Begging Chorus Friday 11/9/18

Friday 11/9/18

We spent most of the class learning about Key signatures. Key signatures are groups of sharps (#) and Flats (♭) at the begging of a song that tell you what notes will be sharped and flat throughout the entire price. All major key signatures keep the pattern W-W-H-W-W-W-H going up its scale. If a note is sharped of flat in the key signature that same letter name, no matter what clef and its position on the staff, is that accidental, unless marked otherwise with a different accidental. 

There is a rule for finding what the key signatures' name is  but it changes when you are working with flats or sharps.

The sharp rule is:

• Find the letter name of the farthest right sharp and go to the next letter up (ex. F# is farthest sharp the key's name is G)
• the sharp key signatures will always be put in this order F C G D A E B 
• If you have a C# you will always have a F#. Like wise if you have a G# you will always have a C# and F# and so on.
• 2 oddities are the Keys F# Major and C# Major since wen you go up a letter note from the most right sharp the F or C already has a sharp making it a F# or C#.

The Flat rule:

• The name of the key is the letter name of the 2nd to last sharp (this makes almost all flat key signatures have a ♭ in its names)
• The Flats will always be in the Order of B E A D G C F 
• You can see this is the Sharp order reversed so you only need to memorize 1 and then just flip it for the other (in my opinion the flat one is easier since BEAD and GCF are more likely to be remembered)
• Only exception is F major which only has B♭ in its Key

If you are giving the starting note of the scale that note no matter whether the key is with sharps or flats is the Key name

Announcements

Please make sure you order your t-shirt BY TOMORROW online on Charms. You can pay by credit card on charms or you can turn in your printed bill with cash or check to the chorus box. Remember if you turn in cash to get Mrs. Patchett to write you a receipt before you put your money in the box.

Lowes Foods Gift Cards are due Tomorrow. If you would like to order Lowes Foods Gift Cards, please take an order form home from the table and turn in your order form and $ by Tomorrow.

Our Concert is Nov. 30.  We give a 4:30 & 7:30 Concert. BOTH Concerts are required and count as a test grade. You will stay after school on Nov. 30. The booster club will provide dinner for you.  

Our Dress rehearsal is Nov. 29, the day before the concert.  It will be from 2:30-5:30. Students are required to be there the entire time. Students do NOT wear their concert attire to the dress rehearsal.

If you have any kind of conflict for the concerts or dress rehearsal, you must email Mrs. Patchett before Nov. 16 in order to have the opportunity to receive full credit for the grade.

Beg & CV - Those students who auditioned for Honors Chorus - please return the Awake the Harp to Mrs. Patchett at this time if you have not already.

Beg - Lillie - See Mrs. Patchett today about your dress. Are there any other students who had an issue with their concert attire?

Beginning - You have a required Informance on Monday, Nov. 19. It counts as a test grade for you to be there.  You need to be in the choir room at 7 pm. We will perform around 7:15 and then we will be done no later than 7:45 pm. Your parents report to the auditorium at 7 pm for a  brief meeting. You wear your normal school clothes.

Beginning Choir Students who need to turn in field trip forms: (don’t read names again)

Haley A

Paul D

Hannah H

Keely M