Band & Drums 2010
L Colpitts

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Semibreve = Whole Note
Minim – Half Note
Crotchet = Quarter Note
Quaver = Eight Note

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Semiquaver = Sixteenth Note
Demisemiquaver = Thirty-second Note
Hemidemisemiquaver = Sixty-fourth Note

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Beams connect eight notes(quavers) and notes of shorter value
Placing a dot next to the note increases the value by half. Example a dotted minim would equal Half +
Quarter = 3/4 Note

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All of these notes will then be transferred onto a stave. Notes on the line = E G B D F (Every Good Boy
Deserves Football) and the notes between the lines = F A C E (FACE)

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Is used to extend the Stave if the note is higher then the stave
Can be above or below the stave

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Single Bar Line – used to separate measures
Double Bar Line – Used to separate sections or phrase of music

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When ever you see then that means that you need to raise the pitch of the note by a half step.

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• When ever you see this means you need to lower the note by half a step

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B, E, A, D, G, C, F are the order of the flats. The first four flats spell BEAD. That's easy to remember.
F, C, G, D, A, E, B are the order of the sharps. Try this memory trick to remember the order of the sharps:: Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds.

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• When you see it means you cancel out the sharp or the flat and return to the original pitch

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A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a sign indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note value: long (or four-measure rest) double whole rest / breve rest whole rest / semibreve rest half rest / minim rest quarter rest / crotchet rest eighth rest / quaver rest sixteenth rest / semiquaver rest thirty-second rest / demisemiquaver rest sixty-fourth rest / hemidemisemiquaver rest

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– Andantino – A moderate tempo marking slightly faster than Andante and slower than
Moderato.
– Larghetto – A tempo not quite as slow as Largo.
Often between 60-66 beats per minute.
– Largo – A slow tempo marking, having between
40 and 60 beats per minute.
– Lento – Slow.
– Moderato – A directive to perform a certain passage of a composition in a moderate tempo; moderately restrained.

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– Adagio – A slow tempo marking between
Largo and Andante.
– Allegretto – A rather fast tempo marking between Allegro and Moderato.
– Allegro – A fast tempo marking between
Allegretto and Vivace.
– Andante – A moderate tempo marking between Largo and Moderato

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– Prestissimo – A directive to perform a certain passage of a composition very, very fast, as fast as possible; faster than presto.
– Presto – A directive to perform a certain passage of a composition very quickly.
– Vivace – A directive to perform a certain passage of a composition in a lively or brisk manner.
– Vivo – A directive to perform a certain passage of a composition in a lively, animated or brisk manner.
Slightly more animated or brisk than Vivace.

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