RFMS Music Guide

This part of the site is for beginners in music reading and is intended to give the user a fighting chance when confronted by a piece of music. If there is anything else you would like to see in this section then please email me on the "Contact Site Designer" Link at the bottom of the page.

You can navigate around this area either by clicking on the piece of music below or by using the links underneath. The music is the beginning of the Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré by the way.

Clefs - those curly things at the front of the staves (the lines)

Notes - length and pitch

Time Signatures - have you got good timing? Why is the conductor waving that stick at you?

Dynamics - Soft or loud?

Key Signatures, Sharps and Flats - Get this right and look good!

Squggly Bits - These are all over the place - check out here what they all mean

Expressions - Feeling moody? These will tell you what mood to feel!

Tempo - Quick? Slow? Quick? Quick? Slow?