M100: Music Appreciation Discussion Group Ben Tibbetts, T.A. Welcome! Please sign the attendance at the front of the room. Tuesday February 4, 2013
Looking Ahead in the Syllabus: The Baroque Era February 7: Lecture read pages February 12: Discussion read pages and February 14: Discussion read pages
Today’s Agenda Pass back work (don’t throw away!) Elements Packets Genealogy Assignments Extra Credit Writing Scales Elements Test
THE ELEMENTS PACKET Part 1: The Staff Five, Four, Five, Three, Four. Part 2: Clefs Line #2, G, Line #4, F. Part 3: Note Names 1. A B C D E F G / D E F G A 2. G F E D / G F E D C B A G 3. D G C B E F E A F Part 5 (?): Rhythm and Meter Top # is how many beats, bottom # is which note gets the beat.C, A, B 3, 5, 2, 3, 1, 4 Part 6: The Keyboard 1. & 2. See keyboard 3. Half, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole 4. Half, Whole
Genealogy Assignments Expectations: Followed assignment directions Wrote coherently Cited sources if necessary
Extra Credit Redo Elements Rewrite Genealogy
Writing Scales The intervallic pattern of a major scale: WWHWWWH. (W=Whole Step, H=Half Step) The scale begins on its letter name. For example, the G Major Scale begins on G.
Writing Scales
Questions? treble clef vs. bass clef melody vs. harmony conjunct motion vs. disjunct motion duple meter vs. triple meter time signature half steps vs. whole steps sharps vs. flats monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic texture form vs. genre timbre dynamics tempo
Elements Test Please put away your books and cell phones. Take out your 8 ½ x 11 sheet of notes. FINAL REMINDERS / HOMEWORK: Read pages for next class. Questions?