Simple musical notation
Simple musical notation refers to a simple musical notation. There are two types of simplified musical notation with letters and simplified musical notation with numbers. This public account mainly uses simplified musical notation with numbers. Nowadays, the simplified musical notation generally referred to refers to the simplified musical notation with numbers. The numerical musical notation is based on the solfa method, using 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 to represent the 7 basic levels of the scale. The pronunciations are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, and 0 represents rest. .
Because simplified musical notation is simple, easy to learn and easy to print, it is widely popular in China and is very easy to accept. On a global scale, China is the country that has absorbed simplified musical notation the best and has carried it forward. Simplified music notation has many advantages such as being relatively simple to learn and easy to record and write, which makes it have more users in China than staff music notation, and plays an important role in promoting and popularizing mass music and cultural activities. Many musicians in our country record their initial creative ideas when composing music, and are often accustomed to using simplified musical notation that is easy to write.
Basic Elements
Generally speaking, the composition of all music has four basic elements: pitch, length, intensity and quality, of which the most important is " "The pitch of the note" and "the length of the note":
The pitch of the note: Any piece of music is composed of alternating high and low notes. Looking directly at the thumb piano (Kalimba), the keys are over and over. The shorter, the higher the sound. As far as the numbered musical notation is concerned, there is a "." symbol directly above or below the number. Above it represents the treble, and below it represents the bass.
The length of the sound: In addition to the pitch of the sound, another important factor is the length of the sound. The markings of the pitch and length of the notes determine which piece of music is different from other pieces of music. The principle is expressed in the duration of sound.
Simplified musical notation
The basic symbol indicating the pitch of the sound, marked with seven Alapa numbers. Their writing and reading methods are as follows:
Temporary diacritical marks
are used to temporarily change the pitch of the sound, mainly including sharps, flats, reduction marks, etc.
The sharp sign is written on the upper left side of the note, which means that the note should be raised by a semitone. For example, #1 means that 1 should be raised by a semitone, which requires special tuning on the thumb piano.
The flat sign is written on the upper left side of the note, which means that the note should be lowered by a semitone. For example, b3 means that 3 should be lowered by a semitone. It also needs to be tuned on the thumb piano.
Length of notes
In addition to being high or low, notes in music also express length. Here is a basic musical term - beat. Beat is an important concept that represents the length of a note.
Indicates that the length of music requires a relatively fixed concept of time. Notes in simplified notation are divided into whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, thirty-second notes, etc. The most important of these notes is the quarter note, which is a basic reference measurement length, that is, a quarter note is one beat.
The concept of a beat here is a relative unit of time measurement. There is no limit to the length of a beat, it can be 1 second, 2 seconds or half a second. If one beat is one second long, then two beats is two seconds; if one beat is half a second, two beats is one second long. Once this basic beat is settled, making symbols longer or shorter than a beat is relatively easy.
In simplified musical notation, the length of a sound is expressed by adding dashes, dots, ties and tuplets to the basic notes.
As can be seen from the table above: some horizontal lines are marked behind the notes, and some are recorded below the notes. The positions of the horizontal lines are different, and the duration of the marked notes is also different.
The horizontal line on the right side of the note is called an increasing time line. The more increasing time lines, the longer the duration (duration) of the note.
On the contrary, the horizontal line written under the note is called a minus time line. The more subtractive time lines there are, the shorter the note's time is. Each additional subtractive time line means it is shortened to half the length of the original note.
Rhythm
To master music reading, you must first master the rhythm. To practice mastering the rhythm, you must be able to hit the beat accurately.
The method of hitting is: when the hand is down, it is half a beat, when the palm is lifted up, it is half a beat, and when it is raised, it is one beat.