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Unit 1
Lines and Spaces
noteheads on the staff
line and space notes
numbers
notes above and below the staff
--Lesson Quiz
--Exercise
Starting With Pitch
high and low
Kodály’s motive
think handbells
--Exercise- High Low
--Exercise- Kodály’s Motive: Ear Recognition
--Exercise- Kodály’s Motive: Singing
Letter Names
on the Treble and Bass Clefs
note names on the staff
octaves
placed according to clef
bass clef
treble clef
--Lesson Quiz
--Exercise
Scale Degrees and Solfege
Cerwin Hand Signs
Solfege Syllables
Scale Degree ID exercise
Activities
--Exercise: Ear Recognition
--Exercise: Singing
Note Duration and Values
note duration
note values
the whole note
dividing
the half note
the quarter note
equivalences
4 x 1/4 = 2 x 1/2 = 1
1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2
values on a timeline
whole, half, quarter
equivalences
1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2
note anatomy
note head
unfilled note head
in whole and half notes
stem
on half and quarter
quarter's filled head
--Lesson Quiz
Counting In Common Time
measure on a timeline
measure on the staff
bar lines
time signature
the beat
quarter note in common time
beat values
quarter=1, half=2, whole=4
TA TI TI TA rhythm syllables
count singing
example
dash to connect beats
steps for counting
1. how many beats?
2. which beats?
example with steps
building proficiency
exercise instructions
--Lesson Quiz
--Exercise: clapping rhythm
Sight Singing Steps and Exercise
Steps for Sight Singing
--exercise: Sight Singing Steps
Reading A Choral Score
measures and barlines
system and reading path
multiple staves
full score
brackets and braces
--Lesson Quiz
Unit 2
Key Signatures I:
higher and lower keys
DO RE MI FA SOL in different keys
put another way
a melody in different keys
Scale Degree Exercise
Explained
--Lesson Quiz
Ledger Lines and the Grand Staff
ledger lines
movable clefs
to avoid lines
C clefs
alto clef
tenor clef
clef octaves
C clef- middle C
treble clef- G above middle C
bass clef- F below middle C
Grand Staff
middle C
ledger equivalents
transposed clef
tenor treble clef
--QUIZ: ledger, clefs, grand staff
--EXERCISE: ledger line note names
Tendency Tones
arrival and tendency notes
TI→DO and FA→MI
Hearing Each Scale Degree Tendency
RE→DO and LA→SOL
--EXERCISE: Ear Training
--EXERCISE: singing
Eighth Notes and Rests
Eighths Notes
eighth is 1/2 of quarter
eighth anatomy
beams
flags
half a beat in common time
count singing eighths
examples
eighths on a timeline
duration equivalences
Rests
half and whole look similar
diagram of rests and notes
sample quiz questions
--Lesson Quiz
--EXERCISE: guided count singing with Eighths
Repeats and Endings
Repeat sign
Da Capo al Fine
Da Segno
Coda
Repeats Inside Repeats
--LESSON QUIZ
Unit 3
Keyboard Introduction
Black Key Grouping
Letter Names of Keys
Middle C
Full Piano Keyboard
Keyboard to Staff
--EXERCISE: Letter to Key
--EXERCISE: Staff to key
Keyboard Whole and Half Steps
step distances on keyboard
half step
whole step
--LESSON QUIZ: white key steps and letters
flat means lower
sharp means higher
Accidentals
sharp
flat
enharmonics
the chormatic scale
half+half=whole
identify steps as whole or half
--LESSON QUIZ: accidentals and steps
--EXERCISE: black keys
--EXERCISE: keyboard steps
Keyboard: playing DO RE MI FA SOL
steps in DO RE MI FA SOL
W W H W
keyboard D R M F S exercise
--EXERCISE: playing DRMFS
Unit 3 Ear Training: DO RE MI FA SOL
Learning Each Note’s ‘place’
Exercise: Ear Training
Exercise: Sight Singing
Key Signatures II:
accidentals on notes
Intro
review accidentals
horizontal position
vertical position
Key Signatures indicate accidentals placed on notes
in all octaves
practice examples
--LESSON QUIZ
--EXERCISE: note names with key sig
--EXERCISE: multi-note names with key sig
Ties Slurs and Dots
Slurs and Ties
a slur connects different pitches
a tie connects same pitches
examples
slurs
ties
sample quiz questions
Dots
dot=tie to 1/2 value
dotted half note
three beats in common time
dot adds 1/2 note value
dotted quarter note
1 1/2 beats in common time
dots on rests
dotted notes on timeline
count singing
with slurs
with ties
with dots
convert dots to ties
draw timeline beams
--LESSON QUIZ
--EXERCISE: counting with eighths, ties & dots
Unit 4
Key Signatures III:
identifying the key
Why
those
accidentals?
accidentals the scale
no accidentals : C Major
finding DO- sharp keys
finding DO- flat keys
special case: FM
quick reference summary
postlude
--LESSON QUIZ
--EXERCISE: Key Signature ID
Time Signatures and Meter I
Meter
grouping and division of beats
beat grouping
strong and weak beats
steps to hearing beat grouping
1. clap the beat
2. clap louder on strong beats
3. count beats
examples 2&3
pop music grouped in 4
Time Signatures
common time = 44
top number- number of beats
bottom number- value of beat
examples
count singing in different meters
anacrusis
--LESSON QUIZ
--EXERCISE: counting in 24, 34, 44
Unit 5
Unit 6
Key Signatures IV:
Review
Learn ‘shapes’ of key signatures
--EXERCISE
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