Quia Tier 4 Quarter 1 Week 1 Pitch

Quia Tier 4 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

Grand Staff A GRAND STAFF is when the treble and bass clefs are joined together.

Grand Staff When the treble and bass clef are combined, everything stays the same! C D E F G A B C

Grand Staff What words are spelled using notes on the Grand Staff? BE E F BEEF ACED AC E D

Bar Line Definition: A vertical line that separates music into measures

Measure Definition: area between bar lines

Double Bar Line Definition: Two lines that mark the end of a piece

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 Duration: 1 Count Note Name: Half Note Duration: 2 Counts

Note Durations Note Name: Dotted Half Note Duration: 3 Counts Note Name: Whole Note Duration: 4 Counts

Rest Types Rest Name: Eighth Rest Duration: 1/2 count Rest Name: Quarter Rest Duration: 1 count

Rest Types Rest Name: Half Rest Duration: 2 counts Rest Name: Whole Rest Duration: 4 counts

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Time Signatures Definition: Two numbers that 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 Beats Per Measure Top Number = 3 Beats Per Measure Top Number = 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 4/4, our most COMMON time signature

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.

Dotted Quarter Note Adding a DOT to a note: A dot after a note takes half the note’s value and adds it to the original note, making it that much longer.

Dotted Quarter Note Name: Dotted Quarter 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 +

Major Scale Definition: A series of notes based on musical steps

Solfege Definition: A series of syllables that match the notes of the scale

Solfege for a Major Scale TI LA SOL FA MI RE DO 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 MI DO TI LA SOL LA TI DO

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

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Dynamics Definition: How loud or soft you sing

Dynamics English Word Italian Word Very Loud/Strong Medium Loud/Strong Medium Soft Fortississimo Forte Mezzo Piano

Dynamics English Word Italian Word Soft Very Soft Gradually get louder Gradually get softer Piano Pianissimo Pianississimo Crescendo Decrescendo

Dynamics English Word Very Loud/Strong Medium Loud/Strong Medium Soft Symbol fff ff f mf mp

Dynamics English Word Soft Very Soft Gradually get louder Gradually get softer Symbol p pp ppp < >

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 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 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

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

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#

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Sixteenth Notes Note Name: SIXTEENTH NOTE Note Duration: ¼ Count

Counting Sixteenth Notes 4 sixteenth notes = 1 beat = 1 e+a

Rhythm Counting 1 e + a 2 e + a (3_4) 1 e + a 2 + 3 e + a (4) 1 e + a 2_+_3 + (4) 1 e + a 2 +_3_+ (4)

Tie Definition of Tie: Curved line that connects two notes of the same pitch to indicate that the note values should be combined to create a new value. 1 + 1 =2

Tie 1_2_3 + 1 + (2) + (3) 1 + 2 +_1 (2)

Tie 1_2 e + a 3 + (4) + 1 +_2_+ 3_4

Mixed Meter Definition of Mixed Meter: When two or more time signatures are used in one song.

Mixed Meter 1_2 1 2 +_3_+ 4 (1_2) 3_4

Mixed Meter 1_2 3 +_4_+ 1 2 + (3_4) 1 e + a 2_3 (1) 2 +_3 +

Mixed Meter 1_2_3 (4) (5)+ (1_2) 3_+_4 + 5+ 1_2_1 (2) 1 +_2_+

Mixed Meter 1 +_2_+ 1_+_2 + 1 e + a (2) 3 e + a (1) + 2_1_2

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Interval Definition: The distance between two pitches

Interval Note Names: G 1 and Interval is: SECOND A 2

Interval What do you notice about the notes in an interval of a second?

Interval Note Names: G 1 and Interval is: THIRD B 3

Interval What do you notice about the notes in an interval of a third?

Intervals and Solfege DO RE C D MI E FA F SOL G LA A What solfege syllable is a second above DO? What solfege syllable is a third above DO? What solfege syllable is a fourth above DO? What letter name is a second above C? What letter name is a third above C? What letter name is a fourth above C? TI DO B C RE MI FA D E F

Octave Definition: Two pitches of the same name, but eight steps apart.

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 pitches at the same time Example: The song the director gave the choir required them to sing in harmony.

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Intervals on Grand Staff What is the name of this interval? UNISON

Intervals on Grand Staff What is the name of this interval? OCTAVE

Intervals on Grand Staff What is the name of this interval? THIRD

Intervals on Grand Staff What is the name of this interval? FOURTH

Stems on the Grand Staff TREBLE CLEF: Stems pointing up = Sopranos Stems pointing down = Altos BASS CLEF: Stems pointing up = Tenors Stems pointing down = Bass Only one stem = Baritone

Interval Identification TRUE OR FALSE: The baritones sing in octaves with the altos for the entire third measure.

Interval Identification TRUE OR FALSE: The baritones sing in octaves with the altos for the entire third measure. FALSE

Interval Identification What is the interval being sung between the baritones and the sopranos & altos on the words "to where you"?

Interval Identification What is the interval being sung between the baritones and the sopranos & altos on the words "to where you"? THIRD

Interval Identification In which measure do the altos and sopranos sing in seconds?

Interval Identification In which measure do the altos and sopranos sing in seconds? MEASURE 3