Note Timing; A Classic For The Advanced - Radio Shaek TRS-80 Manual

Staff - the five lines and four spaces on which mus ical notes are wr itten.
Step - a tone, as from a line on the staff to a space or space to a line.
Tempo - rate of speed a musical passage is to be played.
Treble Clef -
~
the G clef (with G on the second line of the upper staff).
Note Timing
Whole Note - the note is usually susta ined for four beats . Press the
00
key to
obtain this note value.
Half
Note - the note is usually sustained for two beats. Press the
~
key to
obtain this note value.
Quarter Note - the note is usual ly sustained for one beat . Press the[!) key to
obtain this note value.
Eighth Note - the note is usually sustained for one hal f of a beat. Press the
[ID
key to obtain this note value.
Sixteenth Note - the note is usually sustained for one quarter of a beat. Press
the
[ID
key to
obta ~n
this note value.
A Classic for the Advanced
Now that you have played "Over the Rainbow" until all your friends want to
strangle you, try something new. The notes below belong to J.S. Bach's Two -
Part Invention No . 1.
It is easier to enter the Treb le Chef first then go back to the beginning and enter
the Bass Clef. After a rest, the treble clef begins at Middle C. After a series of
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