The rudiments of what is music

I. What is the stuff on the page?

II. Breaking down rhythm

III. Breaking how do you know what the notes are?

What the heck is all that stuff?

Vocabulary:clef key signaturemeasure/ bar time signatureBarline staff

So what’s the difference between these two clefs?

Why?

Let’s talk about humans... Women sing on the treble clef

Men sing on the bass clef

There are 4 different voice parts for humans:

Voice Part Definition

Famous Names / Names we might know...

Soprano highest female voice part

Kathleen Battle,Jessie Norman, Renee Flemming, Pop - Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Maria Carey, Arianna Grande

Alto lower female voice part

Delphine Galou Pop: Tina Turner, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Stevie Nicks, Janis Joplin, Rhianna, Queen Latifah

Tenor highest male voice part

Jose Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo: The three tenors Adam Levine, Ben Folds, Elton John, Five for Fighting (John Ondrasik), Jimmy Eat World (Jim Adkins), Pink Floyd, Yes, Bruno Mars, Jason Mraz, Jay Sean, Jason Derulo

Bass lowest male voice part

Ruggero Raimondi // Johnny Cash (Ring of Fire with Home Free), Trace Adkins, Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, Barry White, Mike Rowe

So, how do they know know what to sing?

Notes that have value... those values create rhythm... So what is rhythm?

Rhythm is beats over a period of time

But what makes rhythm work? (How do you know what to play?)

The biggest note is:

The whole note

It lasts 4 beats!

Each note represents a different amount of

time!

What would be half of a whole note?

The next smallest note is a half note!

How long does that last?

Right! 2 beats

What would be half of a half note?

The next smallest note is a quarter

note!

How long does that last?

Right! 1 beat

What would be half of a quarter note?

The next smallest note is an 8th note!

How long does that last?

Right! only ½ a beat

let’s go one more...

What would be half of an 8th note?

The next smallest note is an 16th

note!

How long does that last?

Right! only ¼ a beat

So the whole rhythm tree looks like this:

Value:

What is the opposite of noise? So the

noisy side looks like

this:

And the quiet side looks

like this:

So the whole thing:

So let’s play a game:

What are those rules of counting?

1. Each measure starts with 1

2. Count as high as the time signature says...

3. Don’t repeat numbers

4. (parenthesis for held notes) and circles around rests

Level 1: halves and wholes!

Ask questions now if you are confused!(SM: 1 – 12)

Level 2: Integrating quarter notes

Ask questions now if you are confused!(SM: 12 – 15)

Level 3: Integrating quarter notes with new time sigs

Ask questions now if you are confused!(SM: 16)

Introducing the

Ties are used to do what? _______________

Right! Hold things together!

When we have ties, we simply treat them like held notes!

Level 4: Using ties!

Knowing about acne...

You are not alone... Notes get zits too! These zits make these notes special.

When you see a dot it means:

______________________________________________________________________________________________

So let’s break this down...

1.w . -> _______ + ________ = _________

2.h . -> _______ + ________ = _________

3.q . -> _______ + ________ = _________

4.e. -> _______ + ________ = _________

Level 5: Dots and ties and time sigs, oh my!

Ask questions now!

One more practice...

Let’s see if you can be graded for

it...?

What about with e notes?

Level 6: With e notes