Interpreting Lead sheets

In this lab you are asked to

 Practice interpreting melody from staff notation
 Practice interpreting various repeat signs
 Identify the notes in a variety of lead sheet symbols
Interpret Melody
Recreate the first 8 bars of this melody on a virtual instrument:

Interpret
Repeat Signs
Bars 1 to 16 on the leadsheet above could be written as follows:

Volta Brackets (1st and 2nd time bars)

This makes use of repeats with 1st and 2nd time bars. When you play the melody for the first time you
play the 1st time bars and then repeat. On repeat (ie. the second time) you would play the 2 nd time
bars instead of the first time bars.

There are a number of shorthand ways of writing repeats. Read through Repeat Signs and Repeated
Sections (learnmusictheory.net) and explain in your own words how you would follow each of the
directions below.
 1. D C al Fine:

2. D S al Fine:

3. D S al Coda:

What does this symbol to the left typically represent?

Answer:

Interpret Chord Symbols

The chords to accompany the melody are shown in the lead sheet with chord symbols or lead sheet
symbols. Using 1.6 Basic Lead Sheet Symbols -- Music theory at LearnMusicTheory.net for reference,
type out the notes you would use for each of the chords needed in the lead sheet on the previous
page.

1. Em:
2. G:
3. D:
4. Bm
5. C
6. B7