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Objectives • Quick Review of Music Theory Basics • Understanding Intervals • What is Solfège? • Using Solfège in Sight Reading • Putting it All Together

Music Theory (How to make sense of those dots on the page)

Treble Clef

The Treble or G Clef gives us the position for the note G on the second line. The Clef draws a ring around the second line to show us.

The other notes, higher and lower than G, run in order up and down the Stave. G is on the line, A is in the space above, B is on the next line, and so on.

Tricks for remembering lines in treble clef: Every Good Boy Does Fine OR Even George Bush Drives Fast Tricks for remembering spaces in treble clef: the spaces spell FACE

Bass Clef The Bass or F Clef also gives the position of one note, this time F on the fourth line. The big ‘dot’ of the Clef marks the note.

The other notes, higher and lower than F, run in order up and down the Stave. F on the line, G in the space above, and so on.

Tricks for remembering lines in bass clef: Good Boys Do Fine Always OR Good Basses Don’t Fear Anything Tricks for remembering spaces in bass clef: All Cows Eat Grass

Origin of Scales

Bobby McFerrin – The Power Of The Pentatonic Scale

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A - Melodic Minor Scale

C - Major Scale A - Natural Minor Scale

A - Harmonic Minor Scale

C - Pentatonic Scale

Other Scales – Less Frequent

Commonly Used Scales

Rhythms

Rhythm Exercises

1

2

3

A B C

Slur vs. Tie

1

2

3

4

A B

Circle of Fifths – The Clock of Keys

SHARPS Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle

Four City Girls Dance An Excellent Ballet Fat Charlie Gets Donuts After Eating Breakfast Father Christmas Got Dad An Electric Blanket

B E A D G C F

FLATS Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles’ Father Boring Ed Always Drove Good Clean Fords

Breakfast Eating After Donuts Gets Charlie Fat Blanket Exploded And Dad Got Charred Feet

Intervals (What’s my NEXT note?)

Intervals and Their Inversions

Octave

Major 7th

Major 6th

Perfect 5th

Perfect 4th

Major 3rd

Maj 2nd

minor 7th

minor 6th

Tritone/Dim 5th/Aug 4th

min 3rd

min 2nd

Minor Intervals are one ½ step smaller than major intervals

Diminished Intervals are one ½ step smaller than minor or perfect intervals

Augmented Intervals are one ½ step larger than major or perfect intervals

Ascending major and perfect intervals may be calculated by considering the lower note of the interval as the tonic of a major scale

Unison (P1): Repeat of the same note

minor 2nd

Ascending

One Half Step from Bottom to Top

Descending

Major 2nd Two Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Ascending Descending

minor 3rd

Ascending

Three Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Descending

Major 3rd

Ascending

Four Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Descending

Perfect 4th

Ascending

Five Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Descending

Tritone

Ascending

Six Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Descending

ALSO – MARIA!!

Perfect 5th

Ascending

Seven Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Descending

minor 6th

Ascending

Eight Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Descending

Intro to “In My Life” – The Beatles

Major 6th

Ascending

Nine Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Descending

minor 7th

Ascending

Ten Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Descending

Intro to “An American In Paris” - Gershwin

Major 7th

Ascending

Eleven Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Descending

Octave (P8)

Ascending

Twelve Half Steps from Bottom to Top

Descending

Solfège

What is Solfège?

DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Using Solfège

Exercise 3

Do Do

Do Do Do Do So Mi Re Mi Fa Mi Fa Mi Re Ti

Mi Re Mi Mi So La So Fa Mi So Mi Re

Exercise 4

Do

Do

Do Re Re Re Re

Do Do Do Re

Re Do Do

Mi Mi Mi

Mi

Mi Mi Re Mi Re

Fa Fa Fa Fa

Fa

Fa Fa Fa

So So So So So So So So

So So

So So So

La

La La La La

La La La

Ti Ti Ti Ti Ti

Ti Ti Ti

1 2 3(4) &(1) &(2) & 3(4)

1 & 2 & 3 &(4) &(1) & 2 & 3(4)

1(2) & 3 &(4) &(1,2,3,4)

1 & 2 & 3 &(4) &(1,2,3,4)

Exercise 5

Samba Chill - Round

What ELSE is Solfège?

DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO

DI

RA

RI

ME

FI

SE

SI

LE

LI

TE

Putting It All Together

Exercise 6 – Part 1

Exercise 6 – Part 2

Exercise 6 – Cheer Up, Charlie

Exercise 7 – Part 1

Exercise 7 – Part 2

Exercise 7 – I Fall In Love With You Every Day

Recap • Brushed up on Music Theory Basics • We Can Identify and Sing Intervals • We Learned Solfège! • Solfège is Useful in Sight Singing • We Used New Skills and Tools to Sight Sing!

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