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

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

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

9. Note Durations Note Name: Whole Note Note Duration: 4 Counts
Note Name: Half Note
Note Duration: 2 Counts

10. Note Durations Note Name: Quarter Note Note Duration: 1 Count
Note Name: Eighth Note (Flagged)
Note Duration: 1/2 count

11. Note Durations Note Name: Eighth Note (Barred)
Note Name: Dotted Half Note
Note Duration: 3 Counts

12. 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.

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

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

15. 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
Bottom Line: E D
2nd Line: G B
3rd Line: B G
4th Line: D E
Top Line: F

16. Treble Clef Note Names
ACED
BADGE

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
__4__ 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. Rhythm Examples

26. Rhythm Examples
FIX
1_2_ _2_3_4

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

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

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

30. 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)

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

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

33. Solfege DO TI LA
SOL FA MI RE DO

34. Solfege DO TI LA
SOL FA MI RE DO

35. Solfege
DO RE MI MI FA SOL SOL FA MI RE DO MI 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. Definition: A series of notes based on musical steps
Major Scale
Definition: A series of notes based on musical steps

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

41. Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 3

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

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

44. 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
Bottom Space: A E
2nd Space: C C
3rd Space: E A
Top Space: G

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

46. Bass Clef Note Names
DEAF
CAFE

47. Piano – White Keys C D E F G A B

48. 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.

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

50. 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!

51. 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.

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

53. 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!

54. Piano – White Keys G B D

55. Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 4

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

57. 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

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

59. 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

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

61. 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

62. 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)

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

64. Piano – Flat Keys Gb Db Bb

65. Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 5

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

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

68. Octave

69. Octave

70. Octave

71. 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

72. Harmony
Definition: When different voice parts are singing different rhythms or notes at the same time

73. 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.

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

75. 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) (+)

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

77. Quia Tier 3 Quarter 1 Week 6

78. 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

79. 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)

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

81. Piano – Sharp Keys F# C# A#

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

83. 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

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