Transcript Lesson One - Acadia University

Lesson One
Pitch
Pitch
Pitch refers to the highness or lowness of a sound. In
music the highness or lowness of a sound is
determined by its placement on the staff.
High sound
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Low sound
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Sounds may be placed on one of
the lines or spaces.
Click on the button and listen to the
sound of each note.
Melody
When you put a row of notes together they
create a melody or tune.
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Click on the icon and see if you can guess the name of
the melody which is being played.
Notice how the notes in this melody move from line to space
and space to line. This is known as step-wise motion
Treble Clef
Find a piano keyboard and play some of
the notes to the far right. They are very
high. If you were to write some of these
notes on the staff (five lines), you would
put a treble clef at the start of the staff.
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The treble clef placed at the beginning of the staff shows that the
notes on the staff are high.
Notes in the Treble Clef
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A
B
C
D
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F
G
Each note in the treble clef has its own name which
you will recognize as the first seven letters of the
alphabet. Click on the icon and listen to how they
move from high to low.
Lines and Spaces
The staff has five lines and four spaces which
each have individual names.
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E
G
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B
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D
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F
The notes on the lines can be remember by thinking of the
Words: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge.
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C
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E
The notes in the spaces spell a very
familiar word – F A C E.
Ledger Lines
There are also notes which can be written
kkkk
above
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A
B
C
D
or below
a kkk
C
B
A
k
G
the staff.
The extra lines drawn for these notes are called
ledger lines.
Note Name Review #1
Name the notes in the following melody. Refer back to Slide 5 if
you need some help. Now listen to the melody. Do you
recognize it?
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skip
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step
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Now listen to how a famous composer Mozart used this melody in
one of his compositions. Notice how he uses skips as well as
steps in the melody.
Note Name Review #2
Name the notes in this melody written by Joseph Haydn.”.
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Now listen to how
he used this melody
in his “Surprise
Symphony