MS Music Unit 2 wrapup

MS Music - Lesson 2 wrapup

You should have done:

Unit 1 - Critical thinking question

• Activity

Unit 2 -Discussion 1

Discussion 2

Today - Review Unit for Unit 2 Quiz

Questions? Study hall on Monday afternoon 3-4:00 p.m. or email me to set up another 1-1 time.

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This week:

​What do I do???

Rhythm

The Rules of Rhythm

So, we know that rhythm means the pattern of sounds in time. These patterns must follow some general rules to make sense to our ears:

• steady beat

• time signature

Multiple Choice

What is this called?

• Bass Clef

• Staff

• Treble clef

• Half Note

Multiple Choice

How many lines are on the staff?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

Staff - 5 lines, 4 spaces

Notes - whole

half

quarter

eighth

ledger lines

treble clef

bass clef​

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​Music Theory

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Multiple Choice

what does this mean?

• 4 beats in a measure and a quarter note gets one beat

• 4 beats in a measure and a half note gets 1 beat

• 4 pickles drive a car and the hamburger saves the day

• 4 measures equal 4 beats

Multiple Choice

What does this 3/4 time signature mean:

• Three beats to a measure, each quarter note gets one count.

• Three measures in the song.

• Three out of four people will be able to read this.

• Four beats to a measure and repeats three times.

Multiple Choice

How many spaces on a music staff?

• 7

• 4

• 0

• 15

Best Friends

When we play or sing more than one pitch at a time (more than one note at a time)

​Harmony

Single notes that sound pleasing to our ears.

Sometimes called the "tune"

Usually hear this more than the harmony

Melody

Musical Notes

• We have 7 Different Musical notes

• A, B, C, D, E, F, and G

• After that it just repeats!

Strategy!

To memorize what the notes on the spaces are...

Strategy!

to remember what the notes on the lines are..

Multiple Choice

Zoe is listening to several of her friends—Emily, Fiona, Mei, and Penelope—sing in harmony. Even though they are blending their voices well, Zoe can easily recognize the sound of Mei’s voice. What about Mei’s voice is Zoe MOST likely hearing?

• its frequency

• Its intensity

• its rhythm

• its timbre

Multiple Choice

What is a stepwise motion on a piano?

• a repeating pattern of pitches

• movement by half steps or whole steps

• one grouping of the musical alphabet from A to A

• playing two or more intervals at the same time

Multiple Choice

Chris plucks the G string on a guitar and lets the note linger for a measure before playing the next note. What is the amount of time Chris holds that first note?

• duration

• interval

• notation

• step

Multiple Choice

What word refers to whether a sound is low or high?

• interval

• pitch

• step

• timbre

​The piano

There is so much more we can learn from the piano. The quarter note was our “home base” for learning rhythm, and the piano will be the “home base” for our discussion of melody and harmony.

There are 88 black and white keys on the piano. As we go up or down the piano, the frequencies get higher or lower. But even though there are 88 keys on the piano, there are only 12 different notes! Sound confusing? Let’s clarify.

A note is a shorthand word musicians use to refer to a specific written duration (like quarter notes or half notes), or a specific pitch (in this case, a specific pitch on the piano) that lasts a certain amount of time. We already talked about notes in terms of duration, so now we will talk about notes in terms of a specific pitch on the piano.

Multiple Choice

Starting low on the piano keyboard, Trevor plays all the notes from A to A. When he gets to the second A, how far has he gone?

• a measure

• a pitch

• a step

• an octave

Multiple Choice

Qiana finds that she can count the beats in a waltz 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3 along with the music. Each time Qiana counts to 3, how much of the waltz has gone by?

• a beat

• a measure

• a step

• an interval

Multiple Choice

What is the smallest interval on a piano?

• half-step

• major scale

• minor scale

• whole step

If any of the questions, terms, etc. are confusing for you, go back and listen to the podcast or re-read the lessons BEFORE taking the quiz.

Do your best on the quiz and let me know if you have questions.

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Review, review, review.

You should have done:

Unit 1 - Critical thinking question

• Activity

Unit 2 -Discussion 1

Discussion 2

Today - We reviewed Unit for Unit 2 Quiz

Questions? Study hall on Monday afternoon 3-4:00 p.m. or email me to set up another 1-1 time.

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This week: