The Lead-in
Not all pieces of music begin on the first beat of a bar. Any notes written before the first full bar are called lead-in notes (or pick-up notes). When lead-in notes occur, the final bar of the piece is also incomplete. The lead-in notes and the notes in the last bar add up to one full bar. Here are some examples.
This song is an early Jazz standard made popular by brass bands in New Orleans. It contains three lead-in notes. On the recording there are five drumbeats to introduce this song.
The Common Time Signature
This symbol is the common time signature.
Common time is the same as * time.
In this duet there is only one lead-in note.
Class Sessions
1- The Triplet
2- The Eighth Note
3- The Note E
4- The Note Low D
5- New Topic
6- The Dotted Quarter Note
7- Flat Signs
8- The Note High E
9- 12 Bar Blues
10- The Note Low C
11- The Sixteenth Note
12- The Note High F
13- Transposing
14- The Note Sharp (C<span class="symbolA">#</span>)
15- The Note High G
16- More About Major Scales
17- Simple and compound time
18- Glossary Of Musical Terms
19- The Note F
20- The Note C
21- The Note D
22- The Note A
23- Slurs
24- The Half Note
25- The Whole Note and Whole Rest
26- Understanding the Diagrams
27- The D Major Scale
28- Playing Your First Note
29- Keeping Time
30- The F Major Scale
31- Sixteenth Note Figures
32- Minor Keys and Scales
33- Swing Rhythms
34- Index of Fingerings
35- Duets
36- Riffs
37- Approach To Practice
38- The Octave
39- Breathing Technique
40- Key Signature
41- The Lead-in
42- Chord Symbols
43- Combining Different Articulations
44- The C Major Scale
45- First And Second Endings
46- Flat Key Signatures
47- The key of F Major
48- Where to Breathe
49- The Key of C Major
50- How To Read Music
51- Syncopation
52- The Tie
53- Relative Keys
54- Breathing Exercises
55- Other Useful Exercises