Who are these lessons directed to? Absolute beginners of any age who do not know a thing about music but need to "kick themselves" to get started on this musical adventure. So let's get started with ….

Music consists mainly of PITCH and DURATION (value).

PITCH  = low or high or any note in between. There are 7 main notes in music and they are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet. These 7 notes are repeated at different pitches as can be seen and heard on any keyboard. They are either written on the line or in the space of a STAVE. Notes can also be placed above or below the stave.

To show where the notes are on the stave a CLEF (key) sign is written at the beginning of each stave. This sign can be called TREBLE CLEF (high key) or G CLEF. The latter definition can be used because the sign represents a medieval G and is created by circling around the second line of the treble stave. Any note on that line is called a G. For the purpose of these introduction lessons we are only using the following notes. G A B C D E F G

DURATION (value) =  The note has a length of sound measured in BEATS or parts of a beat. For the purpose of these lessons each beat is a second. The three note values used in these lessons are listed below.