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Yamaha Mallet Resource Guide – 2 ©2018 Yamaha Corporation of America. All rights reserved.
Music Fundamentals
Treble Clef
It is important to memorize the lines and spaces of the staff. Below is the treble clef with the letter names.
Major Scale
A major scale is constructed by arranging whole steps and half steps in the following pattern.
Whole Whole Half Whole Whole Whole Half
Note Values
Name
Whole
Half
Quarter
Eighth
Sixteenth
Beats
4
2
1
1/2
1/4
Note Rest
Dynamics - Six Volume Levels
pp pianissimo very soft
p piano soft
mp mezzo-piano fairly soft (medium soft)
mf mezzo-forte fairly loud (medium loud)
f forte loud
ff fortissimo very loud
F
A
C
E
G
E
B
D
F
WW W
W
HWH
F
A
C
E
G
E
B
D
F
WW W
W
HW
H