4th FEBIHS MUSIC WORKSHOP LESSON OUTLINE

Introduction:
---Review the lessons:

a. Staff
b. Clefs
c. Ledger Lines
d. Pitch Names

ACTIVITY 1: Draw Staff on Board – Practice- part of Review.

IV. SOLFA SYLLABLE

- the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the
scale.
- Katumbas ng PITCH NAMES
C- DO G - SOL
D – RE A - LA
E – MI B - SI
F – FA C- DO

C D E F G A B C
DO - RE -MI - FA -SOL- LA - SI- DO DO - RE -MI - FA -SOL-LA -SI- DO

ACTIVITY 2: Familiarization of SOLFA SYLLABLE

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IV. TIME SIGNATURE
- Appears at the beginning of a piece of music. It consists of two numbers placed
at the beginning of a staff, typically just after the clef and key signature.
(Makikita at nilalagay sa pinaka unahnag bahagi sa Staff. Ito ay binubuo ng 2
numero)
- Common Time Signature:
4 3 2
4 4 4

A. COMMON TIME (Read as FOUR – FOUR)

The top number indicates the number of beats per measure. (bilang ng kumpas)

The bottom number indicates which note will get one beat. (nota na mag re-
recieve ng 1 beat – Quarter note)

ACTIVITY 3: Practice

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 V. NOTES AND REST
- Notes are symbols used in written music to represent the sounds that musicians
play or sing. They tell us both the pitch and duration of a musical sound.

- Notes indicate how high or low a sound is. On the staff, notes are placed on
different lines or in different spaces. Higher notes are placed higher on the staff,
while lower notes are placed lower.
- Rest are used in music to indicate silence

NOTES
Whole notes - 4 counts

Half notes - 2 counts

Quarter notes - 1 count

Eight notes – ½ count

16th notes – ¼ count

REST
Whole rest - 4 counts

Half rest - 2 counts

Quarter rest - 1 count

Eight rest – ½ count

16th rest – ¼ count

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PARTS OF THE NOTES
Notehead- the main oval or elliptical shape of the note. It is positioned
on the staff and represents the pitch of the sound. The notehead can
be empty (as in a whole note) or filled (as in a half note, quarter note,
etc.).
Stem - a thin, vertical line attached to the notehead. It can point
either upward or downward and is used to indicate the direction of
the note on the staff.
Flag (or Beam):- Flags are small lines attached to the stem of an
eighth note, sixteenth note, or shorter durations. When multiple notes
of the same duration are grouped together, the flags are connected
by beams, which help simplify the notation and improve readability.
Beams also indicate the rhythmic grouping and division of notes within
a beat.
Dot- A dot placed after a note increases its duration by half. For
example, a dotted half note is equivalent to a half note plus a quarter
note. The dot extends the note's value, adding to its overall duration.
Rest- While not a part of the note itself, rests represent periods of
silence in music.

ACTIVITY 3: Practice

More ACTIVITIES about these lessons.

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VI. KEY SIGNATURE

A key signature is a set of sharp or flat symbols placed at the beginning of a staff to
indicate the tonal center or key of a musical piece.

B. ACCIDENTALS - an accidental is a symbol used to alter the pitch of a note within a

measure.

✓ Sharp (♯): Placed before a note, the sharp symbol raises the pitch by one semitone
(half step). For example, if a note is marked with a sharp, it is played or sung one
semitone higher.
✓ Flat (♭): Placed before a note, the flat symbol lowers the pitch by one semitone
(half step). For example, if a note is marked with a flat, it is played or sung one
semitone lower.
✓ Natural (♮): Placed before a note, the natural symbol cancels a previous sharp or
flat within the same measure. It restores the note to its original pitch as indicated by
the key signature.

VII. DYNAMICS

- indicate how loud or soft a musical passage or section should be performed.

- in music refer to the varying levels of volume and intensity used to convey
expressiveness and shape the overall musical interpretation.

➢ Pianississimo (ppp) – Very very soft

➢ Pianissimo (pp) - very soft or extremely quiet volume.
➢ Piano (p) - a soft or quiet volume.
➢ Mezzo piano (mp - a moderately soft volume.
➢ Mezzo forte (mf ) - a moderately loud volume.
➢ Forte (f - a loud or strong volume.
➢ Fortissimo (ff) - very loud or strongly accented volume.
➢ Fortessissimo (fff) -very very loud

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 ➢ Crescendo (cresc.) - a gradual increase in volume.
➢ Decrescendo or diminuendo (decresc. or dim.) -a gradual decrease in volume.
➢ Sforzando (sfz)- Indicates a sudden, strong accent on a particular note or chord.
➢ Fortepiano (fp) - Indicates a note or chord played loudly and immediately followed
by a sudden shift to a soft volume.

VIII. TEMPO

- Tempo in music refers to the speed or pace at which a piece of music is

performed.
- Tempo can also be indicated by using metronome markings, which provide an
exact beats-per-minute (BPM) value. For example, 60 BPM indicates one beat
per second, while 120

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