Bontempi MUSIC ACADEMY School DIAMONICA Manual De Instrucciones página 3

The corresponding latin notations are shown in
the table.
You execute the melody by pressing the keys corresponding to the numbers contained in the continuous band
using the small strip above the keyboard.
DO RE MI FA SOL LA
C C D D D E E F F G G G A A A B
When the number of the band is followed by a "+", the subsequent black key has to
be pressed.
The keys will remain pressed for a time as shown graphically by the black and grey
dashes which pass between a number and the subsequent one; if there is a letter "P"
in place of the numbers, the execution should be suspended until the subsequent
number for a period equivalent to the number of black and grey dashes. The "unit of
tempo" is represented by the distance between two black dashes and corresponds to
the beat of a metronome; the distance between a black and grey dash represents half
a unit of tempo.
Anglo-saxone notation
Latin notation
German notation
SI DO RE MI FA SOL LA
B C C D D D E E F F G G G A A
MAIN MUSICAL SYMBOLS
1) WHOLE NOTE - SEMIBREVE (and corresponding pause)
play (or suspend) for the duration of 4 beats.
2) HALF NOTE - MINIM (and corresponding pause)
play for the duration of 2 beats.
3) QUARTER NOTE - CROTCHET (and corresponding pause)
play for the duration of 1 beat
SI DO
4) EIGHT NOTE - QUAVER (and corresponding pause)
A B B C
play for the duration of half a beat.
5) DOTTED NOTE
A dot after a note increases its value by half.
6) TIE - When a curved line joins two or more notes together, the first
note is prolonged by the value of the note(s) it is joined to, keeping
the key pressed down.
7) DOUBLE BARS - The double bars indicate the end of a piece of music.
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