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Quia
Tier 3
Quarter 1
Week 1
Pitch
Definition: How high or
low a note sounds
Beat
Definition: The steady
pulse in music
Bar Line
Definition: A vertical line that is used
to separate music into measures
Double Bar Line
Definition: Two straight lines used to
mark the end of a piece of music
Measure
Definition: area between bar
lines that contains notes and
rhythms
Music Staff
A music staff has FIVE lines and FOUR spaces
A music staff is what
the notes go on
Treble Clef
This is a TREBLE CLEF.
The treble clef indicates
notes in a higher range.
Note Durations
Note Name: Whole Note
Note Duration: 4 Counts
Note Name: Half Note
Note Duration: 2 Counts
Note Durations
Note Name: Quarter Note
Note Duration: 1 Count
Note Name: Flagged Eighth Note
Note Duration: 1/2 count
Note Durations
Note Name: Eighth Note (Barred)
Note Duration: 1/2 (+) 1/2 = 1
Note Name: Dotted Half Note
Note Duration: 3 Counts
Music Alphabet
A
G
B
C
F
E
D
The Music Alphabet consists of seven notes. Once
you get to G you go back to A and repeat again.
Note Names
D
Middle C
E
F
G A
E
D
B C
F
Note Names
E
C
A
F
Bottom Space: F
2nd Space: A
3rd Space: C
Top Space: E
What
do the
letters
of the
spaces
spell?
Note Names
F
D
B
G
E
Bottom Line: E
2nd Line: G
3rd Line: B
What is a
saying we
can use to
4th Line: D
remember
Top Line: F
the lines?
Treble Clef Note Names
ACED
BADGE
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Level 3
Quarter 1
Week 2
Time Signatures
Definition: Time signatures tell us
how many beats per measure and
what note gets the beat.
Time Signatures
Top Number = How Many Beats per Measure
Top Number = 4 =
4 Beats Per Measure
Top Number = 3 =
3 Beats Per Measure
Top Number = 95 = 95 Beats Per Measure
Time Signatures
Bottom Number = What note gets the beat
__4__
4
__6__
8
__2__
2
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Half Note
Time Signatures
Common Time –
Another way of writing
a 4/4 time signature. It
means the SAME as a
4/4 time signature does
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
Rhythm
Definition: The patterns
of long and short sounds
and silence in music.
Rhythm Examples
1
2
+
3
+
4
Rhythm Examples
1_2_3
4
1_2_3_4
Rests
Definition: A rest is a time in the
music when no singing or playing
occurs
Rest Types
Rest Name: Whole Rest
Rest Duration: 4 counts
Rest Name: Half Rest
Rest Duration: 2 counts
Rest Types
Rest Name: Quarter Rest
Rest Duration: 1 count
Rest Name: Eighth Rest
Rest Duration: 1/2 count
Rhythm and Rests
Remember to check your time signatures!
1 +
2
(3) +
4
(1)
1_2_3
2_3_4
4
+
Parentheses go
around rest
counts to indicate
silence
(1_2_3_4)
Rhythm and Rests
1
+
(2_3)
4 +
1_2_3
(4) +
Solfege
Definition: A series of syllables that
correspond to the notes of the
scale
Solfege
DO
TI
LA
SOL
FA
MI
RE
DO
Solfege
DO
RE
MI
FA SOL
LA
TI
DO
Solfege
DO RE MI
MI FA SOL
SOL FA MI RE DO MI DO
Solfege
DO RE MI RE
DO MI SOL
LA SOL FA MI
RE SOL DO
Solfege
DO MI SOL
SOL MI DO
TI LA SOL SOL
LA TI DO
Solfege
RE RE DO RE MI FA SOL
SOL FA MI RE DO SOL DO
Major Scale
Definition:
A series of notes based on
musical steps
Solfege for a Major Scale
DO
TI
LA
SOL
FA
MI
RE
DO
Quia
Tier 3
Quarter 1
Week 3
Bass Clef
This is a BASS CLEF.
The bass clef is used to
indicate notes in a lower
range.
**Practice drawing bass clefs**
Bass Clef Note Names
G
A
B
C D
E
F
G
C
B
A
Bass Clef Note Names
G
E
C
A
2nd Space: C
What is a
saying we
can use to
3rd Space: E
remember
Top Space: G
the
spaces?
Bottom Space: A
Bass Clef Note Names
A
F
D
B
G
Bottom Line: G
2nd
Line: B
3rd Line: D
4th Line: F
Top Line: A
What is a
saying we
can use to
remember
the lines?
Bass Clef Note Names
DEAF
CAFE
Piano – White Keys
C
D
E
F
G
A
B
Piano – White Keys
To find C…
Find a set of TWO black keys, the
note directly to the left of the two
black keys is C.
Piano – White Keys
1. Find a set of two black keys
Piano – White Keys
2. Go to the note directly to the left of the
black keys.
THIS IS C!
Piano – White Keys
To find F…
Find a set of THREE black keys, the
note directly to the left of the
three black keys is F.
Piano – White Keys
1. Find a set of THREE black keys
Piano – White Keys
2. Go to the note directly to the left of the
black keys.
THIS IS F!
Piano – White Keys
G
B
D
Quia
Tier 3
Quarter 1
Week 4
Dynamics
Definition: How loud or
soft you sing
Dynamics
English Word
Italian Word
Very Very Loud/Strong
Very Loud/Strong
Loud/Strong
Medium Loud/Strong
Medium Soft
Fortississimo
Fortissimo
Forte
Mezzo Forte
Mezzo Piano
Dynamics
English Word
Italian Word
Soft
Very Soft
Very Very Soft
Gradually get louder
Gradually get softer
Piano
Pianissimo
Pianississimo
Crescendo
Decrescendo
Dynamics
English Word
Very Very Loud/Strong
Very Loud/Strong
Loud/Strong
Medium Loud/Strong
Medium Soft
Symbol
fff
ff
f
mf
mp
Dynamics
English Word
Soft
Very Soft
Very Very Soft
Gradually get louder
Gradually get softer
Symbol
p
pp
ppp
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Piano – Flat Keys
A flat changes a note by making it a
1/2 step…
LOWER
Piano – Flat Keys
Flats only happen when
we are descending (going
down the scale)
Piano – Flat Keys
Db
C
Eb
D
Gb
E
F
Ab
G
Bb
A
B
Piano – Flat Keys
Gb
Db
Bb
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Tier 3
Quarter 1
Week 5
Interval
Definition: The distance
between two pitches
Octave
Definition: Two pitches of the same name
where one is sounding eight tones higher
than the other.
Octave
Octave
Octave
Unison
Definition: When everyone is singing
the same thing at the same time
Harmony
Definition: When different voice parts
are singing different rhythms or notes
at the same time
Dotted Quarter Note
Adding a DOT to a note:
A dot after a note takes half the note
value and adds it to the original note,
creating a new note.
Dotted Quarter Note
Note Name: Dotted Quarter Note
Note Duration: 1 ½ Counts
Rhythm Counting
1_+_2
It will look like a
sandwich with either
numbers or and signs
sandwiching something
in the middle
+
3_+_4
1
+
1_2_3_4
+_2_+
(3) +
4
(+)
Rhythm Counting
1
2 +_3_+
(4)
(1_2)
3_+_4
+
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Tier 3
Quarter 1
Week 6
Piano – Sharp Keys
A sharp changes a note by making it a
1/2 step…
HIGHER
Piano – Sharp Keys
Sharps only happen when
we are ascending (going
up the scale)
Piano – Sharp Keys
C#
C
D#
D
F#
E
F
G#
G
A#
A
B
Piano – Sharp Keys
F#
C#
A#
Grand Staff
A GRANDSTAFF is when the treble and
bass clefs are seen together.
Grand Staff
When the treble and bass clef are combined,
everything stays the same!
C D E F G A B
C D E F G A B C
Grand Staff
What words are spelled using notes on the
Grand Staff?
BEEF
ACED