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How is music written down?

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is used to write down music.

It's one way to remember what you have .

It's also great in helping other musicians read your music and play it for themselves.

If you can read and write music yourself, then you'll be able to play the music that other people have written too.

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Watch: Understanding notation with Bach

Music notation allows musicians to read the and of the notes they are supposed to play.

It contains many different forms. See if you can spot three different types of notation Bach introduces to Lightning Jelly.

Did you spot the three different types of notation in the video?

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You might recognise the piece that Bach was playing on his guitar.

Learn more as James May introduces a more traditional performance of Bach's most famous piece, Tocatta and Fugue in D minor with 成人快手 Ten Pieces.

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What are notes?

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Rhythms are made up of notes with different .

Each note can be represented by a different symbol.

All of the notes have different names.

For example, a one beat note is called a crochet, a two beat note is called a minim.

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Watch: What are the main notes?

You can use animal names to help you learn each of the main notes.

This is great fun and helps you to hear the different durations of each note too.

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Watch: What is Western notation?

In Western notation, the different rhythm notes are drawn on a which is a set of five lines.

The notes can sit on the line, or in the spaces between the lines.

All Western musical instruments and the players in a Western orchestra, will use this type of notation to read which note to play and how long for.

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Remember, the pitch of the note is how high or low it is.

Most instruments (like the violin, flute or trumpet) read notes from what is called the .

Simple rhymes can help you remember the name of the note pitches. For the notes on the lines, some people say:
Every
Green
Bus
Drives
Fast

The notes that sit in the spaces between the lines, spell out the word FACE.

If you need to write the notes above or below the stave, you can add additional lines (called ledger lines).

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