Lesson Three

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Lesson Three

• Reading Music
• Pitch and Duration

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Duration Quarter Notes Eighth Notes

• In the second lesson on duration you that one
  quarter note lasts for one beat and that two
  eighth notes also last for one beat.
• When you are clapping a rhythm try saying the
  following syllables for each of the following
  notes
• quarter notes - tah
• eighth notes ti-ti

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RHYTHMIC EXERCISES
Try clapping the following rhythms and saying the
syllables at the same time. The first few times
you may want to use the sound file to help you.
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Sight reading melodies
One way of learning to sing melodies is to use a
system called tonic solfa. Each individual tone
is assigned a name. Regardless of whether you
start at a low pitch or a high pitch, all notes
relate to each other using the same solfa names
and the same relative distance between pitches.
The first three pitches that we will use are
called
me
re
doh
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Melody 1

• Clap the rhythm of this melody saying the
  syllables tah and ti-ti.
• Listen to the sound file and try singing the
  solfa names as you listen to the file.
• Now try clapping the rhythm and singing the solfa
  names at the same time as you listen to the file.
• Now sing the melody and clap the rhythm without
  the sound file.

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Melody 2

• Follow the same procedure with the next four
  melodies.

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Melody 3
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Melody 4
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Melody 5
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Major Scale
Now you are ready to sing the first five notes of
the major scale. A major scale begins and ends
on the same note and it is mad up of eight notes
pentatonic scale. Sing the scale as you play the
sound file do-re-me-fa-so
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Writing Music

• One of the very useful skills is the ability to
  write down music which you hear. If you were to
  write down only the rhythm, we refer to this as a
  rhythmic dictation. If you write down the melody
  and the rhythm together, we refer to this as
  melodic dictation.
• The following slide contain three rhythmic and
  three melodic dictations which you can do using
  the Noteworthy Composer Program.

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Taking dictations
On the next slide you will be asked to write down
the rhythms and melodies you hear using musical
notation. Rhythmic Dictation Using the
Noteworthy Composer software write down the
rhythms that you hear using quarter notes and
eighth notes. When you are done, place the
cursor at the beginning of the exercise and use
the play back function F5 to listen to your
answer. Melodic Dictation Listen to the sound
file and try singing it using the solfa
syllables. Now try clapping it and saying the
rhythm syllables. Finally, using the Noteworthy
Composer software enter the correct notes and
rhythms. When you are done, place the cursor at
the beginning of the exercise and use the play
back function F5 to listen to your answer.
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Dictations

• Rhythmic Dictation
• Use eighth notes quarter notes.
• Ex.1
• Ex. 2
• Ex. 3

• Melodic
• Use eighth notes quarter notes notes d, r, m.
• Ex. 1
• starts on d
• Ex. 2
• starts on d
• Ex. 3
• starts on m