This book contains information on basic music theory for those wanting to introduce themselves to music and composition. It includes exercises and practices to help you learn quickly, all for free.
Music is made up of different notes. On a keyboard, some of these notes are white notes, whilst some of these notes are black notes. We refer to these black notes as sharps and flats, depending on what situation we are in. For example, the black note between C and D is known by two names: C# (C-sharp) and Db (D-flat). If we are working in a musical key (we'll learn about musical keys later) with sharps in it, we refer to it as C#. If we are working in a musical key with flats in it, we refer to it as Db.
All in all, these black notes, combined with the white notes, make up all 12 of the notes on a keyboard. This is known as the chromatic scale.
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Activity:
Without looking at the image above, look at the two images below. Write the notes, in order of sharps, in the first image. Then write the notes again in the second image but this time in order of flats.
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Hoppla! Dieses Bild entspricht nicht unseren inhaltlichen Richtlinien. Um mit dem Veröffentlichen fortfahren zu können, entferne es bitte oder lade ein anderes Bild hoch.
Conclusion: In music there are twelve notes. You have the seven common notes (C,D,E,F,G,A,B) and in between them there are five more pitches named x-sharp or x-flat, depending on what situation you are in. For example, let's take the black key in between C and D. If it is a flat, we call it D-Flat. If it is a sharp, we call it C-Sharp.
Again, the first few lessons might seem confusing but you just have to remember it. It won't take too long (hopefully).
