must have talked about the semitone relationship between mi and fa, xi and do, and the whole tone relationship between other sounds, and this is no exception. The classic statement to describe the major and minor modes is "the major mode is whole, half, whole, whole and half, the minor mode is whole, half, whole, half and whole", which means that in the major mode, do and re are whole tones, re and mi are whole tones, and mi and fa are semitones. And so on. Different modes express different emotional colors. The major mode usually has cheerful and bright colors, while the minor mode has sad and dim colors.

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 song in simplified notation is in the key of D, its key signature is 1=D.

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

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