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This document provides information about musical notation concepts including anacrusis, beaming of notes, grouping notes by beat, and various time signatures. It explains that an anacrusis is an introductory note or notes before the first full measure. It also details the rules for beaming eighth, sixteenth, and thirty-second notes together and provides examples of correct and incorrect beaming in time signatures like 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4 time. Finally, it briefly introduces some musical symbols like clefs, accidentals, and names of black keys.

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MH Summary Sheet

This document provides information about musical notation concepts including anacrusis, beaming of notes, grouping notes by beat, and various time signatures. It explains that an anacrusis is an introductory note or notes before the first full measure. It also details the rules for beaming eighth, sixteenth, and thirty-second notes together and provides examples of correct and incorrect beaming in time signatures like 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4 time. Finally, it briefly introduces some musical symbols like clefs, accidentals, and names of black keys.

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Student Name:

Date: 28/10/2021-Thursday
Phase number: 1
Subject: Music History
Grade: 11 Teacher’s Name: Mr.Bashar
Summary Sheet Week (4,5,6)

Anacrusis
Also Known As pickup note(s) or pickup measure
Definition: The anacrusis is a note or series of notes that comes before the first complete measure of a
composition
Example:

Grouping notes

notes with less rhythmic value than a quarter note, such as an eighth or sixteenth note, have “tails” attached
to them. Connecting several notes with tails is what we call “beaming.” Beaming notes together is important
because it makes sheet music significantly easier to read.

Beaming

Eighth notes are connected by single line Sixteenth notes are connected by
two lines

Thirty-second notes are connected by three lines


Grouping: The Rules

1. Do not beam across a bar line


2. Do not beam across the center of a measure
3. Sixteenth Notes and Thirty-Second Notes are grouped by beat

Grouping: 4/4 Time

Every time signature has “strong” and “weak” beats. In 4/4 time, beat one is the strongest beat in the
measure. Beats two and four are weak, while beat three is the secondary strong beat, meaning that it’s
strong, but not as strong as beat one

Examples of correct and incorrect beaming in 4/4 time

Grouping: 3/4 Time

In 3/4 time, beat one is the strongest,


while beats two and three are both considered weak

Because there is an odd number of beats per measure, the “center” of 3/4 time is in the middle of beat two.
However, as both beats two and three are weak, there is no need to separate them. Though most choose to
group eighth notes by beat in 3/4 time, both of the following groupings are correct
It’s important to note that eighth notes in 3/4 time should not
be grouped like this

Grouping: 2/4 Time

In 2/4 time, beat one is strong and beat two is weak

The center of the measure in 2/4 time is between beats one and two, so remember: don’t beam over it

Signs, terms and symbols

In sheet music, music symbols are used to describe the way a particular piece of music should be played
Clefs

Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff

Tones and Semitones

Accidentals

Symbols can change the note by raising or lowering it by a semitone (or half step)

Black Keys

Each black key has two names

CCA: Mrs.Hind 2021-2022

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