1. Quia Tier 3 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. Beat Vs. Count
BEAT is the steady pulse in the music and COUNT is how we measure the beat in the music.

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

6. Treble Clef
This is a TREBLE CLEF. The treble clef indicates notes in a higher range.

7. Bar Line
Definition: A vertical line that is used to separate music into measures

8. Definition: area between bar lines that contains notes and rhythms
Measure
Definition: area between bar lines that contains notes and rhythms

9. Double Bar Line
Definition: Two straight lines used to mark the end of a piece of music

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

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

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

13. Music Alphabet A G B F C E D
The Music Alphabet consists of seven notes. Once you get to G you go back to A and repeat again.

14. Note Names F E D C B A G F E D
Middle C

15. Note Names What do the letters of the spaces spell? E C A F
Top Space: E C
2nd Space: C A
3rd Space: A F
Bottom Space: F

16. What is a saying we can use to remember the lines?
Note Names
What is a saying we can use to remember the lines? F
Top Line: F D
2nd Line: D B
3rd Line: B G
4th Line: G E
Bottom Line: E

17. Quia Level 3 Quarter 1 Week 2

18. Time Signatures
Definition: Time signatures tell us how many beats per measure and what note gets the beat.

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

20. Bottom Number = What note gets the beat
Time Signatures
Bottom Number = What note gets the beat
__1__ 4
__6__ 8
__2__ 2
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Half Note

21. Time Signatures
Common Time – Another way of writing a 4/4 time signature. It means the SAME as a 4/4 time signature does

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

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

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

25. STEP 1: HOW MANY BEATS PER MEASURE?
Rhythm Examples
STEP 1: HOW MANY BEATS PER MEASURE? 4

26. STEP 2: WHAT NOTE GETS THE BEAT?
Rhythm Examples
STEP 2: WHAT NOTE GETS THE BEAT?
Quarter

27. STEP 3: ALWAYS START WITH 1.
Rhythm Examples
STEP 3: ALWAYS START WITH 1. 1

28. Rhythm Examples STEP 4: FILL IN THE REST OF THE COUNTS.
A plus sign (+) will be used for the second half of the beat

29. Rhythm Examples
For these rhythms, you must have four full counts in every example.
An underscore (_) will be used when notes receive more than one count _

30. A space will go between counts for new notes
Rhythm Examples
A space will go between counts for new notes
1_2_ _2_3_4
FIX

31. Rhythm Examples
= 1 +_2 +

32. Rhythm Examples 1 + 2_3 1 + 2 +_3 + 1 2 +_3 + 4 + 1_2_3_4
_ _3 +
_ _2_3_4
1_2 3_ _ _4

33. Rhythm Fill in the Blank
What notes will complete the following measures? Write in the note name
Quarter Note
Half Note

34. Solfege
Definition: A series of syllables that correspond to the notes of the scale

35. Solfege DO TI LA
SOL FA MI RE DO

36. Solfege DO TI LA
SOL FA MI RE DO

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

38. Solfege
DO MI SOL SOL MI DO TI LA SOL SOL LA TI DO

39. Solfege
DO SOL DO SOL MI RE DO MI FA SOL LA TI DO

40. Solfege
RE RE DO RE MI FA SOL SOL FA MI RE DO SOL DO

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

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

43. Rests
Definition: A rest is a time in the music when no singing or playing occurs

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

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

46. Remember to check your time signatures!
Rhythm and Rests
Remember to check your time signatures!
Parentheses go around rest counts to indicate silence
(3) (1) 2_3_4
1_2_ (1_2_3_4)

47. Rhythm and Rests
(2_3) _2_ (4) +

48. Rhythm Fill in the Blank
What rest would complete the following measures?
Quarter Rest
Half Rest

49. Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 3

50. Bass Clef This is a BASS CLEF.
The bass clef is used to indicate notes in a lower range.
**Practice drawing bass clefs**

51. Bass Clef Note Names C B A G F E D C B A G

52. What is a saying we can use to remember the spaces?
Bass Clef Note Names
What is a saying we can use to remember the spaces? G
Top Space: G E
2nd Space: E C
3rd Space: C A
Bottom Space: A

53. What is a saying we can use to remember the lines?
Bass Clef Note Names A
Top Line: A
What is a saying we can use to remember the lines? F
2nd Line: F D
3rd Line: D B
4th Line: B G
Bottom Line: G

54. Piano – White Keys C D E F G A B

55. 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.

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

57. 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!

58. 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.

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

60. 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!

61. Piano – White Keys G B D

62. Quia Tier 3 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. 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

69. 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)

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

71. Piano – Flat Keys Gb Db Bb

72. Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 5

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

74. Octave
Definition: Two pitches of the same name where one is sounding eight tones higher than the other.

75. Octave

76. Octave

77. Octave

78. Unison
Definition: When everyone is singing the same thing at the same time
Example: The choir began the song singing in unison.

79. Harmony
Definition: When different voice parts are singing different rhythms or notes at the same time
Example: The song the director gave the ensemble required the choir to sing in harmony.

80. 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.

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

82. Rhythm Counting
When counting dotted quarter notes, you connect all three counts with underscores
1_+_ _+_ _2_3_4
It will look like a sandwich with either numbers or and signs sandwiching something in the middle
_2_ (3) (+)

83. Rhythm Counting 1_+_2 + 3 + 4 (1_2) 3_+_4 +
1_+_ (1_2) 3_+_4 +
_3_ (4) (1_2) _+_

84. Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 6

85. 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

86. 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)

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

88. Piano – Sharp Keys F# C# A#

89. A GRANDSTAFF is when the treble and bass clefs are seen together.

90. 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

91. What words are spelled using notes on the Grand Staff?
BEEF
ACED