ITT TY Music Technology Week 2 - Notes to Melodies

1. Institute of Technology Tralee Fiacre Muller & Phill Thomas Music Technology Mounthawk & CBS TY Students

2. Week 2 From Notes To Melodies

3. A Note 1. A sign used in musical notation to represent the relative duration and pitch of a sound; 2. A pitched sound itself. 12 octaves An Octave: interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency

4. Notes on a Piano

5. Accidentals

6. Notes – Time Values Semibreve 4 Counts Dotted Minim 3 Counts Minim 2 Counts Crotchet 1 Count Beats per measure: 2/4= 2 Beats per Measure. 3/4= 3 Beats per Measure. 4/4= 4 Beats per Measure.

7. Notes - Dynamics adagio: at ease; i.e., slow. allegro: cheerful or brisk crescendo: becoming louder. decrescendo or diminuendo: becoming softer. grave: slowly and seriously. largo: slowly. legato: smoothly. scherzando: playfully. vivace: very lively, up-tempo. vivacissimo: very lively.

8. Clefs

9. Finding A note On a Piano: A0 Lowest Note C8 Highest Note MIDI Keyboard: 0 or C-1 Lowest @ 8.1758 Hz 127 or G9 Highest @ 12,544 Hz Concert Tuning is A4 @ 440Hz

10. Timbre A Saxophone and A Trumpet are playing the same note at the same pitch and at the same volume. How do you tell the 2 instruments apart? Timbre is the quality of a musical note or sound that distinguishes an instrument. Otherwise referred to as: Tone Colour.

11. A Melody A linear succession of musical tones. A combination of pitch and rhythm. Melodies often consist of one or more musical phrases or motifs. EgBeethovens 5th Can you work out what this simple Melody is?

12. More examples of Melodies

13. Melodies Time to start creating your own Melody

14. Next Week The Amplification Of Sound Don’t forget your Headphones and Memory Pen