Multimedia Sound Production

1. Multimedia Sound Production Notes of the Treble and Bass Staves

2. Agenda • Note Values on the Treble Stave • Note Values on the Bass Stave • Ledger Line Note Values • Staves and Ledger Lines Combined • Mapping Stave Values to a 49 Note MIDI Keyboard

3. Theory and Conventions • Musical notes are written on a Stave - also written as Staff • Note values below a certain pitch are written on the Bass Stave • Notes values above a certain pitch are written on the Treble Stave • Note values that are outside the range of the bass and treble stave are written on Ledger Lines • Each stave is identified by a special symbol called a Clef • The Treble Clef identifies the treble stave • The Bass Clef identifies the bass stave • The note Middle C is midway between the bass and treble stave

4. Symbol for the Treble Clef Notes on the Treble Stave Space notes E C A F Line notes B G D F E

5. Symbol for the Bass Clef Notes on the Bass Stave Space notes G E C A Line notes D B F A G

6. Notes Between the Bass and Treble Staves B Middle C D

7. Space and Ledger Line Notes below the Bass Stave E C D F

8. Space and Ledger Line Notes above the Treble Stave B G A C

9. The convention is to write notes on or above the stave middle line with tail facing down

10. Notes two ledger lines above and below the staves are both C C C

11. These notes correspond to the bass and treble limits of a 49 - note keyboard C1 C5

12. The Transpose Octave switch can map keys to other zones of an 88 note keyboard Thus a smaller keyboard can still access all of the available 88 notes

13. Write all the notes on the staves from C1 to C5 Start by writing all the C notes, then D, E, F, G, A, B

14. MIDI 49-note Keyboard mapped to pitch values C1..C5 (Logic Values) Middle C C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 A2 B2 C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5

15. Essential Reading Read the following to support and extend your understanding: Charlton: pages 22-40 Treble Stave note recognition and related exercises