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Fundamentals of Music

Fundamentals of Music. Class #9. Agenda. Scale degree names Vocabulary The Circle of Fifths Major Key Signatures. Scale degree names. Vocabulary. Presto Largo Mezzo Moderato Staccato. The Circle of Fifths. MAJOR Key Signatures -- Sharps. F ather C harles G oes Down A nd

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Fundamentals of Music

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  1. Fundamentals of Music Class #9

  2. Agenda • Scale degree names • Vocabulary • The Circle of Fifths • Major Key Signatures

  3. Scale degree names

  4. Vocabulary • Presto • Largo • Mezzo • Moderato • Staccato

  5. The Circle of Fifths

  6. MAJOR Key Signatures -- Sharps Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle

  7. MAJOR Key Signatures -- Flats Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father

  8. MAJOR Key Signatures -- Sharps

  9. MAJOR Key Signatures -- Sharps

  10. MAJOR Key Signatures -- Flats

  11. MAJOR Key Signatures -- Flats

  12. How to find the relative minor from the MAJOR • Begin with MAJOR “Tonic” • Count DOWN three minor 2nds (or, three half steps) • The resulting pitch is the relative minor “Tonic.”

  13. How to find the MAJOR from relative minor • Begin with minor “Tonic” • Count UP three minor 2nds (or, three half steps) • The resulting pitch is the relative MAJOR “Tonic.”

  14. Quiz #9 • Beginning with “Tonic” and ascending through the next “Tonic,” draw a one octave C Major scale and label each scale degree. Use the Bass/F clef. • Define the following terms: • Presto • Largo • Mezzo • Moderato • Staccato

  15. Quiz #9, part 2 • On both Treble/G clef and Bass/F clef, draw the seven sharps in the order in which they occur. • On both Treble/G clef and Bass/F clef, draw the seven flats in the order in which they occur. • Above each sharp and flat written for questions #3 and #4, write the name of the corresponding MAJOR key. • Under each sharp and flat written for questions #3 and #4, write the name of the corresponding minor key.

  16. Quiz #9, part 3 • If no sharps or flats appear between the clef and the time signature, what is the Major and minor key? • What is the distance from “Tonic” in a Major key to “Tonic” in a minor key? • Two sharps appear in the key signature. What is the Major key? • Two flats appear in the key signature. What is the minor key?

  17. Quiz #9, extra credit • Extra Credit #1: • What is the mnemonic device one could use to remember the order of the sharps? • Extra Credit #2: • What is the mnemonic device one could use to remember the order of the flats?

  18. Test #2 Review

  19. Cumulative • Staff • Clefs • Note names • Keyboard layout • Ledger lines • Solfege syllables • Major scale • Natural minor scale • Time signatures

  20. New Material Since Test #1 • Intervals • Triads • Inversions • Key signatures • Scale Degree names • Repeats • Vocabulary

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