3. In this lesson, you should be able to:
● define what a pitch is;
● name pitches using letter names and sol-fa
syllables;
● accurately sing a given pitch; and
● compose a simple melody with given
pitches
4. Do you know what that
highness or lowness is
called?
8. The different pitches in music have names
to make it easier to identify them. There
are two ways of naming pitches. The first is
by using letter names. With letter names,
we use the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G
from the English alphabet to name pitches.
10. Sol-fa syllables are special syllables
used when reading pieces of music.
Just as there are seven letter names,
there are also seven sol-fa syllables:
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, and Ti or Si.
11. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
1.__________ is the highness or lowness
of a sound.
2. Using __________ and __________ are
the two ways of naming pitches.
12. 3. In using __________, we use letters
A to G of the English Alphabet in
naming pitches.
4.__________ are special syllables
used when reading pieces of music.
13. 5. The corresponding letter name
for Ti is __________.
6. The corresponding sol-fa syllable
for C is __________.
14. 7. The corresponding letter
name for Sol is __________.
8. The corresponding letter
name for Re is __________.
15. 9. The corresponding sol-fa
syllable for E is __________.
10.The corresponding sol-fa
syllable for A is __________.
16. Write T if the statement is correct,
and F if the statement is incorrect.
_____ 1. Letter names and sol-fa
syllables are the same.
17. _____ 2. In using letter names, we
use 10 letters from the English
alphabet.
_____ 3. The corresponding letter
name for Fa is F.
18. _____ 4. The corresponding
letter name for Do is D.
_____ 5. There are seven sol-fa
syllables.
Editor's Notes
Do you remember what it's like to sing Lupang Hinirang? In the beginning, some parts of the song feel low for your voice. Towards the end though, the song gets high. Do you know what that highness or lowness is called?
Notice how the first “Twinkle” is lower than the second “Twinkle”? That’s because they are
on different pitches.
Each letter name has a corresponding sol-fa syllable,
Each letter name has a corresponding sol-fa syllable,
Each letter name has a corresponding sol-fa syllable,
Each letter name has a corresponding sol-fa syllable,
Each letter name has a corresponding sol-fa syllable,
Each letter name has a corresponding sol-fa syllable,
Each letter name has a corresponding sol-fa syllable,
Each letter name has a corresponding sol-fa syllable,
Each letter name has a corresponding sol-fa syllable,
