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Lesson 1&2 - The Keyboard
Fundamentals of Music Lesson One
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08/27/2013

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Term
Keyboard
Definition
made up of a repeating pattern of black and white keys(52 white keys and 36 black keys).
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Notation
Definition
Visual symbols for sound. The most common notation is the fixed treble and bass clefs with modern pitch notation therein. The notation of music has undergone several transformations since the first visual symbols for music were invented, c. 500 B.C.
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Pitch/Tone
Definition
Used to describe our perception of how high or low a sound is
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Adjacent Keys
Definition
A half step; a minor second; the smallest interval in the system of Western music.
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Non-Adjacent Keys
Definition
Two semitones make up a whole tone, also called a whole step. The smallest pitch difference between non-adjacent keys is a whole step or tone.
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Enharmonic Pitches
Definition
Two pitches that sound the same, but have different names (g sharp/b flat)
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Octave
Definition
The distance of eight letter names (a-g)
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C4
Definition
Middle C
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Octave Register
Definition
C to C - start with C1 (first C on keyboard) and ends with C8 (last C on keyboard) - keys identified by octave they are in (B3, C4, F5, etc).
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