1. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THEORY

2. TODAY: Music Sharing: Mr. Popke Review: Perfect, major intervals, minor, augmented, & diminished intervals Aural Skills: Interval Identification (songs & tricks to help you!) Review: Solfège & Transposition RQ9 Introduce: Sixteenth notes & rests Introduce: Dotted Eighth notes Introduce: Common Time & Cut Time (Alla Breve) Homework: Complete L39 &L40 Tomorrow: Compound Meter, 3/8, 6/8, triplets, and pick–ups!

3. INTERVAL CARNIVAL: Perfect: Unison (unis.), 4 th, 5 th, octave (8va) Major: 2 nd, 3 rd, 6 th, 7 th Minor: 2 nd, 3 rd, 6 th, 7 th Augmented: unis., 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th, 5 th, 6 th, 7 th, 8va Diminished: 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th, 5 th, 6 th, 7 th, 8va

4. DIANTONIC VS. CHROMATIC INTERVALS: When the tonic and the upper note of an interval are from the same major scale, it is called a diatonic interval. Perfect and major intervals are always diatonic intervals in all major keys. When the tonic and the upper note of an interval are NOT from the same major scale, it is called a chromatic interval. Minor, augmented, and diminished intervals are always chromatic intervals in all major keys.

5. SOLFÈGE & TRANSPOSITION: Solfège is a system of note reading that assigns a different syllable to each note. 1 = Do 2 = Re 3 = Mi 4 = Fa 5 = Sol 6 = La 7 = Ti 8 = Do

6. SOLFÈGE & TRANSPOSITION: MOVEABLE DO = the syllables apply to the same scale degrees, regardless of what key you are in. When a melody is rewritten into another key with the exact same sequence of notes and intervals, it is called TRANSPOSITION. This raises or lowers the notes to make a melody easier to sing or play, or so it can be played by an instrument in a different key. The easiest way to transpose is by interval.

7. SIXTEENTH NOTES & RESTS: Add a flag to the stem of a quarter note and it becomes an eighth note. Add a flag to the stem of an eighth note and it becomes a sixteenth note. In 4/4 time, two sixteenth notes = 1 eighth note. In 4/4 time, four sixteenth notes = 1 quarter note. In 2/4, 3/4, & 4/4 time, a sixteenth note is worth ¼ of a beat; one beat is divided into four equal parts (“1 e & a”, etc.) Sixteenth notes can be drawn with flags attached to the stem, or with 2 beams for two or more sixteenth notes.

8. DOTTED EIGHTH NOTES: Remember: A dot after a note increases its length by one half of its original value. An eighth note = two sixteenth notes. A dotted eighth note = three sixteenth notes. A dotted eighth note is almost always followed by a sixteenth note. Hierarchy:  Dotted half note (3) --- usually followed by a quarter note/rest  Dotted quarter note (1½) --- usually followed by an eighth note  Dotted eighth note (¾) --- usually followed by a sixteenth note

9. CUT TIME (ALLA BREVE) In music, alla breve (also sometimes called cut time or cut common time) refers to a musical meter notated by the time signature symbol (a broken circle with a line through it), which is the equivalent of 2/2. Alla breve is a “simple-duple meter with a half-note pulse”. Common time is the equivalent of 4/4. In contemporary usage alla breve suggests a fairly quick tempo. Thus, it is used frequently for military marches. From about 1600 to 1900, its usage varied with regard to tempo varied, so it cannot always be taken to mean a quick tempo.