Need piano sheet music help, how do I interperet this?

theGlove

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ok here is the measure that I want to translate:

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my question is on the 2nd bar for the treble, what does the period after the half note mean? also how do I translate the first two 1/8 notes, do I play them at the same time or one after the other? Also, on the bass for the 2nd bar, what is the treble symbol mean in the middle? do i play the next note on the treble scale? thanks

 

BigJ

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Dotted note means the length of the note is 1.5x it's normal value.
 

bobsmith1492

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The two mini-notes with the swoosh underneath means they are played super-fast, one after the other, before the main note (which is three beats as BigJ said, the half-measure note plus the dot makes it 3/4 assuming this is 4/4). The mini-notes (I forget what they're called) don't count as part of the beat; they go along with the main note.

Oh, and yeah the treble symbol means that note is on the treble scale but left hand still.
 

theGlove

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ok great, thanks for the fast response guys. makes sense now. one other question, the whole measure has the # sharp for treble and bass, so I'm supposed to play all notes in sharp?
 

Kirby

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Yah, the mininotes are ghost notes. They don't hold any amount of time. Just play them as fast as possible. The treble clef on the bass clef just switches it, so it's a B.
 

Kirby

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Originally posted by: theGlove
ok great, thanks for the fast response guys. makes sense now. one other question, the whole measure has the # sharp for treble and bass, so I'm supposed to play all notes in sharp?

Just F#.

There can (and often are) more than just one sharp. They go in order: FCGDAEB. Flats are the opposite: BEADGCF.
 

Saint Michael

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Originally posted by: theGlove
ok great, thanks for the fast response guys. makes sense now. one other question, the whole measure has the # sharp for treble and bass, so I'm supposed to play all notes in sharp?

All F's are sharp, because the piece is in G major. An accidental, that is just a sharp, flat, or natural sign in front of a note in the middle of a piece, gives that effect to that note in all octaves for the rest of the measure.
 

KillerCharlie

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The two small notes at the beginning of the second measure can be interpreted in a few ways and it depends on the style. In some cases you play those two notes quickly right before the main note (D), which is played on the downbeat. In some cases, you actually start the two quick notes on the downbeat and the D occurs slightly after the downbeat.

In most modern writing it's usually the former.
 

CrimsonChaos

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The two notes in rapid succession are called a slur (and as mentioned it doesn't count toward beat count). And just in case you didn't know, that long arch that connects the three-quarters D and eighth-note D means sustain. You do NOT actually play that eighth-note that is at the end of that sustain. However, you do play the last one of that measure.

So in essence after playing that slur, you will play that D-note and sustain it for 7/8ths of four beats (since this is 4/4), and then play that last single D eighth note.
 

CrimsonChaos

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Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
Originally posted by: Juno
FACE

FACE in the space :p

EGBD - every good boy does...something. i can't remember :(

"Every Good Boy Does Fine".

For bass clef it's "All Cows Eat Grass", and "Great Big Dogs Fight Animals"
 

Triumph

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I learned "Good Boys Do Fine Always" which is pretty stupid but it's what I know.
 

sobriquet

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Originally posted by: CrimsonChaos
The two notes in rapid succession are called a slur

The little curved line is called a slur, the notes are called grace notes. Just to nitpick...
 

alkemyst

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seriously with the basics of these questions you'd be better served getting a book or looking up piano playing on-line.