How to read the five-line staff

Author: Tu Xianru
Publisher:
Publish Date: 1979-01-01
Features: The five-line staff is one of the most complete notational systems in the world today. Its notational efficiency and accuracy are superior to other notational systems, capable of recording various complex musical pieces, especially polyphonic choral and instrumental music. For this reason, this popular textbook—How to Read the Five-Line Staff—has been compiled to serve enthusiastic amateur music enthusiasts for self-study or group teaching. This book is a popular textbook on the five-line staff, adopting a step-by-step approach that gradually reinforces learning. As long as everyone systematically studies each "reading exercise," they will acquire truly useful knowledge of reading notation and be able to truly understand the five-line staff. There are two ways to read the five-line staff: the "fixed pitch method" and the "solfege method." This book uses the solfege method. The author believes that for those who already have a strong sense of the solfege method, learning to read the five-line staff using the solfege method will be easier than using the fixed pitch method. Moreover, many countries around the world also use the solfege method.