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INSTRUCTIONS.
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Having a fixed scale, Bag Pipe music does not admit of transposition, therefore no signatures of Sharps
or Flats are required. There are only seven notes in music denominated by the following letters viz: G.
A. B. C. D. E. F and these notes are placed on and between five parallel lines called a Stave — and
counted from the bottom.
A musical character called a Clef is placed at the beginning of each stave; ^ There is only one
used in Bag Pipe music called the Treble or G clef which is written on the second line, and gives its
name to the notes on that line.
Single Bars, are represented by lines drawn across the stave, and are used for dividing a piece of mu¬
sic into parts of equal duration according to the time marked at the beginning of the piece, - - --j |=
Double Bars, are represented by two lines, and are used to divide a piece of music into two or more
parts called measures. When dotted on one side it means to repeat. || ||
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Sp ace above the stave. ftp I
Notes on the spaces
Line above the stave.
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Semibreve.
NOTES AND THEIR RELATIVE VALUE.
Minim. Crotchet. Quaver. Semiquaver. Demisemi quaver.
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Time is a very important feature in all music and must be carefully attended to. In Pipe music there are
five kinds of time viz: Common time (C) four Crotchets in the bar and eight bars in the measure. Two four
time (%) two Crotchets in the bar and sixteen bars in the measure. Three four time (%) three Crotchets in
the bar and sixteen bars in the measure. Six eight time (%) two dotted Crotchets or six quavers in the bar
and sixteen bars in the measure. Nine eight time (%) three dotted Crotchets or nine quavers in the bar
and eight bars in the measure.