What Are Tied Notes
Lesson time: (1min 3sec)
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This lesson is part of the course Piano Foundations: Rhythm & Range
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Lesson transcript:
Understanding Tied Notes
Tied notes add the value of two or more notes together on the stave. They're represented by a curved line. You play the first note, and then you hold for the value of the second note.
Example of Tied Notes
Let's have a look at an example. I'll count to four and then play this for you:
- Count: 1, 2, 3, 4.
- Play: 1, 2, 3, four.
You can hear how, instead of playing on the third beat, I simply held the note over.
Tied Notes Over a Bar
In the next example, we can see how tied notes are really useful when we need to hold a note over a bar. Here's what that would sound like:
- Count: 1, 2, 3, 4.
- Play: 1, 2, 3, four.
- Continue: 1, 2, 3, Four.
You can hear how I held the fourth note of the first bar over to the first note of the second bar.
Let's Put This Into Practice
Now that we've covered the theory, let's put this into practice.
About the instructor
Talia Girton is a musician and HCPC-registered music therapist, and the founder of The Cycling Music Teachers. Her work brings together music therapy, counselling and education, and she tutors internationally on the music therapy training course at UDELAS in Panama as well as contributing to professional development with the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA). On MusicGurus she teaches the Piano Method and Piano Foundations courses, guiding complete beginners from first steps through rhythm, both hands, theory and performance. read more