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.

Bar Line Definition: A vertical line that is used to separate music into measures

Double Bar Line Definition: Two straight lines used to mark the end of a piece of music

Measure Definition: area between bar lines that contains notes and rhythms

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.

Note Durations Note Name: Whole Note Note Duration: 4 Counts Note Name: Half Note Note Duration: 2 Counts

Note Durations Note Name: Eighth Note (Flagged) Note Duration: 1/2 count Note Name: Quarter Note Note Duration: 1 Count

Note Durations Note Name: Dotted Half Note Note Duration: 3 Counts Note Name: Eighth Note (Barred) Note Duration: 1/2 (+) 1/2 = 1

Music Alphabet A B C D E F G 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 Bottom Space: F 2 nd Space: A 3 rd Space: C Top Space: E F A C E What do the letters of the spaces spell?

Note Names 2 nd Line: G Top Line: F 3 rd Line: B 4 th Line: D Bottom Line: E E G B D F What is a saying we can use to remember the lines?

Treble Clef Note Names ACED BADGE

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.

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

Time Signatures Bottom Number = What note gets the beat __4__ 4 __6__ 8 __2__ 2 Quarter NoteEighth NoteHalf Note

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

Rhythm Examples 1_2_3 4 1_2_3_4

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

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

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

Rhythm and Rests Remember to check your time signatures! (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 1 + (2_3) 4 + 1_2_3 (4) +

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

Solfege DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO

Solfege DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO

Solfege DO RE MI MI FA SOL SOL FA MI RE DO MI 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 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 A B C

Bottom Space: A 2 nd Space: C 3 rd Space: E Top Space: G What is a saying we can use to remember the spaces? A C E G

Bass Clef Note Names Bottom Line: G 2 nd Line: B 3 rd Line: D 4 th Line: F Top Line: A What is a saying we can use to remember the lines? G B D F A

Bass Clef Note Names DEAF CAFE

Piano – White Keys CDEFGAB

To find C… 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

2. Go to the note directly to the left of the black keys. Piano – White Keys THIS IS C!

To find F… 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

2. Go to the note directly to the left of the black keys. Piano – White 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

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

English Word Soft Very Soft Very Very Soft Gradually get louder Gradually get softer Italian Word 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 < > Dynamics

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

BbAbGbEbDb CDEF G AB

Piano – Flat Keys Gb Db Bb

Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 5

Interval Definition: The distance between two pitches

Octave Definition: Two pitches of the same name where one is sounding eight tones higher than the other.

Octave

Unison Definition: When everyone is singing the same thing at the same time

Harmony Definition: When different voice parts are singing different rhythms or notes at the same time

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 + 1_2_3_4 1 +_2_+ (3) + 4 (+) It will look like a sandwich with either numbers or and signs sandwiching something in the middle

Rhythm Counting 1 2 +_3_+ (4) (1_2) 3_+_4 +

Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 6

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

A#G#F#D#C# CDEF G AB

Piano – Sharp Keys F# C# A#

Grand Staff A GRANDSTAFF is when the treble and bass clefs are seen together.

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

What words are spelled using notes on the Grand Staff? Grand Staff BEEF ACED