Symbols And Lengths Of The Notes - Bontempi MUSIC METHOD SYSTEM 5 B 409 Libro De Instrucciones

SYMBOLS AND LENGTHS OF THE NOTES

WHOLE NOTE AND CORRESPONDING PAUSE (SEMIBREVE)
= play for the duration of 4 beats:
one - and two - and three - and four - and
= suspend the music for the duration of 4 beats:
one - and two - and three - and four - and
HALF NOTE AND CORRESPONDING PAUSE (MINIM)
= play for the duration of 2 beats:
one - and two - and
= suspend the music for the duration of 2 beats:
one - and two - and
QUARTER NOTE AND CORRESPONDING PAUSE (CROTCHET)
= play for the duration of 1 beat:
one - and
= suspend the music for the duration of 1 beat:
one - and
EIGHTH NOTE AND CORRESPONDING PAUSE (QUAVER)
= play for the duration of half a beat :
one -
= suspend the music for the duration of half a beat:
one -
DOTTED NOTE
A dot after a note increases its value by half.
For example: 3 beats = 2 beats + 1 beats
When a curved line joins two or more notes together, the first note is
TIE
prolonged by the value of the note(s) it is joined to, keeping the key
pressed down.
= press the key for a total of three beats.
In the Bontempi music books, the 2nd note and the others which may
follow have no name to indicate that the key must be kept held down.
REPEAT SIGNS (CHORUS)
The sign is used especially
when a song has a series of
lyrics or a tune which has parts
that have to be repeated. It is
therefore necessary to repeat
the music included between
these repeat
signs whenever
they appear.
DOUBLE BARS
The double bars indicate
the end of a piece of
music.
DA CAPO AL FINE
When you see this indication, play the whole piece, then repeat it again
from the beginning until you get to the word "Fine" (the phrase "Da
Capo al Fine" is in fact italian for "From beginning to end").
REPEAT SIGN (REFRAIN) WITH TWO FINAL MEASURES (DOUBLE ENDINGS)
Some songs are characterized by the fact that
they have a refrain with more than one final
measure. In these cases, they are marked by
the "double ending" sign. 1 and 2. The whole
piece is played, therefore, as far as the measu-
re which ends the song, indicated by the num-
ber 1. The song is then repeated entirely,
skipping over the first concluding measure and
going directly on to the second to finish.
REPEAT SIGNS WITH "AD LIBITUM"
The piece of music
contained between
these signs can
repeated as many times as you like.
BONTEMPI MUSIC METHOD
CHORD WITH BRACKET
Whenever this sign appears,
the chord is be interrupted.
DAL AL FINE
When you encounter this sign, repeat the piece
from the indication up to the word "Fine".
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