Music U1

• Notes

  • Semibreve: 4 beats
  • Minim: 2 beats
  • Crotchet: 1 beat
  • Quaver: 1/2 beat
  • Semiquaver: 1/4 beat

  A) Semibreve

  B) Minim

  C) Crotchet

  D) Quaver

  E) Semiquaver

  
• Scales

  • Major: T T S T T T S
  • Natural minor: T S T T S T T (listen for 3rd note) (starts on 6th of Maj)
  • Harmonic minor: T S T T S 1.5T S (listen for 7th note)
  • Melodic minor: T S T T T T S + T T S T T S T (listen for different up and down)
• Key [Maj - 3 = Min]

  • C Maj / A min
  • G Maj / E min -> F#
  • F Maj / D min -> B♭
  • D Maj / B min -> F# B#
• Intervals [Maj - 1 = Min]

  *Remember to count from the note

  • M2 - 2s
  • M3 - 4s
  • P4 - 5s
  • P5 - 7s
  • M6 - 9s
  • M7 - 11s
  • P8/Octave - 12s
• Intervals trick

  • m2 ~ sharks theme song
  • M2 ~ do re
  • P4 ~ Australians
  • P5 ~ movie intro
  • M7 ~ sounds funky
  • P8 ~ Somewhere
• The bottom 3rd in a Major triad is a major 3rd. The top 3rd in a Major triad is a minor. The interval from the lowest note to the highest note in a Major triad is a perfect 5th.
• Triads

  • Major triad: M3, m3
  • Minor triad: m3, M3
  • Augmented triad: M3, M3
  • Diminished triad: m3, m3
• Musical elements: duration, pitch (melody, harmony, tonality), tone colour, texture, structure, dynamics, articulation