First form end of term Study Guide

First Form End of Term Music Study Guide Mr. W. Thomas Mrs. T. Manning – Smith Ms. T. Clarke

The Recorder G: Stands 1 for  The recorder is divided into 3 main B: Stands parts: German for 1. Top joint or head joint Baroque 2. Middle joint or body 3. Bottom joint or foot joint  Your fingers should be used to cover each hole on the recorder.  The left thumb is used to cover the hold at the back.  There are eight (8) note holes on the recorder.  The left little finger (left pinky) does not cover any holes

2 Musical Terms  Pitch – how high or low a sound is  Tempo – how fast or slow the musical sound is  Melody (tune) – single notes that are played one after the other.  Music – a pleasing or pleasant sound.  Timbre - the tone quality of a sound or piece of music.  Dynamics: How soft or loud a sound or piece of music is.  Genre: this is the style of the music ( example reggae, R&B, Gospel, Dancehall etc)  The breathe mark ( luftpause): tell the recorder player when to take breathe.  Clef – musical sign placed at the beginning of the staff or stave.  Staff or stave – fives lines and four spaces where musical notes are written  Grand staff – the treble and bass staff join by a brace. The treble staff is place at the top while the bass staff is place at the bottom.

The musical clef and staff 3 The treble clef (also known as the G clef) starts on line number 2 of the musical staff The treble staff with letters on the The treble staff with letters on the lines and in the spaces separated. lines and in the spaces place together. The bass clef (also known The bass staff with letters on the lines as the F clef) starts on line and in the spaces separated. number 4 of the musical staff

Time values and rest 4 Time Values: These are Time value chart symbols that are used to represent the duration ( length ) of a sound. The quaver Rest in music - This is a period of silence in music. Subdivisions of time values Time value and rest chart

5 Time Signatures Two numbers written above each other, the top number tells you the amount of count/s or beat/s, while the bottom number tells you the type of beat (example crotchet beat, minim beat, quaver beat, or semiquaver beat) Can also be represented with a capital C This is how the time signature should be written on the The C is called musical staff. common time Time signature Chart Means 4 quarter notes or crotchets in the bar

6 Students please review week 11 and 12 (Google Classroom term 1 topic folder) for the following topics:  Bars  Bar lines  Final double lines  The repeat sign  Stem directions