‘e MUSICAL NOTATION AND PITCH LAR: Music is written on a STATE. consisting of FIVE LINES and FOUR SPAMES.\The lines and spaces 47° numbered upward as Shown: 3387 THE CLEF determines the letter names of the lines and spaces. ‘The LINES in the Treble Clef are named as follows: The letters may easily be remembered by the sentence ~ ‘Every ‘The letter-names of the SPACES in the Treble Clef are: ‘they spell the word F-A-C-E ee ‘As we can see, the second line of the treble clef is known as the Gt line, Many people call the treble clef the ¢ ne because it circles around the *G" line. All other " Totter names are figured from this line. @ on the following staff, practice writing the "G* or Treble Clef sign.‘The Lines in the Bass Clef are named as follows: These letters may easily be remembered Boys by the sentence - Good The letter-names of the spaces in the Bass Clef are: Eat Cars ‘These letters may be remembered by the sentence - All As we can see, the fourth line of the bass clef is known as the "F" line. Many people call the bass clef the F clef because the two dots are placed on either side of the Line. All other letter names are figured from this line. an On the following staff, practice writing the "F" or Bass Clef sign. Leger lines are short lines placed above and below the staff, Some examples are: £ = +I olFor use with Sight-Singing exercises. U Use the keyboard and notation on this page to identify and perform the notes in your voiHOW TO FIND "bo AND UNDERSTAND KEY SIGNATURES @ |, do’ can be on any line or space on the treble or bass staff, To find do’ you must look at the KEY SIGNATURE. 2. The KEY SIGNATURE comes right after the clef and before the time signature. You may see: SHARPS. FLATS, or NOTHING AT ALL’ ag b 5 1 ra = E a & S € +e ze 3 t $4 Oder key) time ) clef key time clel key) time signature signature signature signature . signatdre signature 3. A sharp on a line looks like this: -f#— A sharp in_a space looks like this: =f Alaton a line looks like this: }— A flat in a space looks like this: 7 4, I you see no sharps or flats, we say the key signature is ‘no sharps or flats" and "do" will be on C, @ You must memorize this: ae 4 5. If we see one or more sharps, we use this rule: ¢ ae eat tl eee:Hand Signal Chart ORIGINAL CURWEN SIGNALS SIGHT AND SOUND — REVISED sicNats BS cele po SY, Te Thumb held down for So, raised for Si So RE ON . a —~ES eT How to Approach a New Piece of Music etes warm-up their muscies Sefore exer- se, and they use imagery to “go ugh” an up-coming race in their Focus minds. Likewise, singers should not only warm-up their voices, but they should focus their minds on the piece of music they are about to sing. Following are some guidelines that should be helpful in preparing to sing a new piece of music Nee ‘All suggestions listed below are based on the music theory information presented in Unit 3, The Materials of Music Identify the key of the music. Find out if the piece is in major, minor or some other mode or scale. Sing the scale and the tonic triad on which the piece iS based using either solfege or numbers. (See below for a complete chromatic scale with solfege syllables.) 4. book at the meter signature and establish the number of beats per measure as well as what kind of note gets the beat. .Then set a rea- sonable tempo at which you can succeed. 5, Scout through the music, and look for difficult rhythms or pitch intervals, You may want to practice counting or singing these separ ately before trying the whole piece. 6, Read the musical road map by looking for repeats, endings, D.C. or DS. signs. Now sing through the music. aise Chromatic Scale with Solfege Syllables be x ———_ c= = a po Di Re Ri Mi fe FR Sol St ta Ul “Ths {Dg tor -jo— = = i = "Do" should be moved to the tonic note of each new major key ee = se = = —_ ; J o = ;Do Ti Te ta te Sot Se Fa Mi Me Re Ra Dt SS TlJ de j ’ b | | ek onl nae sp fle t vt +t vt x | _sisteath | S583 pete vete Vete vete Dotted notes Tepes = = phe pate uacter Clb 4d (gX82) ) mee: 7) 4: ) TR Forrest Austin High School Choir Ascending Chromatic ScaleSolfege Rounds Scale-DRMFSLTD DTLSFMRD 1.D DRD DRMRD DRMFMRD DRMFSFMRD DRMFSLSFMRD DRMFSLTLSFMRD DRMFSLTDTLSFMRD Then back down 2.DRM RMF MFS FSL SLT LTD TDRD ° Then back down e 3. 3rds up-D MRFMSFLSTLDTRD Then back down 4.SDSDMS SSLSFMFMRD SLTD SM XXX SM XXX SM XXX “SM CLAP 5.SD SFM SDS X SD SFM FRD X DDD X MRDD X MRDDMSSM X clap clap . MRD clap clap MRD clapclap MRD RTD clap If @ Game —Take one or two syllables out and see who can keep going without making a mistake. Make a mistake, sit down‘Stan Master 14 Name. Class: Date Pitch Challenge Diroctions: Accurately sing each measure on solfége syllables using hand signs end without stopping. During the measure of rest, look ahead to the next challenge. 3 2 4 1 copy © Ginna [ 2 Chol Comestoe Lal 887Pitch Challenge Directions: Accurately sing each measure on solfége using hand signs and without stopping!