MUSIC HANDOUT FOR JSS 3
WEEK ONE
REVISION EXERCISE
1 The stem or flag are not used when writing a __________________
2 which of the notes is represented twice in the scale? ___________
3 How many beats make a semibreve note? _____________
4 A minim note is equal in duration to ______ quaver notes
5 Music is divided into measure by the used of vertical line called _________
6 ____________ is the center of the piano
7 There are _________ accidental signs used in music
8 A flat sign lowers a note by a ____________
9 lines and spaces of the staff is meaningless until a ____________ is placed at the beginning
10 How many tetrachord are there in a major scale?
WEEK TWO
CONSTRUCTION OF SCALE A FLAT, D FLAT AND G FLAT
In our previous lesson, we discussed the diatonic scale as a ladder running from its tonic to it octave. Its only diatonic scale that consists of eight notes and it should be noted that the principle of construction is : T,T,S,T,T,T,S .
A flat major
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A B C D E F G A
D flat Major
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D E F G A B C D
G flat major
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G A B C D E F G
Construct the following major scales
F sharp major
C sharp major
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