This Packet Will Be Your Textbook

This packet will be your theory textbook. Please bring to each class.

In addition to this packet: please always bring the following: . Pencil (w/ eraser) . Agenda . SSR Book

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Table of Contents

pg. Description 1. Cover Page 2. Table of Contents 3. Classroom Requirements/Grading 4. Rhythm: Quarter Notes 5. Rhythm: Eighth Notes 6. Rhythm: Sixteenth Notes 7. Rhythm: Notation/Composition 8. Rhythm Dictation 9. Melody: Note Identification (treble) 10. Melody: Note Identification (bass) 11. Melody: Composition/Aural Training 12. Form: Contrast/Repetition 13. Music Vocabulary

7th Grade General Music Class Requirements and Grading

Grading: 1. Overall Grading (Total 400 pts): Each Major Unit worth 100 pts/25% of final grade  Attendance/Participation-25%  Performances-25%  Musical Exams (rhythm/final) – 25%  Intro Question Log-25%

2. Attendance/Preparation A. All students will have a personalized folder for organizing class materials. B. All students are required to keep their work stations neat and clean at all times. C. No student is to cooperate or share responses without consent of the teacher. ** Any questions/comments should be prefaced by the raising of a hand. No interjections!! D. All students must always bring an SSR book, pencil and Agenda to class. E. Any lost packets will be replaced at the loss of 5 points from your Final Grade.

3. Participation A. Absolutely NO food/drink allowed in the classroom. B. Leave other class materials under your seats at all times. No other class work is expected to be done during this class, or you may receive supplemental work (if finished early please notify me for other arrangements). C. Leave any additional musical materials on the center seat for the next class. D. Students are encouraged to participate in all activities. Students who are disruptive may lose some, if not all daily participation points depending on the severity. E. It is the students’ responsibility to complete any missed assignments due to an absence. Please check with Mr. Robinson to understand what needs to be completed.

4. Tests A. There will be several tests/projects of varying point values. B. The breakdown of each unit is as follows: Rhythm: Rhythm Quiz (50%) Melody/Harmony: Worksheets/Activities (Not Graded) Form/Timbre: Final Exam (50%) Miscellaneous: Intro Question Logs (100%), Participation (100%), Performances (100%)

5. Raise Responsibility

***This course does count in the grade system. Students should not take it lightly, certainly not if they intend to achieve Honor Roll or Distinguished Honor Roll status. Thank You. Quarter Note Rhythms

What does a time signature mean?

A time signature informs the performer what type of note receives the beat from the conductor, and how many beats there are in a measure. A time signature should not be confused as a fraction but may be read as one.

Ex: 4 = the number of beats per measure (i.e. 4 b.p.m) 4 = the beat value (i.e. quarter note)

(read as a fraction {four-quarters} tells me four quarter notes per measure. Eighth Note Rhythms

Write the counting below each measure (as shown below), making sure to write the correct counting. Remember that we count eight notes as a (# &) pattern.

Tempos Tempo is the speed of music. Listed here are some common examples.

Adagio = Slow Andante = Walking Pace Moderato = Moderate Allegro = Fast Vivace = Lively Presto = Very Fast

Sixteenth Note Rhythms As before, please write the counting below the staff. Remember that a subdivision of a beat into four will be counted as (# e & a).

The rhythm examples below combine sixteenth notes and eight notes? How could these possibly be counted?

DOTTED NOTES

You know that in many time signatures a quarter note typically equals one beat. When you add a dot to a note, you add half of its value to the note. What's half of one? . If you add that to the quarter, you get a note that is 1 beats long (That is assuming that the quarter note equals one beat.)

A dotted quarter note looks like this: The dot makes the note half again as long as a quarter note. (1 + ) = 1

Here is a dotted half note: It is one half note plus half of a half note (one quarter). A dotted half note is three quarter notes long. (2 + 1 = 3)

Rhythmic Notation Whole Half Quarter Eighth Sixteenth Notation Symbol

Rest Symbol

Value of Duration (beats)

MAD-LIB NOTATION-WORD BANK

Note Value

Word Bank

Rhythm Ensembles Composition (using mad-lib composition system)

Words Only

In Music Notation

Rhythmic Dictation Rhythmic Dictation (Basic)

A. ------ll

B. ------ll

C. ------ll

D. ------ll

E. ------ll

Rhythmic Dictation (Advanced)

Melody: Treble Clef

Create your own mnemonic device for the notes of the treble clef.

Lines: E G B D F . Spaces: F A C E .

Melody: Bass Clef

Create your own mnemonic device for the notes of the bass clef.

Lines: G B D F A . Spaces: A C E G .

Note Naming Bingo: For the following bingo boards, please add your own choices to the empty spaces. They could be any letter from A-G. There should be no identical letters in any columns. Thank You!!

OCTAVE OCATVE OCTAVE OCTAVE OCTAVE 2 3 4 5 6

In the board below, we will be playing a musical game of Battleship. Please mark six boxes of your choice by placing a quarter note inside. When those six notes have been found, your game is over.

Octave 3 4 5 Notes A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab Melody : Composition

Now that you created a melody of your choosing, we will now create one by chance.  Four Measures in Common Time (C4 as beginning and ending pitch)  Quarter Notes only please.  You will use dice in determining the notes (seen below) to be used

Melody : Aural Training

Scales (Major, Minor, Chromatic) Chords (Major {Maj} or Minor {min}?) 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. 6. 6.

Intervals (number and type) 1. 7. 2. 8. 3. 9. 4. 10. 5. 11. 6. 12. Forms: Contrapuntal/Section

There are two ways to determine form. They are: 1. Form by Repetition 2. Form by Contrast

Form by Repetition  Explain three aspects of music that could change in a repetition. 1. . . . 2. . . . 3. . . .

Form by Contrast You will attempt to identify the form of various pieces of pop/rock music in the spaces below. Remember that if it sounds different from anything heard before, to advance one letter.

1. 9. 2. 10. 3. 11. 4. 12. 5. 13. 6. 14. 7. 15. 8. 16.

Music Vocabulary:

Step 1: Write word & provide definition Step 2: Discuss Step 3: Notate actual definition

Word My Definition Actual Definition