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EKS Lesson One  Keyboard orientation

Recognising more notes on the stave


So far, we have played notes that are written in the spaces on the stave. What happens when we play notes on the lines? Look at our example below.

Figure 5. Chord of G   (Enlarge)

Figure 5. Chord of G


In Figure 5, we have basically dropped each note from our chord of A down from the spaces the notes were in to the lines below. Now we have different notes, we will get a different sound. Let us have a look at our next figure to see what notes we now have.

So, we have dropped down a note on each and we are only playing white notes as there is not a # symbol:

  • A has dropped to G.
  • C# has dropped to B and,
  • E has dropped to D

Figure 6. Chord of G   (Enlarge)

Figure 6. Chord of G

Next: Playing the chord of G (using a triad)