This document provides an overview of basic musical concepts including musical notes, tones, the circle of fifths, and examples. It introduces the musical notes from Do to Si and their relationship on the piano keyboard. It explains that tones can be major or minor and have relative tones that are a half step or whole step away. The circle of fifths is presented as a way to identify the key signature based on the number of sharps or flats. Examples demonstrate finding the relative major/minor tone and identifying a key signature from its number of sharps.

1. A LITTLE PIECE OF HARMONY By Inés Martín de Santos (14th April 2011) inesmds@gmail.com http://inesmartin.galeon.com/

2. STRUCTURE 1st The musical notes 2nd Tones 3rd Circle of Fifths (sharps and flats) 4th Examples

3. 1. MUSICAL NOTES

4. MUSICAL NOTES DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI C D E F G A B

5. PIANO KEYBOARD

6. MUSICAL NOTES DO DO ♯ = RE ᵇ RE RE ♯ = MI ᵇ MI MI = FA ᵇ - MI ♯ = FA FA FA ♯ = SOL ᵇ SOL SOL ♯ = LA ᵇ LA LA ♯ = SI ᵇ SI SI = DO ᵇ - SI ♯ = DO

7. 2. TONES

8. TONES Musical notes have a surname. Do Majoror Do minorThey are notthesame Tones haverelatives. i.e.therelativeminor of Do Majoris La minor. How can weknowthat? Itis EASY! SI ♯ = DO

9. tones Betweenminor and Majorrelativesweonlyneedtoaddorsubtract 1 ½ tones. Sample: Whichisthemajorrelative of La minor? Add1 ½ tones. LA – SI – DO Between LA and SI thereisonetone Between SI and DO thereis a halftone Solution: LA minor = DO Major

10. 3. CIRCLE OF FIFTHS Sharps and flats

11. CIRCLE OF FIFTHS

12. KEY SIGNATURE

13. 4. EXAMPLES Theaudienceisworking!

14. EXAMPLE _ 1 Whatisthetonewhich has 2 sharps? … Star: One, two SOL, RE Solution: Thekeysignatureis RE Major!

15. EXAMPLE _ 2 Now, Whichistheminorrelative of RE Major? Remember: Subtract 1 ½ tones. RE – DO – SI Between RE and DO thereisonetone Between DO and SI thereis a halftone Solution: SI minor

16. WELL DONE!

17. THANK YOU VERY MUCH Thankyouverymuchforattending and listeningto me. In special, thanksto Kerry forlettingus do a presentation. Do youhaveanyquestions?

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