Happy Wednesday :-)
MUSIC JOKE OF THE DAY:
What did Bach say when he left for his lunch break?
I'll be Bach in 30 minutes.
Announcements:
-If you are singing on Saturday for the 5k, make sure you are there early and meet everyone on the course.
-We will be going to the middle schools to sing on Friday so you will miss part of 1st period, all of 2nd and we will go out to lunch somewhere during lunch/3rd period so bring money. Meet in the chorus room by 8am. Wear your CV shirt and jeans
-CV auditions for next year will be January 3rd, 4th, and 5th. You can sign up online by going to the chorus website and signing up for a time slot. Please sign up by Monday!
-We will be going to the middle schools to sing on Friday so you will miss part of 1st period, all of 2nd and we will go out to lunch somewhere during lunch/3rd period so bring money. Meet in the chorus room by 8am. Wear your CV shirt and jeans
-CV auditions for next year will be January 3rd, 4th, and 5th. You can sign up online by going to the chorus website and signing up for a time slot. Please sign up by Monday!
Sight Singing:
-None
-None
Rehearsal Notes:
-Today Mrs. Patchett taught a lesson on music theory. It was all review and we talked about unit 5 which is identifying intervals with key signatures, and circle of 5ths.
Music Theory:
-We did 30 examples of Interval ID on musictheory.net. All key signatures ON!
- We were also handed a Circle of 5ths packet to complete
A brief overview of music theory if you are confused......
CIRCLE OF 5THS: this is super helpful and you need to have it memorized. In music, you can find relative major/minors and key signatures within the circle of 5ths. Start with C. The key signature for C major is clear. Go up a 5th and you get G. The key of G has one sharp. Go up another 5th from G and you get D. The key of D has 2 sharps and you keep doing that all the way up to the key of C#. For flats, it's the same but you go down a 5th. Start on C, down a 5th is F which has one flat. Down a 5th from F is B flat which has 2 flats and so on. That's a really basic description of he circle of 5ths but you need to know it because it's SUPER helpful throughout theory.
INTERVAL ID WITH KEY SIGNATURES: when identifying intervals you need to first look at the bottom note. IGNORE the key signature unless it affects any of the notes in the interval. If it does not affect any of the notes, just figure out the bottom note, think in terms of that key (if the note on the bottom is D, think 2 sharps) and then decide whether or not the top note is within the scale of the key signature of the bottom note. If it fits in the scale, then great! Count your interval and then it will be either major or perfect. If it does not fit in the scale, decide whether it's raised or lowered. If it's raised, it is augmented, if it's lowered a half step, it's minor (or diminished if it's a 1, 4, 5, or 8), and if it's lowered a whole step, then its diminished! If the notes are affected by the key signature, just do the exact same thing, but apply the accidental s to the notes. NOTE- this may change the bottom note and that's okay, now you're thinking in terms of whatever your new root note is.
If you need help with any of this, come to tutorials or ask someone from our class. Lots of people are good at this and there are several different methods to learn this so if one method is tricky, another one might work for you. I'm always available to help if you need it and so are lots of other people in our class!! :-)
A brief overview of music theory if you are confused......
CIRCLE OF 5THS: this is super helpful and you need to have it memorized. In music, you can find relative major/minors and key signatures within the circle of 5ths. Start with C. The key signature for C major is clear. Go up a 5th and you get G. The key of G has one sharp. Go up another 5th from G and you get D. The key of D has 2 sharps and you keep doing that all the way up to the key of C#. For flats, it's the same but you go down a 5th. Start on C, down a 5th is F which has one flat. Down a 5th from F is B flat which has 2 flats and so on. That's a really basic description of he circle of 5ths but you need to know it because it's SUPER helpful throughout theory.
INTERVAL ID WITH KEY SIGNATURES: when identifying intervals you need to first look at the bottom note. IGNORE the key signature unless it affects any of the notes in the interval. If it does not affect any of the notes, just figure out the bottom note, think in terms of that key (if the note on the bottom is D, think 2 sharps) and then decide whether or not the top note is within the scale of the key signature of the bottom note. If it fits in the scale, then great! Count your interval and then it will be either major or perfect. If it does not fit in the scale, decide whether it's raised or lowered. If it's raised, it is augmented, if it's lowered a half step, it's minor (or diminished if it's a 1, 4, 5, or 8), and if it's lowered a whole step, then its diminished! If the notes are affected by the key signature, just do the exact same thing, but apply the accidental s to the notes. NOTE- this may change the bottom note and that's okay, now you're thinking in terms of whatever your new root note is.
If you need help with any of this, come to tutorials or ask someone from our class. Lots of people are good at this and there are several different methods to learn this so if one method is tricky, another one might work for you. I'm always available to help if you need it and so are lots of other people in our class!! :-)
Homework:
-Music Theory sheet on Circle of 5ths
-30 examples of Interval ID on musictheory.net
^^^^^ DUE TOMORROW ^^^^^^
-30 examples of Interval ID on musictheory.net
^^^^^ DUE TOMORROW ^^^^^^
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