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Notes & Rests “The Box” The table below needs to be correctly filled out... Other notes to look out for are... q e w h x SWright 2008 NAME SYLLABLE NOTES RESTS VALUES . q Dotted Crotchet - The dot adds on half of the notes existing value e e e + + = A Pair of Quavers - When quavers are played together, their tails join, and they combine their values iq e+e = jjjx iq

Music Cheat Sheet - Year 7

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This is a booklet I designed for my beginner year 7 and 8 students who have no training in music, or, they have some gaps in their knowledge of music. We fill this out as a class and keep it as a reference when we perform or compose. It has been affectionately named the 'music cheat sheet.'

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Page 1: Music Cheat Sheet - Year 7

Notes & Rests“The Box”

The table below needs to be correctly filled out...

Other notes to look out for are...

qe

wh

x

SWright 2008

NAME SYLLABLE NOTES RESTS VALUES

.qDotted Crotchet - The dot adds on half of the notes existing valuee e e+ +=

A Pair of Quavers - When quavers are played together, their tails join, and they combine their values

iq e+ e=

jjjxiq

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Naming Notes on the Treble Clef

• To find the notes on a line

• To find the notes in a space

• Try and name all the notes below (watch out for the extra notes on ledger lines)

Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit

F A C E

C _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

S.Wright 2008

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Naming Notes on the Bass Clef

• To find the notes on a line

• To find the notes in a space

• Try and name all the notes below (watch out for the extra notes on ledger lines)

Great Big Dogs For Australia

All Cows Eat Grass

G _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

S.Wright 2008

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Positions for Playing Piano & Guitar

1

2345

1

2 3 45

12

34

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e b g D A E

You will need to remember the names of the open strings of the guitar (marked with an open circle ). In order from thickest to thinnest they are:

Every Alligator Drinks grog before eating - notice the thin strings have a lowercase beginning? Remember this...

Each dot on the Guitar fretboard is a note exactly the same as a note on normal music stave paper. You read the above diagram like a map. It has a key (method to interpret the symbols) and this allows you to play any music on the guitar.

Ask yourself these three questions to help find the correct place to put your fingers:

1. What string is the note on?

2. What fret is the note in?

3. What finger do I use to play the note?

GUITAR NOTES ON THE MUSIC STAVE

Attention!Every fret (or block between the bars on the fretboard) is one semitone. Or, the distance between a white and black note on the piano!

Fret 1 Fret 2 Fret 3 Fret 5Fret 4 Fret 6

f

Fret 8Fret 7

g a b c

f ge a b c

e f g a b c

f# f#g# g#bb bb

S.Wright 2008