Thursday 2/7
Objectives
1. Solfege - Do Re Me
2. Rhythm Review
Quarter / Half Notes / Rests
3. Quarter Note Reading Quiz
4. Whole Notes / Eight notes
5. Rhythmic Transcription/ Dictation
6. Key Chords
7. Chords / Harmony
1. Solfege - Do Re Me
2. Rhythm Review
Quarter / Half Notes / Rests
3. Quarter Note Reading Quiz
4. Whole Notes / Eight notes
5. Rhythmic Transcription/ Dictation
6. Key Chords
7. Chords / Harmony
Rhythm Review
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Quarter Note = ? Beats
Half Note = ? Beats |
What is a Rest?
What is BPM? |
-Tap Exercises from Last Class
-Sight Read Exercises Below
-Sight Read Exercises Below
Rhythm Quiz
Rhythmic Transcription / Dictation
Key Chords
A Tool For Composition
Solfege - Do-Re-Me
Intervals
Webster Definition:
In music theory, an interval is the difference between two pitches. An interval may be described as horizontal, linear, or melodic if it refers to successively sounding tones, such as two adjacent pitches in a melody, and vertical or harmonic if it pertains to simultaneously sounding tones, such as in a chord
Simpler :
The space between two notes.
This could pertain to two notes played one after the other, or two notes played simultaneously
Example...
These are important because certain intervals sound more 'right to our ear than others!
This is because of how their frequencies line up when played overtop of each other
Units of Measurement:
Remember with scales, we always measure in half steps and whole steps - we can measure intervals in this way too -
In music theory, an interval is the difference between two pitches. An interval may be described as horizontal, linear, or melodic if it refers to successively sounding tones, such as two adjacent pitches in a melody, and vertical or harmonic if it pertains to simultaneously sounding tones, such as in a chord
Simpler :
The space between two notes.
This could pertain to two notes played one after the other, or two notes played simultaneously
Example...
These are important because certain intervals sound more 'right to our ear than others!
This is because of how their frequencies line up when played overtop of each other
Units of Measurement:
Remember with scales, we always measure in half steps and whole steps - we can measure intervals in this way too -
List of Intervals Measured by Step
Name/Scale Degree Step Measurent
Name/Scale Degree Step Measurent
- Perfect 1 = 0 half-steps
- minor 2 = 1 half-step
- Major 2 = 2 half-steps
- minor 3 = 3 half-steps
- Major 3 = 4 half-steps
- Perfect 4 = 5 half-steps
- Augmented 4 = 6 half-steps
- Perfect 5 = 7 half-steps
- minor 6 = 8 half-steps
- Major 6 = 9 half-steps
- minor 7 = 10 half-steps
- Major 7 = 11 half-steps
- Perfect 8 (octave) = 12 half-steps
Chords / Harmony
Where Scales deal with notes played in succession (one after the other), and intervals could be played simultaneously or separately,
Chords deal exclusively with notes that are played or sounded simultaneously.
Webster Definition:
a group of (typically three or more) notes sounded together,
For our Purposes, we will always talk about at least 3 or more notes. (if there are only two notes, it would be an interval, not chord)
A chord with 3 Notes is called a Triad
We will think about chords in terms of their relationship to a scale
Just like there are many variations of scales, there are many variations of chords. The two most common are Major and Minor, most chords we will talk about are some kind of variation on these chords
Our Major Pentatonic Scale has both major and minor chords within it
Chords deal exclusively with notes that are played or sounded simultaneously.
Webster Definition:
a group of (typically three or more) notes sounded together,
For our Purposes, we will always talk about at least 3 or more notes. (if there are only two notes, it would be an interval, not chord)
A chord with 3 Notes is called a Triad
We will think about chords in terms of their relationship to a scale
Just like there are many variations of scales, there are many variations of chords. The two most common are Major and Minor, most chords we will talk about are some kind of variation on these chords
Our Major Pentatonic Scale has both major and minor chords within it