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Pathways to Harmony

Pathways to Harmony . Chapter 1 The keyboard and treble clef 1.1 The keyboard. Orderly and Random Notes. Harmony is, in a broad sense, how notes are arranged to make music. Orderly and Random Notes. Harmony is, in a broad sense, how notes are arranged to make music.

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Pathways to Harmony

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  1. Pathways to Harmony Chapter 1 The keyboard and treble clef 1.1 The keyboard

  2. Orderly and Random Notes • Harmony is, in a broad sense, how notes are arranged to make music.

  3. Orderly and Random Notes • Harmony is, in a broad sense, how notes are arranged to make music. • We expect a certain order to the notes in the music we hear. Click the icon of the speaker:

  4. Orderly and Random Notes • Harmony is, in a broad sense, how notes are arranged to make music. • We expect a certain order to the notes in the music we hear. • In contrast, random notes have no musical meaning for us.

  5. Letters on the Keyboard • In order to explain musical arrangements of notes, it is convenient to show the keys on a piano keyboard.

  6. Letters on the Keyboard • In order to explain musical arrangements of notes, it is convenient to show the keys on a piano keyboard. • Each white key corresponds to a letter, A, B, C, D, E, F or G. The letters proceed alphabetically from A to G…

  7. Letters on the Keyboard • In order to explain musical arrangements of notes, it is convenient to show the keys on a piano keyboard. • Each white key corresponds to a letter, A, B, C, D, E, F or G. The letters proceed alphabetically from A to G…

  8. Letters on the Keyboard • In order to explain musical arrangements of notes, it is convenient to show the keys on a piano keyboard. • Each white key corresponds to a letter, A, B, C, D, E, F or G. The letters proceed alphabetically from A to G… • …and then they continue from A again.

  9. Letters on the Keyboard • In order to explain musical arrangements of notes, it is convenient to show the keys on a piano keyboard. • Each white key corresponds to a letter, A, B, C, D, E, F or G. The letters proceed alphabetically from A to G… • …and then they continue from A again.

  10. Letters on the Keyboard • In order to explain musical arrangements of notes, it is convenient to show the keys on a piano keyboard. • Each white key corresponds to a letter, A, B, C, D, E, F or G. The letters proceed alphabetically from A to G… • …and then they continue from A again. • You can figure out letters going right to left by saying the alphabet backwards from G.

  11. Letters on the Keyboard • In order to explain musical arrangements of notes, it is convenient to show the keys on a piano keyboard. • Each white key corresponds to a letter, A, B, C, D, E, F or G. The letters proceed alphabetically from A to G… • …and then they continue from A again. • You can figure out letters going right to left by saying the alphabet backwards from G.

  12. Identify letters on the Keyboard • Black keys are arranged in alternating groups of twos and threes.

  13. Identify letters on the Keyboard • Black keys are arranged in alternating groups of twos and threes.

  14. Identify letters on the Keyboard • Black keys are arranged in alternating groups of twos and threes. • All A’s look alike in this pattern, all B’s look alike and so on.

  15. Identify letters on the Keyboard • Black keys are arranged in alternating groups of twos and threes. • All A’s look alike in this pattern, all B’s look alike and so on. • PRACTICE identifying letters on the keyboard: • Go to this web site: http://www.musictheory.net • Select “Trainers”, then “Keyboard Trainer” • Click the “black keys” button so it says “off” • SELECT the letter of the highlighted note!

  16. Play a piece! • Here are the letters for the notes in Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” • Go to a keyboard and play this piece • You can start on any B you like B B C D D C B A G G A B B A A B B C D D C B A G G A B A G G

  17. Keyboard details • On the keyboard, keys to the left sound low…

  18. Keyboard details • On the keyboard, keys to the left sound low… • …and keys to the right sound high.

  19. Keyboard details • On the keyboard, keys to the left sound low… • …and keys to the right sound high. • “Middle C” is often used as a reference note.

  20. Keyboard details • On the keyboard, keys to the left sound low… • …and keys to the right sound high. • “Middle C” is often used as a reference note. • The first G above middle C (to the right of middle C), and the first F below middle C (to the left of middle C) are also used as reference notes.

  21. Your Turn • DOWNDLOAD Chapter One of Pathways to Harmony from this website: http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/Fundamentals/workbooks.html • DO worksheets 1.1 and 1.2

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