Pitch Notation
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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
- T. Rush "Notation: Pitch." (Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People)
- R. Hutchinson. "Basic Concepts." (Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom)
- "Keyboard and Frequency Calculator" (Sengspiel Audio)
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
- Musictheory.net: