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What to study before The score
Every part of a work stacked so they can be read at once, and the part extracted from it. Below, the concepts that come before, in the order in which one explains the next. Signed in, you see the same path minus what you already hold: your path.
Properties of sound
The four properties every musical sound has at once: duration, intensity, pitch and timbre.
Note
The seven pitch names, and the sign that puts one of them on the page.
The staff
Five lines and four spaces, numbered upward, where the height of a sign means the height of a sound.
Clef
The sign that gives one line its name, and through it every other line and space.
Instrument families
Strings, winds and percussion, classified by how the sound is produced rather than by material.
Instrumental ensembles
From the duo to the symphony orchestra, and the band beside them.
The score
Every part of a work stacked so they can be read at once, and the part extracted from it.