- The document provides an overview and schedule for a music theory course called Harmony 1. Students are instructed to bring headphones, laptops/tablets, and writing materials to each class. - The first class will include introductions where students share two truths and a lie about themselves. Subsequent weeks will cover topics from the worksheets through quizzes. - Key concepts that will be introduced include music notation, the grand staff with treble and bass clefs, ledger lines, accidentals like sharps and flats, and enharmonic spellings for the same pitch. Students will learn to identify notes, clefs, and understand their positioning on the musical staff.

1. Harmony 1
Week 1

2. • Megan Rogerson-Berry
• megan.berry2@wintec.ac.nz
• Facebook: Megan Rogerson-Berry Mediarts
• Phone: 07 843 8800 ext 3291

3. Please bring headphones to class every week
Please bring your laptop or tablet to class every
week (if you have one).

4. Introductions
• Two truths and a lie.
• Introduce yourself to the class – give your
name
• Tell us two things that are true about you, and
one lie
• We will try and guess which one is a lie.

5. Week By Week
• Weekly Schedule
• Harmony Project

6. Harmony Worksheets
• It is imperative that you keep up with the
Harmony worksheets that cover the topics
presented in class each week
• Your success in the Harmony quizzes will have
a direct relationship to your understanding of
the worksheets.

7. Notation and Materials
• Notation Worksheets
• Bic Mechanical Pencil #2, 0.7mm
• Eraser
• 7 Stave Manuscript Paper (available as a print
out on Moodle).

8. Learning Outcomes
• By the end of today’s session, students will be
able to:
– Understand the function and purpose of the stave
– Identify 2 different clefs
– Know the notes on the stave using treble and bass
clefs.
– Understand the concept of accidentals and
enharmonic spellings

9. The Keyboard
• An important first step to understanding
music notation and theory is getting familiar
with the piano keyboard.
• The common names for the white keys are:

10. The Stave
• The foundation of our notational system is a
grid of five lines called a staff or stave

11. • The position of notes placed on the stave
visually represents the relative highness and
lowness of pitches.
high low

12. • When the notes on the staff are combined
with a clef, they can represent the white notes
on a piano.
• A clef is a graphical symbol that indicates
which part of the keyboard is being displayed,
although any instrument can play these notes

13. Clefs
• Each line and space of the stave is assigned a
letter name.
• The letter names are arranged alphabetically
in ascending order
• A B C D E F G
• The location of the letter name is determined
by the clef at the beginning of the stave

14. Treble Clef / G Clef

16. Bass Clef/ F Clef

18. Ledger Lines
• Small lines called ledger lines are added to
extend the stave

19. • Notes in the spaces directly below or above
the stave do not need added ledger lines
• Notes directly on ledger lines do not need
added ledger lines.

20. Accidentals
• In musical notation, we need symbols that
allow use to notate pitches other than the
“white key” notes; C, D, E, F, G, A and B.
• These symbols are called accidentals
• An accidental raises or lowers a white key note
by one or more half steps
• The most common accidental symbols are the
sharp ♯ and the flat ♭.
• They allow us to name the black keys.

21. Sharp
• A sharped pitch is one that is a half step
higher than a standard letter name

22. Flat
• A flatted pitch is on that is a half step lower
than a standard letter name.

23. Enharmonics
• The pitches produced by the black keys have
two different names.
• This is called enharmonic spelling – different
names for the same pitch.