SIGHT-SINGING, TIME SIGNATURES & REVIEWING STEPS Theory Thursday Lesson 7 GMS 8 th Grade October 8, 2015

SIGHT-SINGING PRACTICE REVIEW domi sol refa latido

SIGHT-SINGING PRACTICE domi re do re

PRACTICE PITCH IDENTIFICATION YELLOW BOOK, PAGE 10  #1  Use solfege to help identify pitches  Listen to example 3 times  Mark the correct melody.  #2  Think in-between pitches for larger leaps  DO-SOL or DO-MI

VOCABULARY “Bar”  Refers to “barline”  Can also mean “measure”

VOCABULARY “Bar”  Refers to “barline”  Can also mean “measure” Time Signature  Top number  How many beats per measure (aka “bar”)  Bottom number  What kind of note gets one beat

VOCABULARY “Bar”  Refers to “barline”  Can also mean “measure” Time Signature  Top number  How many beats per measure (aka “bar”)  Bottom number  What kind of note gets one beat Pick-Up  Partial measure at the beginning of the music  Also known as “anacrusis”

THE CHROMATIC SCALE ASCENDING FGABCDEFGABCDE F#G#A# C# D# F#G#A#C# D#

THE CHROMATIC SCALE DESCENDING FGABCDEFGABCDE GAB D E GABD E

PRACTICE HALF STEPS & WHOLE STEPS ON THE KEYBOARD FGABCDEFGABCDE

PRACTICE HALF STEPS & WHOLE STEPS IN THE STAFF WHOLE STEP

HALF STEP PRACTICE HALF STEPS & WHOLE STEPS IN THE STAFF

HALF STEP

ASSIGNMENT YELLOW BOOK, PAGES  Do listening on p.11!  Book due at the end of class!