Transcript Music Theory PowerPoint

Music Theory
Band & Drums 2010
L Colpitts
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Music Notes
Semibreve = Whole Note
Minim – Half Note
Crotchet = Quarter Note
Quaver = Eight Note
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Music Notes cont...
Semiquaver = Sixteenth Note
Demisemiquaver = Thirty-second Note
Hemidemisemiquaver = Sixty-fourth Note
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Other Notes
Beams connect eight notes(quavers) and
notes of shorter value
Placing a dot next to the note
increases the value by half. Example
a dotted minim would equal Half +
Quarter = 3/4 Note
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Stave
All of these notes will then be
transferred onto a stave. Notes on the
line = E G B D F (Every Good Boy
Deserves Football) and the notes
between the lines = F A C E (FACE)
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Ledger Lines
Is used to extend the Stave if the note is higher then the stave
Can be above or
below the stave
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Bar Lines
Single Bar Line – used to separate
measures
Double Bar Line – Used to separate
sections or phrase of music
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Sharps
When ever you see
then that
means that you need to raise
the pitch of the note by a half
step.
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Flats
• When ever you see
this
means you need to lower the
note by half a step
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Order of Sharps and Flats
B, E, A, D, G, C, F are the order of the flats. The
first four flats spell BEAD. That's easy to
remember.
F, C, G, D, A, E, B are the order of the sharps. Try
this memory trick to remember the order of the
sharps:: Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds.
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Naturals
• When you see
it means
you cancel out the sharp
or the flat and return to
the original pitch
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Rests in Music
A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked
by a sign indicating the length of the pause. Each rest
symbol corresponds with a particular note value:
long (or four-measure rest)
double whole rest / breve rest
whole rest / semibreve rest
half rest / minim rest
quarter rest / crotchet rest
eighth rest / quaver rest
sixteenth rest / semiquaver rest
thirty-second rest / demisemiquaver rest
sixty-fourth rest / hemidemisemiquaver rest
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Musical Terms
– Andantino – A moderate tempo marking slightly
faster than Andante and slower than
Moderato.
– Larghetto – A tempo not quite as slow as Largo.
Often between 60-66 beats per minute.
– Largo – A slow tempo marking, having between
40 and 60 beats per minute.
– Lento – Slow.
– Moderato – A directive to perform a certain
passage of a composition in a moderate tempo;
moderately restrained.
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Musical Terms cont ...
– Adagio – A slow tempo marking between
Largo and Andante.
– Allegretto – A rather fast tempo marking
between Allegro and Moderato.
– Allegro – A fast tempo marking between
Allegretto and Vivace.
– Andante – A moderate tempo marking
between Largo and Moderato
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Musical Terms cont...
– Prestissimo – A directive to perform a certain
passage of a composition very, very fast, as fast as
possible; faster than presto.
– Presto – A directive to perform a certain passage
of a composition very quickly.
– Vivace – A directive to perform a certain passage
of a composition in a lively or brisk manner.
– Vivo – A directive to perform a certain passage of
a composition in a lively, animated or brisk manner.
Slightly more animated or brisk than Vivace.
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