Mariachi Music Theory

Mariachi Music Theory

We will take several looks at this music stuff... until we know it all!

Open Ended

Using at least 3 complete sentences, answer the questions from the last slide here.

Multiple Choice

What words should you always think of when you hear, "The Beat" in music?

• Loud Music

• Steady Pulse

• Patterns

• 98.5

Multiple Choice

The staff has ___________ lines and ________ spaces.

• 5 lines, 4 spaces

• 5 spaces, 4 lines

Multiple Select

The staff is used to...

• Read and write music

• write and read music

• tune your instrument.

• eat off of.

Multiple Choice

We will always number the lines and spaces on the staff...

• Side to side

• up and down

• Bottom to top

• Top to bottom

Treble and bass clef...

Now that these guys are present, the lines and spaces take on letter names as well as their number!

Multiple Choice

A "measure" is ______ of staff.

• piece

• note

• rhythm

• Section

Multiple Choice

A "barline's" job is to cut the staff up into...

• music

• notes

• measures

• lines

Multiple Choice

A "doublebar" is found at the end of the music and tells the musician that...

• The music is over.

• they should repeat.

• to keep going.

• to stop.

Open Ended

Please type in your "Musical Alphabet"...

Poll

How did you feel about this?

• I like this, lets do more like this.

• This was confusing.

• I don't like this kinda lessons.

• mariachi is awesome!

Multiple Choice

What happens when you get to G in the "Musical Alphabet"...

• we go on to "H".

• we circle back to "A"

• we stop.

• we pick a letter to start from.