Download Notes: Music 6 Introductory Video Script

Notes:
Music 6 Introductory Video Script
Course
Music
Lesson Objective
Semester
A
Unit
2
Lesson
3
Lesson 3: The student will review the solfege syllables for a major scale, and be
able to sing a major scale in a vocally appropriate octave.
VISUAL
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AUDIO
Welcome back! Were you able to come up
with an acronym for the spaces of the staff? Is
it a goofy one or a more serious one?
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I tried to come up with one myself and all I
could think of was Fat Aliens Cause
Earthquakes.
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Yes I know its goofy but it works. Sometimes
the weirder they are, the better they work
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Now that we have a strong understanding of
how the staff works, we can move onto
discussing scales
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Scales are combinations of notes that are
played in succession. The two scales we know
best are the major scale and the minor scale.
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<Text: Most Common Scales
Each scale is unique in that it makes the
listener feel a certain way. Usually major
-Major Scale- happy
-Minor Scale- sad>
scales make people feel happy while minor
scales make people feel sad.
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Composers have used this to their advantage
when trying to convey a specific emotion in
their work.
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For the purpose of this lesson we are going to
focus on the major scale. To understand it
best, we need discuss some basics of theory
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<Text: Solfège>
There is a tool that we can use to better
understand the inner workings of the major
scale. This tool is called solfege.
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Solfege matches pitches of the scale to
syllables that make it easier to not only
understand, but to sing or play.
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You may be familiar with the solfege syllables
we are going to talk about from the musical
The Sound of Music.
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<Text: Solfège syllables of the major scale in ascending
order:
do re mi fa sol la ti do>
The solfege syllables are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la,
ti and do.
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read>
These syllables correspond to the pitches of
the major scale.
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I know that I said do twice but that was not a
mistake. The first do I said is the do that
begins the scale, the second do is 8 notes
higher and completes the scale
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When we refer to both of these syllables, we
can use the terms low do and high do. Low do
is notated as regular old do, or d for short.
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<Text: Notation for low do: do or d
Notation for high do: do’ or d’>
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To show the difference for high do, we write a
little superscript to the right of it like this.
These notes, do, are what we consider the
home note or the tonic.
Often times, these are the notes that begin and
end a piece so that we feel resolved.
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Let’s look at the other solfege syllables that
make up the major scale.
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<Text: Solfège as it relates to scale degrees:
1: do
2: re
3: mi
4: fa
5: sol
6: la
7: ti>
The first scale degree is do, the second is re,
third is mi, fourth is fa, fifth is sol, sixth is la,
seventh is ti
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<Text: Solfège of the Major Scale:
do re mi fa sol la ti do’>
Before we try singing it, I would like you to
practice saying the solfege syllables in order
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<Text: Solfège of the Major Scale:
do’ ti la sol fa mi re do>
Let’s get a bit trickier and try saying them
backwards: Do ti la sol fa me re do
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Try to put it together with the piano keys C,
D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. To find C on the
piano, look for the white key directly to the
left of a group of two black keys.
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Once you find C, play the next seven white
keys in order to play the rest of the scale.
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<Text:
Major scale on letter names and Solfège:
This will be the major scale. If we tie them
together then do is C, re is D, mi is E, fa is F,
so is G, la is A, ti is B, and high do is C.
C: do (highest)
B: ti
A: la
G: so
F: fa
E: mi
D: re
C: do (lowest)>
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Do not get upset if you can’t get it at first, it is
very tricky.
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<Text: If you find yourself getting frustrated, try first
with spoken Solfège, then transition to singing the
solfege with the piano>
If you find yourself getting frustrated, try first
with spoken solfege, then transition to just
singing the solfege
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Then when you are becoming a master, sing
the solfege forward and backwards. You got
this!