Pitch Notation: Difference between revisions
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====Readings==== | ====Readings==== | ||
* | *''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People -'' [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-pitch.pdf Notation: Pitch.] | ||
*Schaffer, ''Open Music Theory'': [http://openmusictheory.com/pitch(Class).html Pitch (Class)] | |||
*Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom:'' [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/BasicConcepts.html Basic Concepts] | |||
*Wolfe, ''Music Acoustics'': [https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/notes.html Note names, MIDI numbers, and frequencies] | |||
===='''Tools'''==== | ===='''Tools'''==== | ||
*[http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-notenames.htm | *''Sengspiel Audio:'' [http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-notenames.htm Keyboard and Frequency Calculator] | ||
*Wolfe, ''Music Acoustics'': [https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/note/ Frequency to Musical Note Converter] | |||
==Class Activities== | ==Class Activities== | ||
Revision as of 19:58, 29 July 2020
| This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament category. |
Objectives
- Students will be able to notate, name, and play (on a keyboard) a pitch in treble, alto, tenor, or bass clef.
- Student will be able to name notes using American note notation and/or octave notation
- Student will be able to identify notes on a piano keyboard
- Student will be able to identify pitches given the European solfege name or integer notation
- Student will understand difference between pitches, octaves, chroma, and pitch classes
Resources
Readings
- Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People - Notation: Pitch.
- Schaffer, Open Music Theory: Pitch (Class)
- Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom: Basic Concepts
- Wolfe, Music Acoustics: Note names, MIDI numbers, and frequencies
Tools
- Sengspiel Audio: Keyboard and Frequency Calculator
- Wolfe, Music Acoustics: Frequency to Musical Note Converter
Class Activities
- Discussion of the symbology of pitch in staff notation
- Discussion of notation using integer notation
- Discussion of Fixed Do Solfège
- Construction and performance of written melodies
- Melodic transcription of short excerpts of music from different genres and time periods
Assignments
- Transcription of a given written melody to different modalities (other clef, integer, solfege notations)
- Notating enharmonics
Drills
- Musictheory.net: