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Now that we can actually make a sound through the saxophone, we have to understand the language
of music. Music is a language all on its own and it's very universal. If you play a C here
it's the same as a C in Japan, China, Africa, India, Russian. Same note, same part on the
staff. Very universal. So we got to understand what all of that is about. First you've got
to start with the ledger lines. Okay? Alright on the chart we have here, the lines called
the ledger lines. You see this on music. And when it's divided into segments they're called
bar lines. That's real important there, you see? Okay? Ledger lines, bar lines. Alright.
Now you have spaces and lines, it creates spaces and lines. Every space in a line represents
another note. And a saxophone goes from a B, actually two spaces below the staff here,
to F above the staff. Real important. You have one, two, three, four spaces above the
staff. B to F. That's the range of a saxophone. Alright? So we have to memorize this. It's
real important to memorize. There's a system for it. We'll start with just within the measures
within the ledger lines, then we'll look at the ones outside the ledgers lines. And we'll
do that on the next segment.