Today we will tell you what notes mean, their full names, and also recall some interesting historical facts. From the Latin language, this word translates as "label" or "sign". This is a graphic designation of sound in a musical work. In fact, before us is one of the main symbols of notation in this art form. The full name of the musical notes is conveyed using special characters. They indicate various characteristics of sound: order of execution, duration, pitch. But why were such characters adopted? Next, let's talk about all this in more detail.
History
Next will be considered the full names of the notes. Guido d'Arezzo is the author of musical notation. He created his works in the first half of the 11th century. It was he who began to record the characters of interest to us on a four-line camp. Thus, we answered the question of who came up with the notes. The full names of the notes as we know them today did not appear immediately. Before that, nevmes were used in European music. In fact, we are talking about special characters. The system created by Guido d'Arezzo was subsequently finalized. In particular, the keys and appearance of the signs have changed, the 5th line has been added. In its modern form, the system of interest to us has been used since the 17th century. Around 1700, Andreas Werkmeister, a German musician and scientist, proposed using a twelve-tone logarithmic uniform musical scale. In addition, he made the piano, which was tuned based on it. At that time, only notes of pitch were recorded with notes. The rhythm thus could not be transmitted.
Names
In this section, the full name of the notes with translation will be given. If the distance between musical units is a multiple of an octave, their names are the same. Today, the following series are used: do, re, mi, fa, salt, la, si. The full name of the notes will be indicated below. The first octave is the frequency standard - 440 Hz. The ratio of notes that are octave apart is two. The full name of the notes in Latin, according to one version, is the lines of the hymn performed in the ascending octave: UT queant laxis, REsonare fibris, MIra gestorum, FAmuli tuorum, SOLve polluti, LAbii reatum. This system was introduced by Guido d'Arezzo. His note before was called ut. In the future, to make the pronunciation more convenient, they came up with an alternative option - in honor of Giovanni Doni. In addition, a si note was added. Its name is short for Sancte Ioannes. This name was given to her by H. Valrant. In Hungary and the USA, the note si has the name ti. This allows you not to confuse it with "C" - up in Latin notation.
Letter designation
The full name of the notes can also be conveyed in another way. It's about naming them with letters. Notes are indicated in Latin letters: C, D, E, F, G, A, H. This is the so-called German notation. In it, the si note is conveyed by the letter H. The German system is used in almost every European country in which English is not the main language. B-flat is transmitted according to this method by the letter B. There is also an English notation. According to its rules, the C note is conveyed by the letter B. This system is mainly distributed in the UK and the USA. It is also partially used in Sweden and the Netherlands. In English literature, the rules of this notation are applied. It is often found in the designation of guitar chords in Russian collections. To add a flat to a note, -es is assigned to its name. To indicate a sharp, –isis is used. There are exceptions to this rule. A mnemonic technique that provides memorization of notes located on 1 - 5 lines of a musician: mi, salt, si, re, fa. In this case, the interval in a third should be taken into account. For convenience, the following phrase is used, rather funny: "Salt migrated to Sicily. Register Last Name."
Simplified system
The full name of the notes can be conveyed in a simpler way. A simplified recording system was created for a variety of musical instruments. This is a tablature. It can be keyboard and guitar. Using this technique can be mastered by anyone who does not own musical notation. This is done fast enough.
Entry form
A note mill is called 5 lines, on which musical units are located. Count them from the bottom up. Notes from left to right are recorded in the form of oval marks in the order of sound. Each musical unit is located on a specific line of the camp or between them. Sometimes additional rulers are used. They expand the stave down or up. Additional rulers have a certain length. Exactly so much is required for the image of notes to be placed on these lines. The vertical position of a musical unit depends on its sound, taking into account the height.
Items
A note image has three elements. An oval elongated horizontally is called a head. A vertical dash attached to it has the name calm. One or several curved lines extend from the latter. They are called flags or tails. The head is full or empty. There are no tails and calm under certain circumstances. Thanks to the described features, the relative duration of the designated sound is determined. The location of the head relative to the rulers determines the height. Mutual arrangement indicates the order of their execution.
Height designation
When recording notes are placed in a special way. Their heads are on the lines or between them. Each position corresponds to a certain step - one of seven. It is repeated in various octaves. Correspondence of positions and steps is set by a key on a stave. The main step of the position can be lowered or increased. For this, basic or random signs of alteration are used. Thus, the pitch is determined based on the position of the musical unit on the camp. This takes into account the keys and signs of alteration.
Interesting Facts
We have already examined how the full name of the notes was formed, however, there are some more interesting points that you should pay attention to when acquaintance with musical units. Each line on the camp and the space between them is assigned an ordinal value. The sequence of notes does not change. Thus, to determine the position of all musical units on the camp, it is enough to find out the position of one. In this case, the rest are calculated automatically.
To indicate which note is the starting note, there are keys in the music. These are special characters. They are recorded at the left end of the musician. The most common treble clef. He indicates that on the 2nd line below, there is a note of salt related to the first octave. The bass clef goes back to the letter “F”. He indicates that the note “F” in the small octave corresponds to the second line from the top. Other keys - bass and Old French - are less common.
There are special musical instruments. Parties for them are written in the keys "before". There are well-known “clean” notes. In addition, we should not forget about their derivatives - flat and sharp. To indicate them, special characters are written to the left of the note. They are called signs of alteration. The same characters can be located at the beginning of each line. This means that all notes are played in a flat or sharp version. Key characters are those that appear at the beginning of a line. Elements that are on separate notes received the name random. The latter operate within a single measure in all octaves. There is another special sign of alteration. It is called a baker. It is used to cancel the previously indicated flat or sharp.
The color of the oval notes indicates the duration. In addition, a number of other elements are used to describe it. The main durations are the whole, as well as half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth and thirty second. Smaller or larger parts are much less commonly used. The duration of a whole note is a relative value. It depends on the tempo of the work at a certain moment. If several notes with a duration of less than a quarter are arranged in a row, they are displayed under a single edge - a stick.