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Signs and Symbols

 Music is an art of combining sounds into patterns pleasing to the ear, called ‘melody’

 These melodies are basically written in the form of Music Notation using signs and
symbols in Western Music

 These signs and symbols describe mainly pitch, rhythm & tempo.
* Pitch - How high and low sound is
* Rhythm - the recurring pattern of sound
* Tempo - The speed , fast or slow

Listen to the sound and identify the differance in Pitch, Rhythm and Tempo

Pitch
- Which is higher? - Which is lower?

A B

Rhythm
- Which is lighter? - Which is heaver?
A B

Tempo

- Which is faster? - Which is slower?

B
Music sounds are written on paper using the following signs and symbols. and it is named as a

Music Score (notation)

Sounds are written


CLEFS give
as NOTES
identity to the lines
& spaces of a stave

Notes are written


on a STAVE or STAFF

TIME SIGNATURE
Denotes the number
RESTS denotes of beats in a bar

silence

KEY SIGNATURE
Defines the key of
the music

BAR LINES
DOUBLE
divide the music
BAR LINE
in to bars
indicates the end
of a piece of music

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