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The Staff
4. Draw a note on each line of the staff below. 5. Draw a note on each space of the staff below.
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1. Draw a note on the indicated line or space, then circle the highest note you drew on t
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Space 1 Space 4 Line 3 Line 4 Space 1 Space 3 Line 2
2. Draw a note on the indicated line or space, then circle the lowest note you drew on the staff.
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Line 5 Space 3 Space 1 Space 4 Line 3 Line 2 Space 2
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5. By using H (higher) and L (lower) indicate wheather the first note of each pair sounds
higher or lower than the second note.
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IL L L
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Each note on the treble clef staff has a
letter name.
1. Practice drawing the treble clef sign by tracing over EFGABCDEF
the guidelines. Draw five more in the remaining space.
2. Draw a treble clef at the beginning of the staff and write the letter name of each note.
3. Draw the treble clef at the beginning of the staff and then draw the notes indicated.
Tf a note can be drawn in more than one place on the staff, choose which one you want to draw.
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1
G-X ___
--- F D B A F D G
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GABCDEFGA
1. Practice drawing the bass clef sign by tracing over the guidelines. Draw five more in the remaining space.
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2. Draw a bass clef at the beginning of the staff and write the letter name of each note.
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E E A 4 £ ๕ ๕ G
3. Draw the bass clef at the beginning of the staff and then draw the notes indicated.
If a note can be drawn in more than one place on the staff, choose which one you want to draw.
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C A ED F G B
4. Draw the bass elef at the beginning of the staff.
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Elements of Music: 6
2. Draw a treble clef at the beginning of the staff and write the letter name of each note.
3. Draw the indicated notes. Use ledger lines to di'aw the specified number of pitches without duplication.
1. Draw a bass clef at the beginning of the staff and write the letter name of each note.
2. Draw a bass clef at the beginning of the staff and write the letter name of each note.
3. Draw the indicated notes. Use ledger lines to draw the specified number of pitches without duplication.
Example o -Z2
O
3 Cs 2 As
2 Bs
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2 Gs
1. Practice creating the grand staff by tracing the braces, bar lines, and clefs.
2. Using the staffs below, create four grand staffs by adding braces, bar lines, and clefs.
Time Signatures
Time signatures appear at the The top number indicates the number of beats per measure. The
beginning of a piece of music
music. They are made up of two bottom number indicates which note will get one beat.
numbers.
A quarter note ( J ) = 1 beat A
In time there are four beats in each measure. half note (J ) 2 beats
A whole note ( o) - 4 beats
2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting the beats out loud.
J—1.
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— 1
OJ
-------- 2
2 L
3 )elo
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5. Write in e ou n e
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Lm ±2 AA ±114 ±234 ±234
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Rests
Rests are used in music to indicate silence.
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12 3 4
5. Write the count below the notes and rests, then clap and count the rhythm ont loud.
12 3 4
6. Write the count below the notes and rests, then add the missing bar lines.
3. Some of the measures in this song are missing a rest. Complete each measure by adding the appropriate rest.
Remember, some measures are complete.
1
9 V A 0 0 <»
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4. Fill in the missing rests. Some measures are missing more than one rest.
I Each measure in the next two exercises is missing one rest. Complete each measure by adding the appropriate rest.
Stems
Stems are used to help determine what rhythmic It is important to draw stems on the proper side of the notehead
value a note will have. By adding a stem to an and draw them in the proper direction. Notes that appear on or
open notehead you change the value of the note above the middle staff line have downward stems drawn on the
from a whole note to a half note left side of the notehead. Notes that appear below the middle
staff line have upward stems drawn on the right side of the
notehead.
6. Some of these notes are missing stems. Add stems where needed. Make
sure that each measure has four beats.
Time Signatures -
—In time there are three beats in each measure. -The
quarter note gets one beat. A quarter note (」)=1 beat A half
Rhythmic values note (J) = 2 beats A dotted half note
(J.) = 3 beats
J. 3 beats
The dotted half note gets three beats.
1 2 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting the beats out loud.
LU
3. Write a ® time signature after the clef sign.
Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhytlim while counting the beats out loud.
cd— --------------------s ------ 9 o _______________
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f~3 C* * J
Lis, ± z a r 2 a h 2. a ± a
4. Write a 4 time signature after the clef sign. Write in the count below the notes. Draw the missing bar lines.
Eighth Notes
The rhythmic value of aii eighth notes is one half of a beat. Use a plus sign (+) when writing the count for eighth
Eighth notes may be written with a flag or a beam. If an notes.
eighth note appears by itself, it will have a flag. If two or
more eight notes appear in a row, they will often be beamed
together.
flag
eighth 1+2 + 3 + 4 +
notes spoken: one and two and three and four and
1+2+3 4 1+2+3 4
2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
2-3 + 4 _ + Z±
3. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
5. Write in the count below the notes and then add the missing barlines.
r — 1
n
* lir 1
-V \ 4, — 1
\234+1I34 A 3.
Time Signatures -
—In time there are two beats in each measure. —The
quarter note gets one heat.
An eighth note ( J1) = 1/2 beat A
Rhythmic values quarter note (J ) = 1 beat A half
note (J) = 2 beats
12 +2+12
2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhytlim while coimting the beats out loud.
o &• 9 O
-F ;
3. Write a 4 time signature after the clef sign.
1 2, ±
1 2 1 [
2
Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting the beats out loud.
4. Write a 4 time signature after the clef sign. Write in the count below the notes. Draw the missing bar lines.
5. Write in the count below the notes and add the missing barlines.
1 + 2 + 3 4 3 + 4 1 2 3+4+ 1+2 + 3 4
2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
3. Write the count below the notes and then elap the rhytlim while counting out loud.
±2±X
4. Some eighth notes are missing their flags or beams. Draw the missing flags and beams.
5. Write in the count below the notes and then add the missing barlines.
6. Some eighth notes are missing their flags or beams. Draw the missing flags and beams.
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Elements of Music: 17
Intervals I
In music, an interval is the distance between two notes.
A melodic interval is the distance between two notes shich are played one at a time. A harmonic interval is the distance
between two notes which are played at the same time.
Harmonic Intervals
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unison
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5th 3rd unison octave 2nd
5. Write the indicated harmonic interval above the given note.
Intervals II
Use this chart to help complete the exercises below.
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3. Name these intervals.
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4. Write the indicated harmonic interval above the given note,
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unison 2nd 3rd ---------------- ----------------
octave
Intervals III
1.
Time Signatures -
—In § time there are six beats in each measure. -The eighth A sixteenth note (J^) 1/2 beat
note gets one beat. An eighth note ( J) = i beat A quarter
Rhythmic values note (」):2 beats A dotted quarter note (
J-) = 3 beats A dotted half note (J.) = 6
heats
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6+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 456
2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
main m HL
4. Write a | time signature after the clef sign. Write in the count below the notes. Draw the missing bar lines.
1 1 L
l V
FML / }
L
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2 " 0 A
T
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1
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L
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5. Write in the count beiow the notes and add the missing barlines.
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/k— 9 , - B H
19 A --------- H
B: H
Z Q~ • 1) H
a J
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2. 3 4 (p 1 23 4 + 1 + 2 3 4 ,5 6 i 2. 3 4 5 &
Time Signatures - (f
_------------------In 2 time there are two beats in eaeh measure.
----The half note gets one beat. A quarter note ( J) = 1/2 beat A
Rhythmic values half note (j) = 1 beat A whole
| is often referred to as "cut" time. note (o ) = 6 beats
, may also be displayed as 0.
2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhytlim while connting ont
loud.
J• o J• J• o Q
I+ 2- 4 2 \
3. Write a | time signature after the elef sign.
Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhytlim while counting out loud.
2-
4. Write a | time signature after the clef sign. Write in the count below the notes. Draw the missing bar lines.
2_ ±±2 ±± + ± JL Z
5. Write in the count below the notes and add the missing barlines.
+ 2 + 1 + 2 +XA2 ± 2,
Tied notes are played as one note. The rhythmic value is the sum of the two notes.
3. Write the number of beats each pair of tied notes should receive.
beats I beats
beats beats
2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
1 ± 2, ± 3^ + 3.^ 1 ±^.2- 4 ± ±
3. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhytlim while counting out loud.
4. Some sixteenth notes are missing their flags or beams. Draw the missing flags and beams.
5. Write the count below the notes and then add the missing barlines.
6. Write the
count below
the notes.
2. Write the eount below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
2. + 3 +
3. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
4. Some dotted quarter notes and rests are missing their dots.
Complete each measure by adding the missing dots.
le + a2e+a 3 e + a 4 e + a
2. Write the eount below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
I * 2-<2, A- a. 3 X3+ ! 2^ CL
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d\・ A------- 9 s 1\ 1
0- HF~1 ---- |Ji ~' ®! 1 I
z zt ( 4 r
/ 9
....... ... ~L
.. A
3. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhytlun while counting out loud.
(QL^ + o- 4 [+ ^4 c\ ] + 3 a- 4
6. Write the count below the notes and then add the missing barlines.
-t 2X4A 3 4 A L 4 3(2,40, I 4 X
It is easy to see, on the piano keyboard, how the black keys to the right (1/2 step higher) of a note are sharps and the
black keys to the left (1/2 step lower) of a note are flats.
1. Practice drawing sharps by tracing over the guidelines. Draw six more in the remaining space.
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2. Practice drawing flats by tracing over the guidelines. Draw six more in the remaining space.
1-, i.- L
r?
p *V J f
-:;> :
L-----------------------------------h------------------------
3. Write a flat sign in front of each note and then name the note.
IT —"- i
El>
4. Write a flat sign in front of each nqte and thed name the note.
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fez
5. Write a sharp sign in front of each note and then name the note.
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U
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J
"c
c i
6. Write a sharo sign in front of each note and then name the note
A
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Elements of Music: 27
Enharmonic Notes I
In music there are many notes that have more than one name. Enharmonic notes sound tlie same but are spelled
differently.
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A
4 D F G |
4
A
c D E F G A B C
If you look at a piano keyboard you will see that DU and Et are played with the same key.
3. Use a quarter note to write in the enharmonic equivalent of the given note.
4. Use a quarter note to write in the enliarmonic equivalent of the given note.
5. This is the first part of a familiar song written with maiiy enharmonic notes. Identify the song and write the name here:
fflotry Had ge
Enharmonic Notes II
Complete these exercises.
1. Circle the measures in which the notes are not enhai'monically equivalent.
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Using the keyboards below, write the interval (whole step or half step) that is created by the Os.
3.
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5.
Using the keyboards below, write the interval in whole step and half
steps that is created by the Os.
6.
Frere Jacques
1. Write the flats in the order in which they are added as you go around the circle of fifths.
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2. Write the sharps in the order in which they are added as you go around the circle of fifths.
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3. Write the names of the keys with sharps in order as they appear on the circle of fifths.
G -D A___________F 53
4. Write the names of the keys with flats in order as they appear on the circle of fifths.
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5. Write the count below the notes and then add the missing barlines.
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