LEVEL 3

NOTATION OF PITCH: Identify and draw: Any note on the Treble staff and Bass staff Identify and draw: Sharp and flat NOTATION OF RHYTHM: Identify and draw: Whole note, half note, quarter note, two-eighth notes, whole rest, half rest, quarter rest Know: The exact meaning of the time signatures 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 (the number of counts (beats) in each measure and the value of the note receiving one count (beat) TERMINOLOGY: legato: smoothly and connected staccato: separated or disconnected dynamics: degrees of loud and soft p: piano, soft f: forte, loud mp: mezzo piano, medium or moderately soft mf: mezzo forte, medium or moderately loud staff: five lines and four spaces measure: music between two bar lines bar line: a vertical line dividing the staff into measures double bar: two bar lines close together meaning the end of the composition sharp: raises a note one-half step flat: lowers a note one-half step natural: cancels a sharp or flat tempo: speed of a composition ritard (rit.): gradually slower repeat: play again treble clef: also known as G clef on the 2nd line of the staff bass clef: also known as F clef on the 4th line of the staff MUSICAL EXAMPLE: Identify any of the concepts above in a musical example AURAL AWARENESS: Identify: tones sounding high or low in pitch tones sounding forte or piano (loud or soft) two measure melody played staccato or legato sound of two tones as a 2nd or 3rd melody growing gradually louder or gradually softer Distinguish: two tones as being the same or different in pitch second tone higher or lower than first tone second tone louder or softer than first tone second tone one octave higher or one octave lower than first tone