2. An Interactive Lesson on Music Theory Created By Jon Litz

3. Introduction This lesson will teach you some of the basic concepts of music theory and quiz you on what you have learned.

4. Navigation Takes you to the previous screen Takes you to the Main Menu Takes you to the next screen

5. Main Menu How music is defined How music is defined Notes and time signatures Notes and time signatures Test your knowledge Test your knowledge Lesson 1Lesson 2 Quiz

6. How music is defined Rhythm: the variation of length between sounds Tone: the fundamental frequency at which a sound vibrates Melody: a sequence of individual tones played in a rhythm Harmony: two or more tones played simultaneously

7. How music is defined Timbre: the quality or sound of a voice or instrument Dynamics: the loudness or softness of a sound Tempo: the rate of speed at which music is played Meter: organizes rhythm into units called measures

8. Notes Measure: a segment of time defined as a given number of beats Notes: divide a measure evenly into fractions or subdivisions There are whole, half, quarter, 8 th, 16 th, 32 nd, and 64 th notes.

9. Time Signatures The most common time signature is The top number represents how high you count (can be any number) The bottom number represents the kind of note you’re counting In time, you count 4 quarter-notes per measure 4444 4444

10. Quiz – Question 1 The variation of length between sounds is: A A C C D D B B Dynamics MelodyTimbre Rhythm

11. Quiz – Question 1 The variation of length between sounds is: A A Dynamics Sorry, that answer is incorrect. Please press the back button to try again.

12. Quiz – Question 1 The variation of length between sounds is: C C Timbre Sorry, that answer is incorrect. Please press the back button to try again.

13. Quiz – Question 1 The variation of length between sounds is: D D Melody Sorry, that answer is incorrect. Please press the back button to try again.

14. Quiz – Question 1 The variation of length between sounds is: B B Rhythm Correct! Press the forward button for the next question.

15. Quiz – Question 2 The loudness or softness of a sound is: A A C C D D B B Dynamics HarmonyMeasure Tempo

16. Quiz – Question 2 The loudness or softness of a sound is: B B Tempo Sorry, that answer is incorrect. Please press the back button to try again.

17. Quiz – Question 2 The loudness or softness of a sound is: C C Measure Sorry, that answer is incorrect. Please press the back button to try again.

18. Quiz – Question 2 The loudness or softness of a sound is: D D Harmony Sorry, that answer is incorrect. Please press the back button to try again.

19. Quiz – Question 2 The loudness or softness of a sound is: A A Dynamics Correct! Press the forward button for the next question.

20. Quiz – Question 3 The most common time signature is: A A C C D D B B 7878 1000 4 4444 15 16

21. Quiz – Question 3 The most common time signature is: A A 7878 Sorry, that answer is incorrect. Please press the back button to try again.

22. Quiz – Question 3 The most common time signature is: B B 15 16 Sorry, that answer is incorrect. Please press the back button to try again.

23. Quiz – Question 3 The most common time signature is: C C 1000 4 Sorry, that answer is incorrect. Please press the back button to try again.

24. Quiz – Question 3 The most common time signature is: D D 4444 Correct! Press the forward button to end the quiz.

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