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  The Musical Notes And Their Time Values In Staff Music In music notation, a note value indicates the relative duration of a note, using the texture or shape of the notehead, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence or absence of flags/beams/hooks/tails. Note values in music represent the duration for which a note is held, indicating how long a pitch is sounded. They are visually represented by the shape of the note and the presence or absence of a stem and flags/beams.  Double Whole Note (Breve) A breve is a musical notation symbol that represents a note that is held for twice the duration of a whole note (semibreve). In modern musical notation, a breve is represented by a double whole note or a rectangular note head with no stem. It is equivalent to two whole notes tied together. A breve is typically worth: - 8 beats in common time (4/4 time) - 2 whole notes (semibreves) tied together Breves are less common in modern music notation but are still used in certain s...

WHAT IS PITCH IN MUSIC? Pitch is a fundamental element in music that refers to how high or how low a sound is. Though, it describes the notes and tones of the scale, each note in Western music has a specific pitch or note name. High pitched notes have higher frequencies. Hence, the higher the pitch of a note, the higher the frequency and vice versa. On the piano similar pitches are differentiated using numbers i.e A2 sounds lower in pitch than A6, C4 would sound higher in pitch than C3, etc. Pitches make up the fundamental building block of melody for musicians.Musicians develop the skills of relating different pitches to each other, which allows them to play music by ear. The Treble Clef A Clef is any symbol placed at the left hand end of a stave that identifies one note by name. Then we can identify all other notes from this one. In modern music, only four clefs are used regularly: the treble clef (G- clef), Bass clef (F-clef), the Alto clef (C- clef) and the Tenor clef (C- clef). Of...