Part 2 · Music Notation: The Written Language of Music

Example 2.5

The bass staff, line by line and space by space

What you hear

G2 B2 D3 F3 A3, then A2 C3 E3 G3, on piano

Every example in Part 2

• Example 2.1Note values against a steady beat
• Example 2.2A bar of notes and rests, counted
• Example 2.3One bar at 60 BPM, then at 120 BPM
• Example 2.4The treble staff, line by line and space by space
• Example 2.5The bass staff, line by line and space by space
• Example 2.6Across the grand staff through middle C
• Example 2.7Ledger lines below and above the treble staff
• Example 2.8One note natural, sharp, flat and natural again
• Example 2.9One melody in C, G and F major
• Example 2.10A phrase as written, then 8va, then 8vb
• Example 2.11Dynamics pp to fff; staccato, accent and tenuto
• Example 2.12The Reading Lab, with its repeat