Note Pyramid
semibreve (whole note)
minims (half notes)
crotchets (quarter notes)
quavers (eighth notes)
semiquavers (sixteenth notes)
demisemiquavers (thirty-second notes)
Rest Pyramid
semibreve rest (whole note rest)
minim rests (half note rests)
crotchet rests (quarter note rests)
quaver rests (eighth note rests)
semiquaver rests (sixteenth note rests)
demisemiquaver rests (thirty-second note rests)
NOTE NAMES & VALUES
4 beats = Semibreve (USA - whole note)
i j k k
l l l l l l l
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2 beats = Minim (USA - half note)
l l l l l l
1 beat = Crotchet (USA - quarter note)
Half a beat = Quaver (USA - eighth note)
Quarter of a beat = Semiquaver (USA - sixteenth note)
k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k l
3 beats - dotted minim
l l l j k
l
equivalent to
jz kz
k ks ks l
l l l
1 and a half beats - dotted crotchet
equivalent to
Three quarters of a beat
ksz
l l
ks
equivalent to
l
# = sharp, b = flat
j 4 4
tied notes (the curved line joining the notes is a tie) l l l
4 beats to the bar
l
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Time Signature (bar consists of crotchet feel (4 feel))
TIME VALUES 64-86
TIME VALUES 64.
i
65.
l l k j l l k l k k k k k j k j k k l l l l l l l
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TIES, TIED NOTES & PUSHES
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j
67.
j k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k
66.
j
68.
j k k k k k k k A k A k k k k k k k k k j k j k k k k k k k k j k k k
j k k
73.
j k
72.
69.
70.
71.
k
74.
k k k k
k k k k
k k k k
k k k k A k A
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
> = push
TIME VALUES 87-110 (2)
87.
j j k
93.
k k k k
k k j
k k
l l l l l l l l l l l l
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88.
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j j k
94.
k k k A k
k A k j
k k
89.
90.
91.
92.
k k k k k k k k k k
95.
k k k k k k k k k k
96.
k k k k k k k k k k
97.
k k k A k k k k k k k
98.
k k k k k k k k k k k k
99.
k k k A k k k k k k k k k
100.
k k k k k k k k k k k k
101.
k k k k k k k A k k k k k
102.
k k k k k k k k
k k k k k k k k
103.
k k k k k k k k j
105.
104.
k k k A k k k k k j
106.
k k k k k k k k k k
107.
k k k A k k k k k k k
108.
k k k k k k k k k k
109.
k k k k k k k k k k
110.
s ks
s ks
s ks
TIME VALUES 111-134 (3)
111.
k k k k k k k k k k k k
113.
l l l l l l l l l l l l
112.
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k A k k k k k k A k k k k k
114.
k k k k k k k k k k k k
115.
k k k A k k k k k k A k k k
116.
k k
k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k j k j
k k
k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k j k A j
117.
118.
119.
k k k A k k
121.
120.
k k k A k k
122.
k k k k k k k
123.
k k k A k k k k
124.
j k k
k k k k k
k k A k
k k
j k k
k k k k k
k k A k
k k
125.
126.
127.
128.
129.
k k j
131.
k k k k
130.
k A k j
132.
k k k k
k k k k k k
k k k k k k
133.
k k k k k k j
134.
k A k k k k k j
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TIME VALUES 135-158 (4)
135.
kz kz kz kz
ks ks ks ks ks ks ks k ks k k kz k
j k k k k ks k ks k
l l l l l l l l l l l l
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136.
kz
138.
s k A ks A ks A ks A ks A s k A ks k k kz k k k
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j k k k ks ks k
137.
kz kz kz
139.
140.
141.
142.
143.
kz kz kz kz kz kz
144.
kz
146.
145.
kz
148.
147.
k k k k
kz kz kz kz
s k A k
k k k k
149.
ks k k k k k ks k k k k k k ks k k k k k k ks k k k k
150.
s k A k k k k k s k A k k k k k k ks k k k A k k k ks A k k k k
151.
152.
153.
154.
155.
kz kz
156.
kz
158.
157.
ks k k k k k k k k
kz
ks k k k A k k k k k
TIME VALUES 159-176 (5)
159.
k zz k zz k zz k zz k zz k zz k zz k zz
s ks s ks s ks s ks k k k
j k k k k k
l l l l l l l l l k zz k zz k zz k zz
160.
k zz
162.
s s k A s s k A s s k A s s k A k k k k
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j k k k k
161.
k zz
164.
163.
k zz k zz
168.
165.
166.
167.
ks k k k k k ks k k k k k
s k k k k k k A s k k A k k k k
169.
170.
171.
ks k k k k k k s k k k k k k k ks ks k ks
172.
s k k k k k k k A s k k k k k k k A s k A ks k ks
173.
174.
175.
k zz
176.
k zz
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TIME VALUES 177-200 (6)
177.
k k k k k k k
179.
l l l l l l l l l l l l
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178.
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k k A k k k k k
180.
k k k k k k
k k k k k k
181.
k k k k k k k k k k
183.
182.
k k A k k k k k k k k
184.
k k k k k k k k k k
185.
k k k A k k k k k k k
186.
k k k k
187.
k k k k k k k
k k A k k
188.
k k A k k k k k
k k k k
189.
k k k k
k k k k k k k k k k
191.
190.
k k A k k k k k A k k k
192.
k k k k k k k k k k k k k k
193.
k k A k k k k k k k A k k k k k
194.
k k k k k k k k k k k k k k
195.
k k k A k k k k k k k A k k k k
196.
k k k k k k k k k k
197.
k A k k k k k k k A k k
198.
k k k k k k k k k k
199.
k k A k k k k k A k k k
200.
k k k k k k k k k k
k k k k k A k k k k k
TIME VALUES 201-224 (7)
201.
k k k k k k k
203.
l l l l l l l l l l l l
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202.
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k k k k k k k
204.
k k k k k k
k A k k k k k
205.
k k k k k k k k k k
207.
206.
k k A k k k k k A k k k
208.
k k k k k k k k k k
209.
k A k k k k k A k k k k
210.
211.
k k k k
213.
k k k k k
212.
k k A k k
214.
k A k k k k
k k k k k k k k
215.
k k k A k k k A k k
216.
k k k k k k k k k k
217.
k k A k k k A k k k k k
218.
j k
k k j k k j
k k k j k
k k k k
k k
j k
k k A j k k A j
k A k k j k
k k
k k k k
219.
220.
221.
k k
222.
k k
223.
224.
TIME VALUES 225-248 (8)
225.
kz
kz
l l l l l l l l l l l l
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226.
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kz
k A
kz
k A
227.
kz k k k kz k k k
229.
228.
kz k A k k kz k A k k
230.
kz k k k k k kz k k k k k
231.
kz k A k k k k kz k A k k k k
232.
j
233.
kz
kz
k A
kz
kz k k
235.
k k k k k k k k k kz k k k k k k k k k k
234.
kz k A k
236.
k k k A k k k k k k kz k A k k k k k k k k k
kz k k
kz k A k
237.
k k k k k
239.
238.
k k k A k k
240.
k k kz k k
241.
k A k kz k k
242.
kz k k k k
243.
kz k A k k k
244.
k k k k k k kz k
k k k k k A k kz k
245.
k k k k k k kz k k
247.
246.
k k k k A k k kz k A k
248.
k k k k k k kz k k
k A k k k k k kz k A k
TIME VALUES 249-272 (9)
249.
kz
kz
l l l l l l l l l l l l
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250.
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kz A
kz A
251.
k k k kz k k k kz
253.
252.
k A k k kz k A k k kz
254.
k k k k k kz k k k k k kz
255.
k k k A k k kz k k k A k k kz
256.
k kz k k k k k k
k kz k k k A k k k
257.
k k k k k k k kz k
259.
258.
k A k k k k A k k kz k
260.
k k k k
261.
k k k k
k k A k k
262.
k k A k k
k k k k k k k k k k
263.
k A k k k k k A k k k k
264.
k k k k k k
265.
k k k k k
k k A k k k k
266.
k k k k k A k
k k
k k
267.
k k k k k k k k k k k
268.
k k k k A k k k k k k A k
269.
270.
271.
k k k j
k k k
272.
k k A k j
k k k