Order of Sharps and Flats

Flats: Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb Fb
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Sharps: F# C# G# D# A# E# B#
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http://www.studybass.com/lessons/harmony/the-order-of-sharps-and-flats/

Circle of 5ths Explained

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_fifths
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1. For our purposes the circle of 5ths relates the Major Scales together.

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2. There are 12 Major scales. So far we have learned C, G, D, F, and Bb in class.

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3. When you start at C at the TOP, you count every 5 letters to get to the next SCALE.

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Example: C to G would be C, D, E, F, G and G to D would be G, A, B, C, D

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4. When starting at C at the TOP, going LEFT, you count every 4 letters to get to the next scale.

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Example: C to F would be C, D, E, F and F to Bb would be F, G, A, Bb

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5. You should be able to fill in the chart using this method. Remember flats (b) begin on the left.

And sharps (#) begin on the right.

Music Alphabet Letters

Music Alphabet

All music is made up of notes. A note is basically a pitch produced by some musical instrument.

Every note in music corresponds to a letter. The music alphabet is made up of only seven

letters: A-G.

This is because when playing the notes in order, the note that would be "H", sounds like another

"A", so we just start the set over.

Example: A B C D E F G A or: C D E F G A B C

Bassoon Workshop

Today students had a workshop during class about the bassoon.

Students filled out a worksheet that asked them different things about what they were learning.

1. What instrument are we learning about today?

2. What is it made out of?

3. How much does it cost to make or buy one?

4. What is a Bocal?

5. What does it look like? Describe it.

6. What music groups can a bassoon be a part of?

7. What GENRE (Type) of music can a bassoon play?

8. Why does a bassoonist SIT down when playing a bassoon?

9. What does a bassoon sound like?

10. What music instrument family does the bassoon belong to?

Brass/Woodwind/String/Percussion

11. Where have you seen this instrument before?

12. What CLEF does a bassoon use? Why?

13. What did you learn today?

Click on the photo to enlarge.

These are the parts of a bassoon.

This is the Bocal. This is the mouthpiece of the bassoon. The reed is put on the end of the bocal and a bassoonist will put the reed in their mouth and blow air through it to make a buzzing sound.

Form: Listening Examples

When looking for the FORM you are looking for a PATTERN or a change of PATTERNS in the music.


The music will always start with "A".

Example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bTMbePj0A&feature=related

The first 3 changes are A B C FORM

Vocabulary: FORM

The term musical form is used to refer to the structure which music is built upon.


Music form may have changes in harmony, rhythm, or musical instruments as a

way to determine the different sections in the music.


Letters can be used to label the form of any piece of music, from the simplest to the
most complex.

Each major section of the music is labelled with a letter; for example, the first section is the A


If the second section (or third or fourth) is exactly the same as the first, it is also

labelled A.


The first section of the piece that is different from A is labelled B.


Sections that are not like A or B are labelled C, and so on.

COMMON FORMS:

ABA

ABC

ABCA

ABCB

ABCD

ABAC

Rhythms

Rhythm Sheet #1.

A. Quarter Notes

B. Quarter Notes & Half Notes

Example: (try these out)

(CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO MAKE IT LARGER)