Transcript Pathways to Harmony - G Major Music Theory

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Pathways to Harmony
Chapter 1
The keyboard and treble clef
1.2 The staff and treble clef
G DeBenedetti
www.gmajormusictheory.org
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The staff
• Music is written on staffs.
• A staff is a set of five lines and four spaces.
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The staff
• Music is written on staffs.
• A staff is a set of five lines and four spaces.
• Lines and spaces on the staff are numbered from the
bottom.
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The staff
• Music is written on staffs.
• A staff is a set of five lines and four spaces.
• Lines and spaces on the staff are numbered from the
bottom.
• Each line and space stands for a certain pitch or note,
and is given a letter A through G. These letters refer to
the letters for the keys on the keyboard.
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The treble clef
• Each staff of music begins with a clef.
• A clef is a symbol which identifies a line and space with a
letter.
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The treble clef
• Each staff of music begins with a clef.
• A clef is a symbol which identifies a certain line with a key
on the keyboard.
• This symbol, , is a G or treble clef.
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The treble clef
• Each staff of music begins with a clef.
• A clef is a symbol which identifies a certain line with a key
on the keyboard.
• This symbol, , is a G or treble clef.
• The G or treble clef identifies the second line as the G
above the piano’s middle C.
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Letters with treble clef
• Letter names proceed alphabetically on the staff from low
to high alternating lines and spaces. When G is reached,
the letters go back to A and then repeat.
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Letters with treble clef
• Letter names proceed alphabetically on the staff from low
to high alternating lines and spaces. When G is reached,
the letters go back to A and then repeat.
• Note-heads are almost-circular ovals which indicate which
pitch is to be played or sung. Note-heads may be filled in
or open.
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Letters with treble clef
• Letter names proceed alphabetically on the staff from low
to high alternating lines and spaces. When G is reached,
the letters go back to A and then repeat.
• Note-heads are almost-circular ovals which indicate which
pitch is to be played or sung. Note-heads may be filled in
or open.
• A note-head is on a line if a line goes though it. It is in a
space if a line does not go through it.
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A faster way
• There is a faster way to identify the letters on a staff with
treble clef:
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A faster way
• There is a faster way to identify the letters on a staff with
treble clef:
• Notes in the spaces, starting from the bottom, spell the
word FACE.
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A faster way
• There is a faster way to identify the letters on a staff with
treble clef:
• Notes in the spaces, starting from the bottom, spell the
word FACE.
• Notes on the lines, starting from the bottom, are
E G B D and F, as in Every Good Boy Does Fine.
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Your Turn
• DOWNDLOAD (if you have not already done so) Chapter
One of Pathways to Harmony from this website:
http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/Fundamentals/workbooks.html
• DO worksheets 1.3 to 1.6
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Practice Letter Names
• CLICK this link
http://www.emusictheory.com/drillNoteReading.html
• SELECT the “settings” button
• ENTER these settings:
– Staves: treble staff only
– Ledger lines: no ledger lines
– (Other settings may be left as defaults)
• SELECT “ok” then “start drill”
• PRACTICE your letter names
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Speed Practice Letter Names!
• CLICK this link
http://www.emusictheory.com/drillSpeedReading.html
• SELECT the “settings” button
• Settings are similar to the previous drill, but you can also
adjust the speed with which the notes must be identified.
• SELECT “ok,” then “start drill”
• SPEED PRACTICE your letter names!