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Notes  ...and softs...









 Notes are a composer's "words." Notes can look like this   q
 H
 Q
 or this        or even this  qq .







  High note  #                                                                    Q     Q              Q     Q

 (Notes with a high pitch  #  4        Q Q          Q        Q Q           Q                     Q
 Q  =========
                               q
 float above the staff.)
                     4
     &

 Line
 note                     p
 h  Space note  # #    Q      Q       Q        Q     Q      Q                        w











     ========= }
 q  &










 Low note
 (Notes with a low pitch                                                              piano
 hang below the staff.)






 Notes tell which key to play on the piano, what finger to put

 down on the violin, or what string to pluck on the harp.   A butterfly flitting soundlessly through the air needs a soft

                           p
         melody.         means to play quietly.
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