The Lead-in
Sometimes a song does not begin on the first beat of a bar. Any notes which come before the first full bar are called lead-in notes (or pick-up notes). When lead-in notes are used, the last bar is also incomplete. The notes in the lead-in and the notes in the last bar add up to one full bar. In the following exercises, Notice the Bb note written as a key signature reminding you to play all B notes as Bb
This song is an early Jazz standard made popular by brass bands in New Orleans. It contains three lead-in notes.
The Common Time Signature
This symbol is called common time. It means exactly the same as *.
In this example there is only one lead-in note.
Class Sessions
1- Before You Begin
2- GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS
3- The Note C Sharp ( C<span class="symbolA">#</span>)
4- The Triplet
5- More New Notes
6- Syncopation
7- The Note Low C
8- The G Major Scale
9- The Note F Sharp (F<span class="symbolA">#</span> )
10- Registers
11- The Eighth Note
12- New Sounds and Rhythms, Registers, Sharps and Flats, Transposing
13- The Whole Note
14- The Note F
15- The Note B
16- Parts of the Flute
17- INTRODUCTION
18- Tuning Your Flute
19- Keys and Key Signatures
20- Swing Rhythm
21- The Note B Flat ( B<span class="symbolA">b</span>)
22- Putting the Parts Together
23- The Lead-in
24- The Note B<span class="symbolA">b</span> in the Middle
25- The Blues Scale
26- Approach to Practice
27- Keys and Key Signatures
28- How to Read Music
29- The C Major Scale
30- Key of C Major
31- Enharmonic Notes
32- How to Hold the Flute
33- First And Second Endings
34- The F Major Scale
35- Relative Keys
36- The Tie
37- Music Notes
38- Key Signatures
39- The Key of F Major
40- Fingering Numbers
41- Mixing Different Scales
42- 12 Bar Blues
43- Keeping Time
44- Playing in All Keys
45- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
46- Transposing
47- Fingering Diagram
48- Breathing Technique
49- Breath Marks (<span class="symbolB">:</span>)
50- Playing Your First Note
51- Other Useful Exercises
52- The Half Rest
53- Tonguing
54- Posture