MUSIC

THEORY
THE NEXT
I N S TA L L M E N T. . .
What will be do
today?

• Recap
• Scales
• Key Signatures
• Other Musical words
• Let's analyse...
 What went well?
•More note lengths
•Major and Minor
•Melodic Contour
•Tempo and Expression markings

RECAP! What didn't go so well?

• The Circle of Fifths
• Key signatures
• Dots after the notes • Melodic Contour
• 1 dot = add on ½ of the note length • Conjunct
• 2 dots = add on ½ of the note • Disjunct
length and then add on a ¼ • Ascending
• Major & Minor • Descending
• Major – happy (in sound) • Undulating
• Minor – sad (in sound) • Pendulum
• Not related to tempo • Cascading
 • Scales
So, the not so good... • Major – TTSTTTS

'In Music notation, the key signature tells the

reader which notes to play sharp or flat
• Key Signatures
throughout the music." (studybass.com) • C major – C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C
It is basically a way of placing lots of
information in one place rather than
throughout a score. • G major – G,A,B,C,D,E,F#,G

For some more you can visit: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zp9wk
2p/revision/3 • F major – F,G,A,Bb,C,D,E,F
 
The Piano...
Tempo and
Expressions
Music starting being notated in
approximately the year 1000. Over the next
few hundred years this developed into the
notation we have now (approx. late 16th
Century).

Words also started being added. It became

fashionable to give more detail and tell
musicians exactly how to play your music
and so they used the Italian words.

Composers have used their own languages

since the 18th Century alongside Italian
descriptions.
Some more terms
Rubato • Sweetly
Tranquillo • Calm
Peasante • Simple
Semplice • Sustained
Sostenuto • To ' give time' (elastic band)
Agitato • Agitated
Cantabile • Heavy
Espressivo • Mysteriously
Misterioso • In a singing style
Animato • Animated
Dolce • With expression