1. Wednesday, October 3, 2012

2. TODAY:  Music Sharing dates posted on the Wiki!  Music Sharing – Haley  Music Sharing - Shaina  Review: Triads  Review: Seventh chords  MM7  Mm7 (V7)  Mm7  Half – diminished 7  Diminished 7  Introduce:  Triplets  Pick–up notes  Syncopation

3. V7 CHORD:  Add a minor 7 th to the root of a V triad (or a minor 3 rd above the 5 th ).  The V7 chord is a chord and not a triad because it has 4 notes rather than 3.  Often, the 5 th of a V7 chord is omitted. The V7 chord then has the same number of tones as the I and IV chords while still retaining the quality of a 7 th chord.  Commonly called a Major–minor 7 th

4.  Major–Major seventh (M7)  Major triad + Major 3 rd  Major–minor seventh (V7)  Major triad + minor 3 rd  minor–minor seventh (m7)  minor triad + minor 3 rd  half–diminished seventh (ѳ7)  diminished triad + Major 3 rd  diminished seventh ( ס 7)  diminished triad + minor 3 rd OTHER SEVENTH CHORDS

5. TRIPLETS:  When three notes are grouped together with a figure “3” above or below the notes, the group is called a TRIPLET. The 3 notes are played in the time of 2 notes of the same value.  Counted: 1 trip – let, 2 trip – let  Counted: Trip – a – let, etc.

6. INCOMPLETE MEASURES (PICK–UPS):  Some pieces of music begin with an incomplete measure. This note (or notes) is known as a PICK–UP note.  The beats that are missing in the first measure are “made up” in the last measure, often meaning the last measure will have fewer than the required number of beats.

7. SYNCOPATION:  When the accent in a musical passage falls on the weak beat (&) rather than on the strong beat (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), it is called SYNCOPATION.

8. EXAM TOPICS: Start studying!  Tetrachords  Major scales  Magic phone number  ALL major key signatures  Chromatic scale  Circle of Fifths  Generic intervals

9. EXAM TOPICS:  Perfect and Major intervals  Minor, Dim., & Aug. intervals  Transposition  Sixteenth notes & sixteenth rests  Dotted eighth/sixteenth rhythm  Common Time & Cut Time  Compound meter  Triads & Seventh chords