Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 1 Pitch Definition: How high or low a note sounds Beat Definition: The steady pulse in music Beat Vs. Count BEAT is the steady pulse in the music and COUNT is how we measure the beat in the music. Music Staff A music staff has FIVE lines and FOUR spaces A music staff is what the notes go on Treble Clef This is a TREBLE CLEF. The treble clef indicates notes in a higher range. Bar Line Definition: A vertical line that is used to separate music into measures Measure Definition: area between bar lines that contains notes and rhythms Double Bar Line Definition: Two straight lines used to mark the end of a piece of music Note Durations Note Name: Eighth Note (Flagged) Note Duration: 1/2 count Note Name: Eighth Note (Barred) Note Duration: 1/2 (+) 1/2 = 1 Note Durations Note Name: Quarter Note Note Duration: 1 Count Note Name: Half Note Note Duration: 2 Counts Note Durations Note Name: Dotted Half Note Note Duration: 3 Counts Note Name: Whole Note Note Duration: 4 Counts Music Alphabet A G B C F E D The Music Alphabet consists of seven notes. Once you get to G you go back to A and repeat again. Note Names D Middle C E F G A E D B C F Note Names E C A F Top Space: E 2nd Space: C 3rd Space: A Bottom Space: F What do the letters of the spaces spell? Note Names F D B G E Top Line: F 2nd Line: D 3rd Line: B What is a saying we can use to 4th Line: G remember Bottom Line: E the lines? Quia Level 3 Quarter 1 Week 2 Time Signatures Definition: Time signatures tell us how many beats per measure and what note gets the beat. Time Signatures Top Number = How Many Beats per Measure Top Number = 4 = 4 Beats Per Measure Top Number = 3 = 3 Beats Per Measure Top Number = 95 = 95 Beats Per Measure Time Signatures Bottom Number = What note gets the beat __1__ 4 __6__ 8 __2__ 2 Quarter Note Eighth Note Half Note Time Signatures Common Time – Another way of writing a 4/4 time signature. It means the SAME as a 4/4 time signature does 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 Rhythm Definition: The patterns of long and short sounds and silence in music. 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 Examples For these rhythms, you must have four full counts in every example. An underscore (_) will be used when notes receive more than one count 1 + 2_3 4 + Rhythm Examples A space will go between counts for new notes 1_2_3 4 Parentheses go around rest counts to indicate silence 1_2_3_4 1 + 2 (3) + 4 (1) 2_3_4 Rhythm Examples = 1 +_2 + Rhythm Examples 1+ 2_3 1 + 2 +_3 + 1 1_2 3_4 1 +_2 + 3_4 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 Rhythm Fill in the Blank What RESTS will complete the following measures? Write in the note name Quarter Rest Half Rest Rests Definition: A rest is a time in the music when no singing or playing occurs Rest Types Rest Name: Eighth Rest Rest Duration: 1/2 count Rest Name: Quarter Rest Rest Duration: 1 count Rest Types Rest Name: Half Rest Rest Duration: 2 counts Rest Name: Whole Rest Rest Duration: 4 counts Rhythm and Rests Remember to check your time signatures! 1 + 2 (3) + 4 (1) 1_2_3 2_3_4 4 + Parentheses go around rest counts to indicate silence (1_2_3_4) 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 Solfege Definition: A series of syllables that correspond to the notes of the scale Solfege DO TI LA SOL FA MI RE DO Solfege DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO Solfege DO RE MI RE DO MI SOL LA SOL FA MI RE SOL DO Solfege DO MI SOL SOL MI DO TI LA SOL SOL LA TI DO Solfege DO SOL DO SOL MI RE DO MI FA SOL LA TI DO Solfege RE RE DO RE MI FA SOL SOL FA MI RE DO SOL DO Major Scale Definition: A series of notes based on musical steps Solfege for a Major Scale DO TI LA SOL FA MI RE DO Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 3 Bass Clef This is a BASS CLEF. The bass clef is used to indicate notes in a lower range. **Practice drawing bass clefs** Bass Clef Note Names G A B C D E F G C B A Bass Clef Note Names G E C A 2nd Space: E What is a saying we can use to 3rd Space: C remember Top Space: G Bottom Space: A the spaces? All Cows Eat Grass Bass Clef Note Names A F D B G Top Line: A 2nd Line: F 3rd Line: D 4th Line: B Bottom Line: G What is a saying we can use to remember the lines? Good Boys Do Fine Always Piano – White Keys C D E F G A B Piano – White Keys To find C… First you find a set of TWO black keys, the note directly to the left of the two black keys is C. Piano – White Keys 1. Find a set of two black keys Piano – White Keys 2. Go to the note directly to the left of the black keys. THIS IS C! Piano – White Keys To find F… First you find a set of THREE black keys, the note directly to the left of the three black keys is F. Piano – White Keys 1. Find a set of THREE black keys Piano – White Keys 2. Go to the note directly to the left of the black keys. THIS IS F! Piano – White Keys G B D Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 4 Dynamics Definition: How loud or soft you sing There are different symbols and words for different dynamic levels. Dynamics English Word Italian Word Very Very Loud/Strong Very Loud/Strong Loud/Strong Medium Loud/Strong Medium Soft Fortississimo Fortissimo Forte Mezzo Forte Mezzo Piano Dynamics English Word Italian Word Soft Very Soft Very Very Soft Gradually get louder Gradually get softer Piano Pianissimo Pianississimo Crescendo Decrescendo Dynamics English Word Very Very Loud/Strong Very Loud/Strong Loud/Strong Medium Loud/Strong Medium Soft Symbol fff ff f mf mp Dynamics English Word Soft Very Soft Very Very Soft Gradually get louder Gradually get softer Symbol p pp ppp < > Piano – Flat Keys A flat changes a note by making it a 1/2 step… LOWER Piano – Flat Keys Flats only happen when we are descending (going down the scale) Piano – Flat Keys Db C Eb D Gb E F Ab G Bb A B Piano – Flat Keys Gb Db Bb Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 5 Interval Definition: The distance between two pitches Example: A major third is an example of an interval. Octave Definition: Two pitches of the same name where one is sounding eight tones higher than the other. Octave Octave Octave Unison Definition: When everyone is singing the same thing at the same time Example: The choir began the song singing in unison. Harmony Definition: 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. Dotted Quarter Note Adding a DOT to a note: A dot after a note takes half the note value and adds it to the original note, creating a new note. Dotted Quarter Note Note Name: Dotted Quarter Note Note Duration: 1 ½ Counts Rhythm Counting 1_+_2 + 3_+_4 It will look like a sandwich with either numbers or and signs sandwiching something in the middle + 1_2_3_4 When counting dotted quarter notes, you connect all three counts with underscores 1 (3) + +_2_+ 4 (+) Rhythm Counting 1_+_2 + 3 + 4 (1_2) 3_+_4 + 1 (1_2) 3_+_4 + 2 +_3_+ 1 +_2_+ (4) 3_4 (1_2) 3_+_4 + Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 6 Piano – Sharp Keys A sharp changes a note by making it a 1/2 step… HIGHER Piano – Sharp Keys Sharps only happen when we are ascending (going up the scale) Piano – Sharp Keys C# C D# D F# E F G# G A# A B Piano – Sharp Keys F# C# A# Grand Staff A GRANDSTAFF is when the treble and bass clefs are seen together. Grand Staff Though the bass clef and the treble clef are now combined, ALL of the note names stay the same! Grand Staff When the treble and bass clef are combined, everything stays the same! C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C Grand Staff What words are spelled using notes on the Grand Staff? BEEF ACED