Second form study guide

0 Second Form End of Term Music Study Guide 2021 Mr. W. Thomas

1 Time Values and rest Time Values (note values/ notations): These are symbols that are used to represent the duration (length) of a sound. The stem, flag and note head Rest in music - This is a period of Subdivisions of time values silence in music.

Time Signatures 2 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 Means 4 quarter notes or crotchets in the bar The C is called common time Time signature Chart Means 4 semibreves in the bar Means 4 minims in the bar Means 4 crotchets in the bar Means 4 quavers in the bar

3 The musical clef and staff 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 lines and in the spaces separated. We can also write the letters on the lines and spaces together. Letters on the lines and Letters on the lines and spaces are separated spaces are placed together.

4 The bass clef (also known as the F clef) starts on line number 4 of the musical staff The bass staff with letters on the lines and in the spaces separated. Just like the treble staff, the letters on the bass staff can also be placed together. 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.

5 Analyzing a simple melodic score The title of the piece The style the piece is written in The time signature Bar 2 Beat 1 of bar 4 Bar 1 Beat 2 of bar 4 Beat 3 & 4 of bar 4 Bar 3 Bar 9 The key signature Final double bar line (Can also be called the final bar line) In bar 9, we would play the notes: Beat 1 = G for 1 count Beat 2 = E for 1 count Beat 3 & 4 = E for 2 counts

The keyboard 6 Major and minor triads Students remember that when a note is given two names, it is called an enharmonic note. Any note you start with is called your root  All white keys are note. called natural keys A semitone can be between a black and  Going to the right we white note or between two white notes . say we raise and use the sharp sign Formula for any major triad (chord) is :  Going to the left we R - 4-3 say we lower and used the flat sign. R= root note 4 = four semitones ( 4 half steps) 3 = three semitone ( 3 half steps) For the minor triad it will be the opposite: R–3–4

7 All the best in your exams….