
The Pentagam
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The Pentragram is the place where notes are written and consists of five lines and four spaces.



Musical notes can be written in lines or in spaces.
The Musical Figures
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The forms that the notes take depending on the duration of the sound are called "figures".
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The musical figures are seven.

Eigth note , Sixteenth note , 32th note, 64th note , can be joined as follows:

The first four Musical Figures:



Looking at the image above, you will notice that the whole note lasts twice the half note and therefore two whites are needed to make a round.
The white (half) in turn lasts twice the quarter note, so it takes two blacks to form a white. And so on.
By combining two figures of equal duration, a figure with an immediately longer duration is obtained.
The first four Musical Figures: