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*Student will be able to identify notes on a piano keyboard
*Student will be able to identify notes on a piano keyboard
*Student will be able to identify pitches given the European solfege name or integer notation
*Student will be able to identify pitches given the European solfege name or integer notation
*Student will understand difference between pitches, octaves, chroma, and pitch classes.
*Student will understand difference between pitches, octaves, chroma, and pitch classes


==Resources==
==Resources==


==== Readings ====
====Readings====


* T. Rush [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-pitch.pdf "Notation: Pitch."] (''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People)''
*T. Rush [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-pitch.pdf "Notation: Pitch."] (''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People)''
* R. Hutchinson. [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/BasicConcepts.html "Basic Concepts."] (''Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom'')
*R. Hutchinson. [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/BasicConcepts.html "Basic Concepts."] (''Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom'')
* [http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-notenames.htm "Keyboard and Frequency Calculator"] (''Sengspiel Audio'')
*[http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-notenames.htm "Keyboard and Frequency Calculator"] (''Sengspiel Audio'')


==Class Activities==
==Class Activities==
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*Notating enharmonics
*Notating enharmonics


==== '''Drills''' ====
===='''Drills'''====


* Musictheory.net:
** [https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note Note Identification]
** [https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note-construction Note Construction]
** [https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/keyboard Keyboard Note Identification]
** [https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/keyboard-reverse Keyboard Note Reverse Identification]
** [https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/fretboard Fretboard Note Identification]


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 22:28, 16 July 2020

This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Sound & Music module.

Objectives

  • Students will be able to notate, name, and play (on a keyboard) a pitch in treble, alto, tenor, or bass clef.
  • Student will be able to name notes using American note notation and/or octave notation
  • Student will be able to identify notes on a piano keyboard
  • Student will be able to identify pitches given the European solfege name or integer notation
  • Student will understand difference between pitches, octaves, chroma, and pitch classes

Resources

Readings

Class Activities

  • Discussion of the symbology of pitch in staff notation
  • Discussion of notation using integer notation
  • Discussion of Fixed Do Solfège
  • Construction and performance of written melodies
  • Melodic transcription of short excerpts of music from different genres and time periods

Assignments

  • Transcription of a given written melody to different modalities (other clef, integer, solfege notations)
  • Notating enharmonics

Drills

Notes