![]() So to accommodate this new note, a sharp symbol (#) was added to the C space on the treble staff raising the C by a ½ step. There was no room for this new note on the music staff. It comes in at the position of Ti (vii) in the key of D Major, and the key of D was born and becomes the 5th Major Key. Now we have 10 different notes, and are playing 5/12 of the music spectrum.Ĭ sharp (C#) was probably discovered around the year 1350 A.D., and became the 4th black note that was found. Music grew again by a tetra chord counter-clockwise. ![]() So to accommodate this new note, a flat symbol (b) was added to the E space of the treble staff, lowering the E by a ½ step, E flat is also known as D sharp in other keys. It comes in at the position of Fa (IV) in the key of B flat Major, and the key of B flat (Bb) was born and becomes the 4th Major Key. There was no room for this new note on the music staff. Now we have 9 different notes, and are playing ⅓ of the music spectrum.Į flat (Eb) was probably discovered next around the year 1240 A.D and became the 3rd black note that was found. This note is now known as F sharp (F#), and is also known as G flat (Gb) in other keys. So to accommodate this new note, a sharp symbol (#) was added to the top line of the treble staff (the F line), raising the F by a ½ step. And the key of G major was born, becoming the 3rd Major Key. It was just a little too low, and a new note was discovered between F and G and the 2nd black note was found, which was called F sharpened (sharpened meant to raise). As they played the note Ti (vii or F natural), they noticed F natural didn't quite sound right. Now we have 8 different notes, and are playing ¼ of the music spectrum.Īround the year 1130 A.D another European (but I do not know who) started at the note G and tried to play Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do. Music grew by a tetra chord counter-clockwise. The new note is now known as B flat (Bb), and is also A sharp (A#) in other keys. So to accommodate this new note, Guido added a flat symbol on the B line of the music staff lowering the B by a ½ step. This was the first new note ever discovered in Western Music, and the key of F major was born, becoming the 2nd Major Key. (now a days we call the note Guido found B FLAT (Bb) and B NATURAL B). He called this new note that he found B and renamed B natural H. It was just a little too high, and he realized that there must be a note between A and B and he discovered a new note that was there all along in the music spectrum. As he played the note Fa (IV or B natural), he noticed B natural didn't quite sound right. An Italian music theorist named GUIDO D'AREZZO living in Germany started at the note F and tried to play Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do. Musicians of that time were not aware that the Ionian mode is only ⅙ of the music spectrum. Phrygian (from E to E), Lydian (from F to F), and Mixolydian (from G to G), The most commonly used Church mode was the Ionian (Major) mode, otherwise known as the key of C. Each line and space represented the natural notes (the white notes on a modern piano keyboard) and labeled after the first 7 letters of the alphabet A, B, C, D, E, F, G.įor centuries in Europe, Western Music was made up of these 7 different notes, and was played in the 7 CHURCH MODES known as, Aeolian (minor from A to A), Locrian (from B to B), Ionian (Major from C to C), Dorian (fron D to D). It was a very simple, easy-to-read system.Īs time went on, and to simplify the notation and make the staff easier to read, the musical staff was divided into the treble and bass clefts. There were no black notes (no sharps or flats), nor any room for any additional notes on the musical staff. Every line and space represented a natural note, the white notes on a modern piano. For the first thousand years of Western Music, the musical staff consisted of 11 lines and 10 spaces, the middle line representing the note C (middle C).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |