Lesson 18: Handwriting Music
Copying Out Music
Just like in the Grade One Theory Exam, the final question in the paper is to copy out a section of music exactly as it is written.
There are ten points available for this question, which seems quite an easy ten points on the face of it, but you really must be very careful to copy out everything neatly.
The Basics
Take a look at the Grade One Lesson on handwriting music. The advice in the Grade One lesson will be useful for you in all the music theory exams, in all the grades.
Remember to copy out everything, including the markings for tempo, dynamics and expression. Go back and double check that you haven't forgotten anything, and then check again!
Common Mistakes
Here are some very common mistakes that students make when copying out music - make sure you don't make them!
- Don't forget to put the barline at the end of the extract.
- The first note of each bar is always the same distance (about ? a centimetre) from the barline on its left.
- Accidentals are written on the left hand side of the note head
- Try to keep the same distance between the notes as you see in the original.
- Make sure the note stems are pointing in the right direction.
- Black note-heads must be a good solid colour - make sure you can see no white space at all inside the notehead.
- Don't forget ties!
- Read the question very carefully - make sure you copy out the right bars!
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