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


*T. Rush [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-pitch.pdf "Notation: Pitch."] (''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People).''
*''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People -'' [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-pitch.pdf Notation: Pitch.]
*K. Schaffer. [http://openmusictheory.com/pitch(Class).html "Pitch (Class)."] (''Open Music Theory'').
*Schaffer, ''Open Music Theory'': [http://openmusictheory.com/pitch(Class).html Pitch (Class)]
*R. Hutchinson. [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/BasicConcepts.html "Basic Concepts."] (''Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom'').
*Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom:'' [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/BasicConcepts.html Basic Concepts]
*J. Wolfe. [https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/notes.html "Note names, MIDI numbers, and frequencies."] (''Music Acoustics'', UNSW).
*Dolmetsch: [https://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory9.htm#notesandkeys Notes and Keys in Various Languages]
*Wolfe, ''Music Acoustics'': [https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/notes.html Note names, MIDI numbers, and frequencies]
*[https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/music-theory/s07-the-elements-of-pitch-sound-sy.html Cook, ''Music Theory - Chapter 2'']:
**[https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/music-theory/s07-04-register-designation-the-octav.html 2.4 Register Designation & Octaves]
**[https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/music-theory/s07-06-moveable-c-clef-other-clefs.html 2.6 Moveable C-Clef & Other Clefs]


===='''Tools'''====
===='''Tools'''====


*[http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-notenames.htm "Keyboard and Frequency Calculator."] (''Sengspiel Audio'').
*''Sengspiel Audio:'' [http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-notenames.htm Keyboard and Frequency Calculator]
*J. Wolfe. [https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/note/ "Frequency to Musical Note Converter."] (''Music Acoustics'', UNSW).
*Wolfe, ''Music Acoustics'': [https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/note/ Frequency to Musical Note Converter]


==Class Activities==
==Class Activities==
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Latest revision as of 20:04, 6 September 2020

This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament category.

Objectives[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Readings[edit]

Tools[edit]

Class Activities[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

Drills[edit]

Notes[edit]