Quia Tier 1 Quarter 1 Week 1. Pitch Definition: How high or low a note sounds.

Quia Tier 1

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 music and COUNT is how we measure the beat in music.

Music Staff* A music staff has FIVE lines and FOUR spaces

* A music staff is what the notes go on

Treble ClefThis is a TREBLE CLEF.

The treble clef indicates notes in a higher range.

Note Durations

Note Name: Barred Eighth Note Note Duration: 1/2 (+) 1/2 = 1

Note Name: Flagged Eighth NoteNote Duration: 1/2 count

Note DurationsNote Name: Quarter NoteNote Duration: 1 Count

Note Name: Half NoteNote Duration: 2 Counts

Note DurationsNote Name: Dotted Half NoteNote Duration: 3 Counts

Note Name: Whole Note Note Duration: 4 Counts

Music AlphabetA

BC

DEFG

The Music Alphabet consists of seven notes. Once you get to G you go back to A and repeat again.

Treble Clef Note Names

D E F G A

Middle C

B C D E F

Top Space: E

2nd Space: C

3rd Space: A

Bottom Space: FF

A

CE

What do the letters of the spaces spell?

Treble Clef Note Names

2nd Line: D

Bottom Line: E

3rd Line: B

4th Line: G

Top Line: F

E

GB

D

F What is a saying we can use to remember the lines?

Treble Clef Note Names

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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 SignaturesBottom Number = What note gets the beat

__1__4

__6__8

__2__2

Quarter Note Eighth Note Half 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

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

Solfege

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

scale

Solfege

DORE

MIFA

SOLLA

TIDO

DO - C RE – MI – FA - SOL – LA - TI – DO-

SolfegeIf C is “DO”…

DO - C RE – D MI – E FA – FSOL – G LA – A TI – B DO- C

SolfegeIf C is “DO”…

Solfege

DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO

DO - F RE – MI – FA - SOL – LA - TI – DO-

SolfegeIf F is “DO”…

DO - F RE – G MI – A FA - BSOL – C LA - D TI – E DO- F

SolfegeIf F is “DO”…

Solfege

DO RE MI RE DO MI SOL LA SOL FA MI RE SOL DO

DO - G RE - MI - FA -SOL - LA - TI - DO-

SolfegeIf G is “DO”…

DO - G RE – A MI – B FA - CSOL – D LA - E TI – F DO- G

SolfegeIf G is “DO”…

Solfege

DO MI SOL SOL MI DO TI LA SOL SOL LA TI DO

Major Scale

Definition: A series of notes based on musical steps

Solfege for a Major Scale

DOTI LA SOLFAMIREDO

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Week 3

Bar LineDefinition: A vertical line used to

separate music into measures

MeasureDefinition: area between bar

lines that has notes and rhythms

Double Bar LineDefinition: Two straight lines mark the

end of a piece of music

Rhythm

Definition: The patterns of long and short sounds

and silence in music.

Rhythm Examples

STEP 1: HOW MANY BEATS PER MEASURE?

4

Rhythm Examples

STEP 2: WHAT NOTE GETS THE BEAT?

Quarter Note

Rhythm Examples

STEP 3: ALWAYS START WITH 1

1

Rhythm Examples

STEP 4: FILL IN THE REST OF THE COUNTS.

1 2 + 3 + 4

A plus sign (+) will be used for the

second half of the beat

Rhythm ExamplesFor these rhythms, you must have four full

counts in every example.

1 + 2_3 4 +

An underscore (_) will be used when notes

receive more than one count

Rhythm Examples

1_2_3 4 1_2_3_4

1_2_3 4 1_2 3_4

A space will go between counts for

new notes

Rhythm Examples

1_2_3 4 +

1 2 + 3_4

Rhythm Fill in the Blank

What notes will complete the following measures? Write in the note name

Quarter Note

Half Note

Whole Note

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Week 4

Rests

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

occurs

Rest TypesRest Name: Eighth RestRest Duration: 1/2 count

Rest Name: Quarter RestRest Duration: 1 count

Rest TypesRest Name: Half Rest Rest Duration: 2 counts

Rest Name: Whole Rest Rest Duration: 4 counts

Rhythm and RestsRemember to check your time signatures!

1 + 2 (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

Rhythm and Rests

1 + (2_3) 4 + 1_2_3 (4) +

Rhythm Fill in the Blank

What rest would complete the following measures?

Quarter Rest

Half Rest

Whole Rest

DO - E RE – MI – FA - SOL – LA - TI – DO-

SolfegeIf E is “DO”…

DO – E RE – F MI – G FA – ASOL – B LA – C TI – D DO- E

SolfegeIf E is “DO”…

Solfege

DO SOL DO SOL MI RE DO MI FA SOL LA TI DO

DO - A RE – MI – FA - SOL – LA - TI – DO-

SolfegeIf A is “DO”…

DO - A RE – B MI – C FA - DSOL – E LA - F TI – G DO- A

SolfegeIf A is “DO”…

Solfege

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

DO - F RE – MI – FA - SOL – LA - TI – DO-

SolfegeIf F is “DO”…

DO - F RE – G MI – A FA - BSOL – C LA - D TI – E DO- F

SolfegeIf F is “DO”…

Solfege

DO RE MI RE DO MI SOL LA SOL FA MI RE SOL DO

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Triad

Definition: A chord of three notes each a third apart

Major Triad

Root: DO

Third: MI

Fifth: SOL

Minor Triad

Root: LA

Third: DO

Fifth: MI

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DynamicsDefinition: How loud or soft you

sing

There are different symbols and words for different

dynamic levels.

English WordVery Loud/StrongLoud/StrongMedium Loud/StrongMedium SoftSoftVery SoftGradually get louderGradually get softer

Italian WordFortissimoForteMezzo ForteMezzo PianoPianoPianissimoCrescendoDecrescendo

Dynamics

English WordVery Loud/StrongLoud/StrongMedium Loud/StrongMedium SoftSoftVery SoftGradually get louderGradually get softer

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Dynamics

UnisonDefinition: When everyone is singing

the same thing at the same time

Example: The choir began the song singing in unison.

HarmonyDefinition: When different voice parts are singing different rhythms or notes

at the same time

Example: The song the director gave the ensemble required the choir to sing in harmony.