Intervals

Step 1: Try to recognize a song from list below

Step 2: Sing up a scale to check

·       Perfect Unison – Same Note

·       Maj 2   - Happy Birthday

·       Maj 3   - Oh when the saints

·       Per 4    - Australian Anthem

·       Per 5    - Star Wars or Twinkle

·       Per 8    - Somewhere over the rainbow

TWO: Identify a scale aurally. (Major, Harmonic Minor scale, Pentatonic Major)

·       Major                          - 8 note scale that sounds very common

·       Harmonic Minor         - 8 note scale that sounds very exotic

·       Pentatonic                   - 6 note scale that sounds very traditional

THREE: Major and Minor chord aurally

·       Major - Happy, Common (Train station Announcement)

·       Minor  - Sad, elegant

FOUR: Melody: Listen to a small melody and identify the incorrect note

Tip: Follow each note carefully listen for incorrectly written notes

FIVE: Rhythmic dictation, what was the correct notation?

Tip: Follow each note carefully listen for variations in the rhythm.

SIX: Listen to a short piece of music and identify the dynamics, texture, tempo, articulation performed?

PART TWO: THEROY SKILLS – Musition

ONE: Read notes on the treble and bass clefs, identifying sharp and flat notes

Accidentals

 Sharp SignFlat Sign Natural Sign

TWO: Rhythms and time signature, (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8)

Simple Duple – 2 Crotchets

 Simple Triple   – 3 Crotchets 

 Simple Quadruple – 4 Crotchets       

PART TWO: THEORY SKILLS cont….  Musition

THREE: Name the written interval

·       Count up from the bottom note

·       Remember the lowest note is “ONE”

·       Always count up

FOUR: Scales (Major, Harmonic Minor or Pentatonic)

Tips: Check the Clef

·       Pentatonic                   - Only has Six notes

·       Major Scales               – Start on C D F G

·       Harmonic Minor         – Start on A B D E

·       Raise the 7^th note in all Harmonic Minor Scales

TERMS and GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Andante - at an easy walking pace

Moderato - at a moderate speed

Allegro - lively and fast

Largo – Very Slow

Presto - Fast

Vivace – Quick, Lively

Rallentando (rall.) - gradually becoming slower

Ritardando (rit. / ritard.) - gradually becoming slower

A tempo - return to former speed

Crescendo (cresc.) - gradually becoming louder

Diminuendo (dim.) - gradually becoming softer

Forte ( f ) – loud

Fortissimo ( ff ) - loud

Piano ( p ) – soft

Pianissimo ( pp ) – very soft

Mezzo forte ( mf ) - moderately loud

Mezzo piano ( mp ) - moderately soft

Legato - smooth, well connected

Staccato - short and detached

Chord I          C – the notes are       C – E – G

Chord IV        F – the notes are        F – A – C

Chord V         G – the notes are       G – B – D

Chord vi         Am – the notes are    A – C – E