Music page. Record and print sheet music on your computer

In home and school music lessons with children, a variety of preparations are needed. On this page we have prepared for you materials that you simply need to have on hand if you work with kids.

Notes on a stave

The first blank is a small poster depicting the main and bass clefs (first and minor octave). Now in the picture you see a miniature - a reduced image of this poster; just below is a link to download it in its original size (A4 format).

POSTER “NAME OF NOTES ON THE STAFF” –

Pictures with note names

The second blank is needed when the child first gets acquainted with notes, precisely to work out the name of each of the sounds. It consists of cards with the actual name of the notes and with an image of an object in whose name the syllabic name of the note appears.

The artistic associations chosen here are the most traditional. For example, for the note DO, a drawing of a house is chosen, for RE - a turnip from a famous fairy tale, for MI - a toy bear. Next to the note FA is a torch, with SALT is ordinary table salt in a bag. For the sound LA, a picture of a frog was selected, for SI - a lilac branch.

Example card

PICTURES WITH NOTE NAMES –

Above is a link where you can go to the full version of the manual and save it to your computer or phone. Please note that all files are provided in pdf format. To read these files, use the program or phone app Adobe Reader (free) or any other application that allows you to open and view these types of files.

Musical ABC

Music alphabet is another type of manual that is used in working with beginners (mainly with children from 3 to 7-8 years old). In musical alphabets, in addition to pictures, words, poems, and note names, there are also images of notes on the staff. We are pleased to offer you two options for such manuals, and you can read more about them and how you can make such alphabet books with your own hands or even with the hands of a child.

NOTE ABC No. 1 –

NOTE ABC No. 2 –

Music cards

Such cards are actively used during the period when the child thoroughly studies the notes of the violin and especially. They no longer have pictures, their role is to help remember the location of notes and quickly recognize them. In addition, they can be used for some creative tasks, solving puzzles, etc.

NOTE CARDS –

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If you want to learn to play any instrument, then you just need to study musical notation. Many beginning musicians neglect to study musical notation, but sooner or later they realize that without it, progress will be extremely slow. But the time spent studying it will bring you enormous benefits. You will be able to study pieces of music, you will be able to understand the composition of a piece of music much faster. Music notation opens up a lot of new interesting material for you, which is simply impossible to study without knowledge of notation.

So, a piece of music consists of sounds. To designate sounds, special graphic signs are used - notes, as well as the staff. They allow you to conveniently show the order, duration, pitch and other characteristics of sounds.

The note (Latin nota - sign) consists of an oval [3 in Fig. ] (empty inside or shaded), to which a calm and a flag can be added [ 1 in Fig. ] or checkboxes.

Components of notes

Arrangement of notes on the staff. Notes can be written on lines, under lines, and on lines. If necessary, notes can be placed on additional lines at the top and bottom of the staff. For a more compact recording, the stems are drawn like this: if the note is located below the center line, then the stem is drawn at the top, and if the note is located above the center line of the staff, then the stem is directed down and drawn to the left of the note. These rules are not required to be followed, they are just recommendations. Sometimes notes are grouped together in violation of this rule. Now, summarizing all of the above, let’s look at the figure below.

The lines are numbered from bottom to top: 1,2,3,4,5. If there are not enough rulers, then additional lines are drawn at the top or bottom. In the example, there are 5 main lines below, 2 additional lines on top (they are drawn only directly below the notes), and one additional line below.

Notes on a stave

To determine the pitch of notes, so-called keys are used.

Key (Italian chiave, from Latin clavis; German Schlüssel; English key) is a linear notation sign that determines the pitch value of notes. Relative to the staff line, which is pointed to by the central element of the clef, all other pitch positions of notes are calculated. The main types of clefs adopted in the classical five-line bar notation are the “g” clef, the “fa” clef and the “do” clef.

In the picture above, a treble clef (G clef) is used, which starts from the second line, where the note “G” of the first octave is written.

The treble clef is the most common clef. The treble clef places the "G" of the first octave on the second line of the staff. The treble clef is used to write notes for the violin (hence the name), guitar, harmonica, most woodwind instruments, some brass instruments, pitched percussion instruments, and other instruments with quite high sounding. For the right hand parts when playing the piano, the treble clef is also most often used. Women's vocals today are also recorded in treble clef (although in past centuries a special clef was used to record them). The tenor parts are also written in treble clef, but are performed an octave lower than what is written, which is indicated by an eight under the clef. The "F" clef is the second most common clef after the treble clef. Places the F of the minor octave on the fourth line of the staff. This clef is used by low-sounding instruments: cello, bassoon, etc. The left hand part for piano is usually written in the bass clef. Vocal music for bass and baritone is also usually written in the bass key.

From the sounds salt first octave (in treble clef) and F the small octave (in the bass clef) records other sounds up and down.

The higher the notes are on the staff, the higher their sound. There are approximately 80 keys on a piano and the same number of sounds, and the staff has only 5 lines, so additional lines, different keys, and several staffs are used to write notes in musical notation. Additional rulers are short rulers for each individual note that are written above or below the staff. They are counted from the staff up or down. The ruler closest to the staff is considered the first, the second is the one next to the first, etc. Spelling of stems and tails: notes that are written before the third line of stems are written from the right up, and notes that are written on the third line and above the stems are written to the left and down. In a two-voice vocal work recorded on one staff, the first voice is written with the stems up, and the second voice with the stems down. Thus, thanks to the rules of musical notation, each vocal part is very visually traceable.

Some notes can be written in both treble and bass clefs.

Notes in different keys

Note duration

The duration of a note is not associated with any absolute durations (for example, a second, etc.), it can only be represented in relation to the durations of other notes. Let's look at note durations in more detail.

In music there are basic and arbitrary durations. Basic duration sounds: whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth and so on (obtained by dividing each subsequent duration by 2).

I asked myself the question, how can I write and then print out sheet music on a computer? Of course, I am not a musician and I understand little about musical notation, so my research was limited to only the practical part, namely, not to professional paid programs, but to ones that are accessible and, I hope, understandable to most beginners or students. There are three ways to make musical notations: print out a music book and, in the tradition of the old masters, do it by hand, repeating the beautiful curves of the treble clefs; use a program installed on a computer with extensive functionality; turn keystrokes into notes - an extension for the google chrome browser. We’ll talk about these methods separately.

Method one Manual recording

An excellent service of all kinds of templates that are available for download, generatedpaper.com I’ve already talked about it. So here there is a wonderful section for musicians, there is also just a notebook, but download the forms for writing chords in PDF format and print them out.

Method two MuseScore program

A popular program with rich functionality for working with musical notation, it also supports MIDI files. You can listen to the result immediately. Instructions for working with the program and all functionality are described on this page. Unfortunately, not all instructions are translated into Russian, but I think the built-in translator will help you correct the missing text. And several video lessons will clearly show how the program works.

Method three google chrome app

When almost all tasks have moved to the clouds, the browser becomes the main tool, and, in my opinion, google chrome is the best representative. In the rich selection of applications, there is also room for musicians who can create compositions by recording works in sheet music, without resorting to the help of programs. Flat, the beauty of the app's material design and its capabilities rival those of professional programs and, to be honest, simply amazed me. Everything is absolutely clear, despite the fact that there is no Russian language, unfortunately. One-click installation, registration through your Google or Facebook account, and you have access to a world of creativity and a community of musicians around the world. You can share music or listen to works by other authors. You can use the application, or simply bookmark the site.

In the end, the last one is the best in my opinion. Flat especially its latest transformation, which made it even more stylish and convenient, and paid, although not exactly cheap, makes this wonderful service even for professionals.

You don’t have a squared, lined, or oblique notebook at hand, but you really need it? No problem. You can always download the required lined sheet and print it. This page contains a collection of A4 formats that have a certain layout. If for any reason this or that sheet is not suitable for you, we will teach you how to make the necessary ruler in a matter of minutes.

Lined sheet of paper

Download lined sheet A4 format

The height of the ruler is 8 mm. If you need to set a different ruler size, just change the cell height in the table properties. This is a DOC file for Microsoft Office. As you already understood, the rulers on the sheet were obtained using a table in which a fixed cell height was specified, and the left and right borders were hidden.

Leaf in a cage

Download a sheet template in A4 format

A lined checkered sheet may be needed in different cases:

I wanted to play dots or tic-tac-toe;
it is necessary to bend the sheet clearly according to the cells;
I would like to enjoy playing sea battle.

It is clear that drawing the cells yourself takes a very long time, and as luck would have it, the notebooks were not at hand. No problem, just download and print a ready-made A4 sheet lined in a 5 x 5 mm square. Need a cage of other sizes? It's easy to fix. Download the DOC version of the template and change the height and width of the cells in the table properties.

Music sheet A4 with and without treble clef

Download blank sheet music

Sheet music and treble clef

You can always buy blank sheet music, but you can also print it yourself. These templates, which can be downloaded for free, are great for this purpose.