1. Quia Tier 4 Quarter 1 Week 1

2. Definition: How high or low a note sounds
Pitch
Definition: How high or low a note sounds

3. Definition: The steady pulse in music
Beat
Definition: The steady pulse in music

4. Definition: A vertical line that separates music into measures
Bar Line
Definition: A vertical line that separates music into measures

5. Definition: Two lines that mark the end of a piece
Double Bar Line
Definition: Two lines that mark the end of a piece

6. Definition: area between bar lines
Measure
Definition: area between bar lines

7. Music Staff
A music staff has FIVE lines and FOUR spaces A music staff is what the notes go on

8. A GRAND STAFF is when the treble and bass clefs are joined together.

9. When the treble and bass clef are combined, everything stays the same!
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

10. What words are spelled using notes on the Grand Staff?
BEEF E E
BEEF B C E
ACED A
ACED D

11. Note Durations Note Name: Eighth Note (Flagged)
Note Duration: 1/2 count
Note Name: Eighth Note (Barred)
Note Duration: 1/2 (+) 1/2 = 1

12. Note Durations Note Name: Quarter Note Note Duration: 1 Count
Note Name: Half Note
Note Duration: 2 Counts

13. Note Durations Note Name: Dotted Half Note Note Duration: 3 Counts
Note Name: Whole Note
Note Duration: 4 Counts

14. Rest Types Rest Name: Eighth Rest Rest Duration: 1/2 count
Rest Name: Quarter Rest
Rest Duration: 1 count

15. Rest Types Rest Name: Half Rest Rest Duration: 2 counts
Rest Name: Whole Rest
Rest Duration: 4 counts

16. Quia Tier 4 Quarter 1 Week 2

17. Time Signatures
Definition: Two numbers that tell us how many beats per measure and what note gets the beat.

18. Time Signatures Top Number = How Many Beats per Measure

19. Bottom Number = What note gets the beat
Time Signatures
Bottom Number = What note gets the beat
__4__ 4
__6__ 8
__2__ 2
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Half Note

20. Time Signatures
Common Time – Another way of writing 4/4, our most COMMON time signature

21. Time Signatures = 4 Beats Per Measure = Quarter Note gets the Beat

22. Time Signatures = 6 Beats Per Measure = Eighth Note gets the Beat

23. Rhythm
Definition: The patterns of long and short sounds and silence in music.

24. Rhythm Counting
# _#

25. Rhythm Counting
_ _3 +

26. Rhythm Counting
_ _2_3_4

27. Rhythm Counting
1_2 3_ _ _4

28. Dotted Quarter Note
Adding a DOT to a note:
A dot after a note takes half the note’s value and adds it to the original note, making it that much longer.

29. Dotted Quarter Note Note Name: Dotted Quarter Note
Note Duration: 1 ½ Counts

30. Rhythm Counting
1_+_ _+_ _2_3_4
It will look like a sandwich with either numbers or and signs sandwiching something in the middle
_2_ (3) (+)

31. Rhythm Counting
_3_ (4) (1_2) _+_

32. Definition: A series of syllables that match the notes of the scale
Solfege
Definition: A series of syllables that match the notes of the scale

33. Solfege for a Major ScaleDO TI LA
SOL FA MI RE DO

34. Definition: A series of notes based on musical steps
Major Scale
Definition: A series of notes based on musical steps

35. Solfege DO TI LA
SOL FA MI RE DO

36. Solfege
DO RE MI RE DO MI SOL LA SOL FA MI RE SOL DO

37. Solfege
DO MI SOL SOL MI DO TI LA SOL SOL LA TI DO

38. Solfege
RE RE DO RE MI FA SOL SOL FA MI RE DO SOL DO

39. Quia Tier 4 Quarter 1 Week 3

40. Piano – White Keys C D E F G A B

41. Piano – White Keys
To find C…
First you find a set of TWO black keys, the note to the left of the two black keys is C.

42. Piano – White Keys
1. Find a set of two black keys

43. 2. Go to the note directly to the left of the black keys.
Piano – White Keys
2. Go to the note directly to the left of the black keys.
THIS IS C!

44. Piano – White Keys
To find F…
First you find a set of THREE black keys, the note to the left of the three black keys is F.

45. Piano – White Keys
1. Find a set of THREE black keys

46. 2. Go to the note directly to the left of the black keys.
Piano – White Keys
2. Go to the note directly to the left of the black keys.
THIS IS F!

47. Piano – White Keys G B

48. A flat changes a note by making it a 1/2 step…
Piano – Flat Keys
A flat changes a note by making it a 1/2 step…
LOWER

49. Flats only happen when we are descending (going down the scale)
Piano – Flat Keys
Flats only happen when we are descending (going down the scale)

50. Piano – Flat Keys Db Eb Gb Ab Bb C D E F G A B

51. Piano – Flat Keys Gb Db

52. A sharp changes a note by making it a 1/2 step…
Piano – Sharp Keys
A sharp changes a note by making it a 1/2 step…
HIGHER

53. Sharps only happen when we are ascending (going up the scale)
Piano – Sharp Keys
Sharps only happen when we are ascending (going up the scale)

54. Piano – Sharp Keys C# D# F# G# A# C D E F G A B

55. Piano – Sharp Keys F# C#

56. Note Name: SIXTEENTH NOTE
Sixteenth Notes
Note Name: SIXTEENTH NOTE
Note Duration:
¼ Count

57. Counting Sixteenth Notes
4 sixteenth notes = 1 beat
1 e + a =

58. Rhythm Counting 1 e + a 2 e + a (3_4) 1 e + a 2 + 3 e + a (4)

59. Tie
Definition of Tie:
Curved line that connects two notes of the same pitch to indicate that the note values should be combined to create a new value.
= 2

60. Tie
1_2_ (2) (3)
_ (2)

61. Tie
1_ e a (4) _2_+ 3_4

62. Quia Tier 4 Quarter 1 Week 4

63. Definition: How loud or soft you sing
Dynamics
Definition: How loud or soft you sing

64. Dynamics Italian Word English Word
Fortississimo Fortissimo Forte Mezzo Forte Mezzo Piano
Very Very Loud/Strong Very Loud/Strong Loud/Strong Medium Loud/Strong Medium Soft

65. Dynamics English Word Italian Word
Soft Very Soft Very Very Soft Gradually get louder Gradually get softer
Piano Pianissimo Pianississimo Crescendo Decrescendo

66. Dynamics Symbol English Word fff ff f mf mp
Very Very Loud/Strong Very Loud/Strong Loud/Strong Medium Loud/Strong Medium Soft
fff ff f mf mp

67. Dynamics Symbol English Word
Soft Very Soft Very Very Soft Gradually get louder Gradually get softer
p pp ppp < >

68. When two or more time signatures are used in one song.
Mixed Meter
Definition of Mixed Meter:
When two or more time signatures are used in one song.

69. Mixed Meter
1_ _3_+ 4 (1_2) 3_4

70. Mixed Meter
1_2 3 +_4_ (3_4) e + a 2_3 (1) 2 +_3 +

71. Mixed Meter
1_2_3 (4) (5)+ (1_2) 3_+_ _2_ (2) _2_+

72. Mixed Meter
1 +_2_+ 1_+_ e + a (2) 3 e + a (1) + 2_1_2

73. Quia Tier 4 Quarter 1 Week 5

74. Definition: The distance between two pitches
Interval
Definition: The distance between two pitches

75. Interval
Note Names: G and A
1 and 2
Interval is: SECOND

76. Interval
Note Names: G and B
1 and 3
Interval is: THIRD

77. Intervals and Solfege DO RE MI FA SOL LA TI DO C D E F G A B C
What solfege syllable is a second above DO? RE
What solfege syllable is a third above DO? MI
What solfege syllable is a fourth above DO? FA
What letter name is a second above C? D
What letter name is a third above C? E
What letter name is a fourth above C? F

78. Definition: Two pitches of the same name, but eight steps apart.
Octave
Definition: Two pitches of the same name, but eight steps apart.

79. Octave

80. Octave

81. Definition: When everyone is singing the same thing at the same time
Unison
Definition: When everyone is singing the same thing at the same time

82. Harmony
Definition: When different voice parts are singing different pitches at the same time

83. Quia Tier 4 Quarter 1 Week 6

84. Intervals on Grand Staff
What is the name of this interval?
UNISON

85. Intervals on Grand Staff
What is the name of this interval?
OCTAVE

86. Intervals on Grand Staff
What is the name of this interval?
THIRD

87. Intervals on Grand Staff
What is the name of this interval?
FOURTH

88. Stems on the Grand Staff
TREBLE CLEF:
Stems pointing up = Sopranos
Stems pointing down = Altos
BASS CLEF:
Stems pointing up = Tenors
Stems pointing down = Bass
Only one stem = Baritone

89. Interval Identification
TRUE OR FALSE: The baritones sing in octaves with the altos for the entire third measure.

90. Interval Identification
TRUE OR FALSE: The baritones sing in octaves with the altos for the entire third measure.
FALSE

91. Interval Identification
What is the interval being sung between the baritones and the sopranos & altos on the words "to where you"?

92. Interval Identification
What is the interval being sung between the baritones and the sopranos & altos on the words "to where you"?
THIRD

93. Interval Identification
In which measure do the altos and sopranos sing in seconds?

94. Interval Identification
In which measure do the altos and sopranos sing in seconds?
MEASURE 3