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Week 1

Pitch

Definition: How high or low a note sounds

Example: The highest pitch sounds came at the end of the song.

BeatDefinition: The steady pulse in music

Example: The song played on the radio had a catchy beat.

Beat Vs. Count

BEAT is the steady pulse in the music and COUNT is how we measure the

beat in the music.

Music StaffA music staff has FIVE lines and FOUR spaces

A music staff is what the notes go on

Treble ClefThis is a TREBLE CLEF.

The treble clef is used to indicate notes in a higher range.

**Practice drawing treble clefs**

Note Durations

Note Name: Barred Eighth Note Note Duration: 1/2 (+) 1/2 = 1

Note Name: Flagged Eighth NoteNote Duration: 1/2 count

Note DurationsNote Name: Quarter NoteNote Duration: 1 Count

Note Name: Half NoteNote Duration: 2 Counts

Note DurationsNote Name: Dotted Half NoteNote Duration: 3 Counts

Note Name: Whole Note Note Duration: 4 Counts

Music AlphabetA

BC

DEFG

The Music Alphabet consists of seven notes. Once you get to G you go back to A and repeat again.

Note Names

D E F G A

Middle C

B C D E F

Note Names

Top Space: E

2nd Space: C

3rd Space: A

Bottom Space: FF

A

CE

What do the letters of the spaces spell?

FACE

Note Names

2nd Line: D

Bottom Line: E

3rd Line: B

4th Line: G

Top Line: F

E

GB

D

F What is a saying we can use to remember the lines?

Every Good Boy Deserves

Fudge

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Bar LineDefinition: A single vertical line that is used to separate music into measures

MeasureDefinition: the area between

bar lines that contains the notes and rhythms

Double Bar LineDefinition: Two straight lines used to

mark the end of a piece of music

Time Signatures

Definition: Time signatures tell us how many beats per measure and

what note gets the beat.

Time signatures are shown like fractions:

Top Number = How many beats per measureBottom Number = What note gets the beat

Time Signatures

Top Number = How Many Beats per Measure

Time Signatures

Top Number = 4 =

Top Number = 3 =

Top Number = 95 =

4 Beats Per Measure

3 Beats Per Measure

95 Beats Per Measure

_____4

Time SignaturesBottom Number = What note gets the beat

1. Pretend it is a fraction

= __1__4

2. Transfer fraction into words

Time Signatures

__1__4

=One-fourth

OR One Quarter

Bottom Number = What note gets the beat

3. Because of fraction is ONE QUARTER, we know that the QUARTER NOTE gets the beat

Time SignaturesBottom Number = What note gets the beat

Common Time – Another way of writing a 4/4 time signature. It means the SAME as a

4/4 time signature does

Time Signatures

Time Signatures= 4 Beats Per Measure

= Quarter Note gets the Beat

= 3 Beats Per Measure

= Quarter Note gets the Beat

Time Signatures= 6 Beats Per Measure

= Eighth Note gets the Beat

= 9 Beats Per Measure

= Eighth Note gets the Beat

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RhythmDefinition: The patterns of long and short sounds and silence in music.

Example: The rhythm of the song had everyone up dancing

Rhythm Examples

STEP 1: HOW MANY BEATS PER MEASURE?

4

Rhythm Examples

STEP 2: WHAT NOTE GETS THE BEAT?

Quarter

Rhythm Examples

STEP 3: ALWAYS START WITH 1.

1

Rhythm Examples

STEP 4: FILL IN THE REST OF THE COUNTS.

1 2 + 3 + 4

A plus sign (+) will be used for the

second half of the beat

Rhythm ExamplesFor these rhythms, you must have four full

counts in every example.

1 + 2_3 4 +

An underscore (_) will be used when notes

receive more than one count

Rhythm Examples

1_2_3 4 1_2_3_4

1_2_3 4 1_2 3_4

A space will go between counts for

new notes

Rhythm Examples

1_2_3 4 +

1 2 + 3_4

Rhythm Fill in the Blank

What notes will complete the following measures? Write in the note name

Quarter Note

Half Note

Whole Note

Solfege

Definition: A series of syllables that correspond to the notes of the

scale

Solfege

DORE

MIFA

SOLLA

TIDO

DO - C RE – MI – FA - SOL – LA - TI – DO-

SolfegeIf C is “DO”…

DO - C RE – D MI – E FA – FSOL – G LA – A TI – B DO- C

SolfegeIf C is “DO”…

Solfege

DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO

DO - F RE – MI – FA - SOL – LA - TI – DO-

SolfegeIf F is “DO”…

DO - F RE – G MI – A FA - BSOL – C LA - D TI – E DO- F

SolfegeIf F is “DO”…

Solfege

DO RE MI RE DO MI SOL LA SOL FA MI RE SOL DO

DO - G RE - MI - FA -SOL - LA - TI - DO-

SolfegeIf G is “DO”…

DO - G RE – A MI – B FA - CSOL – D LA - E TI – F DO- G

SolfegeIf G is “DO”…

Solfege

DO MI SOL SOL MI DO TI LA SOL SOL LA TI DO

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Rests

Definition: A rest is a time in the music when no singing or playing

occurs

Rest TypesRest Name: Eighth RestRest Duration: 1/2 count

Rest Name: Quarter RestRest Duration: 1 count

Rest TypesRest Name: Half Rest Rest Duration: 2 counts

Rest Name: Whole Rest Rest Duration: 4 counts

Major Scale

Definition: A series of notes based on musical steps

Solfege for a Major Scale

DOTI LA SOLFAMIREDO

DO - E RE – MI – FA - SOL – LA - TI – DO-

SolfegeIf E is “DO”…

DO – E RE – F MI – G FA – ASOL – B LA – C TI – D DO- E

SolfegeIf E is “DO”…

Solfege

DO SOL DO SOL MI RE DO MI FA SOL LA TI DO

DO - A RE – MI – FA - SOL – LA - TI – DO-

SolfegeIf A is “DO”…

DO - A RE – B MI – C FA - DSOL – E LA - F TI – G DO- A

SolfegeIf A is “DO”…

Solfege

RE RE DO RE MI FA SOL SOL FA MI RE DO SOL DO

DO - F RE – MI – FA - SOL – LA - TI – DO-

SolfegeIf F is “DO”…

DO - F RE – G MI – A FA - BSOL – C LA - D TI – E DO- F

SolfegeIf F is “DO”…

Solfege

DO RE MI RE DO MI SOL LA SOL FA MI RE SOL DO

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Rhythm and RestsRemember to check your time signatures!

1 + 2 (3) + 4 (1) 2_3_4

Parentheses go around rest counts to

indicate silence

1_2_3 4 + (1_2_3_4)

Rhythm and Rests

Rhythm and Rests

1 + (2_3) 4 + 1_2_3 (4) +

Rhythm Fill in the Blank

What rest would complete the following measures?

Quarter Rest

Half Rest

Whole Rest

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DynamicsDefinition: How loud or soft you

sing

There are different symbols and words for different

dynamic levels.

English WordVery Loud/StrongLoud/StrongMedium Loud/StrongMedium SoftSoftVery SoftGradually get louderGradually get softer

Italian WordFortissimoForteMezzo ForteMezzo PianoPianoPianissimoCrescendoDecrescendo

Dynamics

English WordVery Loud/StrongLoud/StrongMedium Loud/StrongMedium SoftSoftVery SoftGradually get louderGradually get softer

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Dynamics

UnisonDefinition: When everyone is singing

the same thing at the same time

Example: The choir began the song singing in unison.

HarmonyDefinition: When different voice parts are singing different rhythms or notes

at the same time

Example: The song the director gave the ensemble required the choir to sing in harmony.