Roz’s Music Theory
Piano keyboard Treble Clef
Elephants Get Big, Dirty Feet
Bass Clef Note and Rest Durations
All Cows Eat Grass
Good Burritos Don’t Fall Apart
This document may be freely photocopied, emailed and used in rehearsals or classes as long as it is not altered in any way and this message is not removed. To learn the theory covered in this summary visit www.rozmusictheory.com Roz Beste Sep 2010b. Flats Songs for major intervals +M2 - just think of singing a scale, 1-2 +M3 - Kum Ba Ya +P4 - Amazing Grace +P5 - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star +M6 – My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean +M7 – Somewhere Over the Rainbow +8ve – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
-m2 – one note down from the pitch (8-7) -m3 – Hey Jude
Order: BEADs Give Choruses Fun -P4 – Born Free Key: Second to last flat -P5 – Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light (US anthem) Sharps -m6 – Theme to Love Story -m7- Down an octave and up one (1-1-2) Order: Father Christmas Gets Drunk And Eats -8ve – There’s no business like show Bananas business Key: Up one semitone from last sharp Interval Names (major scale) Ascending Descending Major 2nd minor 2nd Major 3rd minor 3rd Perfect 4th Perfect 4th Perfect 5th Perfect 5th Major 6th minor 6th Major 7th minor 7th
Perfect 8ve (Octave) Perfect 8ve(Octave)
Italian Musical Terms Italian Musical Terms pianissimo pp very soft cresc gradually piano p soft becoming mezzo mp moderately louder crescendo piano soft decresc gradually mezzo forte mf moderately becoming loud softer forte f loud decrescendo fortissimo ff very loud pause Major Scale Tone Tone Semitone, Tone, Tone, Tone, Semitone
da capo D.C. “From head” da capo al “From head fine to fine” segno the sign
Minor Scales Key signature for a major scale is three semitones above the dal segno D.S “From Sign” keynote of the corresponding minor scale. dal segno al “From Sign fine to fine” no flats or sharps: C major or A minor (Canada) one flat: F major or D minor coda “tail” sad, sinister or melancholic seventh note has an accidental sharp DS al coda “From sign first and last note =keynote (maybe)
to coda”
This document may be freely photocopied, emailed and used in rehearsals or classes as long as it is not altered in any way and this message is not removed. To learn the theory covered in this summary visit www.rozmusictheory.com Roz Beste Sep 2010b.