Fundamentals Of Music

Music is a language understood by all but music has a script and  terms  which may be restricted only to students of music.

Below I wish to just give a fair insight into 'Fundamentals Of Music'.

The basics include

1.Pitch

2.Duration

3.Intensity or Dynamics

1. Pitch is frequency of a note. It refers to how high or low a note sounds. High pitches are on the right side of the piano keyboard and low pitches are on the left side of the piano keyboard. 

When we talk of pitch we are also probably talking about notes too.To write notes the 'Clefs' namely 'Treble ' or G Clef and 'Bass' or F Clef are used.These are written on the 'Stave".The notation thus written is called the 'Staff' Notation.

The staff consists of five lines and four spaces. The plural of staff is stave.

Stave

Treble clef

Bass Clef

2.Duration in simple words is the length of a note.The various note durations are:

Double Whole Note (or) Breve  

Whole Note (or) Semibreve 

Half Note (or) Minim 

Quarter Note (or) Crotchet 

Eighth Note (or) Quaver 

Sixteenth note (or) Semiquaver 

Thirty-second note (or) Demisemiquaver 

Sixty-fourth note (or) Hemidemisemiquaver

One-hundred-twenty-eighth note (or) Semihemidemisemiquaver

3.Intensity or Dynamics refers to the volume or sound of a note.Dynamics are relative and do not indicate specific volume levels.

Some of the dynamics are:

The two basic dynamic indications in music are:

• p or piano, meaning "soft", and
• ƒ or forte, meaning "loud".

More subtle degrees of loudness or softness are indicated by:

• mp, standing for mezzo-piano, meaning "moderately soft", and
• mƒ, standing for mezzo-forte, meaning "moderately loud".

Beyond f and p, there are also

• pp, standing for "pianissimo" and meaning "very soft", and
• ƒƒ, standing for "fortissimo" and meaning "very loud".

To indicate an even softer dynamic than pianissimo, ppp is marked, with the reading pianissimo possible ("softest possible"). The same is done on the loud side of the scale, with ƒƒƒ being fortissimo possible ("loudest possible").