Basic Note Value part 1
Of course, music is meant to be heard, not read, so the most important aspect of note values is the way that they translate to performance. A steady pulse of the same note value—for instance, all quarter notes or all eighth notes—can establish a monotonous rhythm for a piece of music
Basic Note Value part 2
Why is it important to learn the note values?
How note values fit against each other in a piece of music is as important as their musical pitches because if you change the note values in a piece of music, you end up with completely different music. Music notes indicate exactly how long a specific pitch should be held by the voice or instrument.
Basic Rest
Rests allow us the ability to add depth and additional emotions to music through the use of silence. The musical rests also their use helps to support other tools when creating tension, relieving tension, creating suspension and suspense and they give us time to catch our breath
Scale Degree and there names
In music theory, the term scale degree refers to the position of a particular note on a scale relative to the tonic, the first and main note of the scale from which each octave is assumed to begin. Degrees are useful for indicating the size of intervals and chords and whether they are major or minor.