The Tie
A tie is a curved line written above or below two or more notes with the same position on the staff. It tells you to tongue the first note only, and to sustain it for the value of both notes. A tie may occur either across a bar line, or within one bar. The following example contains ties in bars 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16.Be careful not to confuse the tie with the slur, which connects notes of different pitches.
This example is what is known as a 12 bar Blues, which is a musical form that repeats every 12 bars. 12 bar Blues will be discussed more in later lessons.
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