Notes for Music Tutorial

Solfege and Hand Sign

Solfege is a system of notation in which every note of a scale is given a specific
syllable that is always said for that note.

For example, a C major scale has a specific set of letters that are played by letter
– C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.

In solfege the notes of a major scale are sung and written as:
• Do ( pronounced as doh)
• Re (pronounced as ray) C D E F G A B C
• Mi (pronounced as me)
• Fa
• Sol (pronounced as so)
• La
• Ti (pronounced as tea)
• Do

And here is a C Major scale shown with the solfege notes.

 Write the Solfege name below the notes and singing.

d d r f m r r t r d t s d m r d d

D r m s l s f d t l s r d s m d

f l s f d m s f m d r f m r t d d m r d d
Quaver or Eighth notes ( ½ )
Semiquaver or Sixteenth note ( ¼ )
Changes In Music

Pitch - Music becomes higher or lower.

Tempo - Music becomes faster or slower.

Timber - Music sounds different (different kinds of tones and quality)

Dynamics - Music becomes louder or softer

Rhythm - Music contains longer or shorter notes

Intervals
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
C D E F G A B C’
Unison Octave

M2 M3 P4 P5 M6 M7
Major Major Perfect Perfect Major Major
2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
What is a music interval?
An interval in music is defined as a distance in pitch between any two notes.
The larger the interval between two notes, then the greater the difference in pitch
between the notes. And vice versa, the smaller the interval between two notes then the
smaller the pitch between the notes.
There are three parts to the way we describe an interval:
•The distance of the interval
•The type of interval (the interval quality)
•Is the interval harmonic or melodic?
Interval
The distance between
two notes of the staff.
 Unisons / Octaves
Unison: The same note/pitch
Octave: The interval of an 8th (the same letter name, either up or down the scale)

What is a unison interval?

We can also have intervals that are the same note.

For example, two different instruments might

play exactly the same note in a piece of music.
Interval names
Numerical/Generic Name: Count/Compare the two notes.(ex: unison,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,etc)

Ex: C-G is a fifth because C-D-E-G is five notes (always start counting from the 1st,note or
line/space)

What would be the numerical interval be from C to F?

 Generic intervals
Generic interval: The distance between the lines and spaces of the interval. The general
interval name is non-specific (only the number(2nd,3rd,etc) not major/minor, etc, as we will
learn in the chapter)
Perfect 1 4 5 8
Major 2 3 6 7
Perfect
Major
Chord and Form
Quaver or Eighth notes ( ½ )
Semiquaver or Sixteenth note ( ¼ )
The Staff
• The staff is the place where musical notes are written.

• Music is written on a staff of 5 lines and 4 spaces.

• Musical sounds (high or low) are shown by the position of notes on
the staff.
• Notes on the higher lines and/or spaces are higher in
pitch(sound)than those on the lower lines and/or spaces.
 Ledger lines
➢Notes which go higher or lower than the five lines (the staff) are written on
small extra lines above and below the staff. These are called ledger lines.
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Note Names on the Bass Clef

Always
Fine
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Boy
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Stems going up are attached to the right side of the note head.
Stems going down are attached to the left side of the note head.
 4
5 lines and ______
1. Music is written on a ______

spaces on the staff.

7 letters of the
2. Notes are named after the first ______

G
A through ____)
alphabet. (____

3. The duration of musical sound is indicated by different types

otes
of n______.

half notes.
4. One whole note equals two ________
 half note.
[Link] quarter notes equal one _____

third line.
6. Stems go up if notes are below the ______

third line.
7. Stems go down if the notes are on or above the ______

right side of the note

8. Stems going up are attached to the ______
head.

left side of the note

9. Stems going down are attached to the ______
head.
[Link] duration of musical silence is indicated by
ests
different types of r_______.
ar lines.
easureseparated by b_____
[Link] is divided into m______
oubleb____
12. The end of a piece of music is indicated by a d_____ ar line.
ime signatureshows the number of beats in
[Link] top number of a t_____________
each measure.
edger line is added above or below either staff.
14.A l______
EGBDF
5. The name of treble clef line notes are ______________.
Major Chords – Major Triads]
➢ A chord is a combination of three or more tones sounded simultaneously.(together)

➢ A triad is 3-notes chord.

➢ A major triad can be constructed by thinking of the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of a major scale.

➢ It gets its name from the root note.

“C Major Scale”

C D E F G A B C
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do G C D

I ii iii IV V vi vii VIII(I)

E A B
C F G
Chord-G
Chord-C
Chord-F
I IV V
“F Major Scale”

F G A Bb C D E F C
A D
F G
E
F Bb C
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Chord-F
Chord-C
Chord-Bb

I ii iii IV V vi vii VIII(I) I IV V

“G Major Scale”

G A B C D E F# G D
B
G
E
A
F#
G C D
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
I ii iii IV V vi vii VIII(I) I
Chord-G Chord-C Chord-D

IV V
• Tell me the Notes in “Chord-C”
C , E and G (C E G)
• Tell me the Notes in “Chord-F”
F , A and C (F A C)
• Tell me the notes in “Chord-G”
G , B and D (G B D)
Thank you