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INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THEORY

Wednesday, October 5, 2011. INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THEORY. TODAY: . Music Sharing dates posted on the Wiki! Music Sharing – Mr. Popke Review: Triads Review: Seventh chords MM7 Mm7 (V7) Mm7 Half – diminished 7 Diminished 7 Introduce: Triplets Pick–up notes S yncopation .

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INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THEORY

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  1. Wednesday, October 5, 2011 INTRODUCTIONTO MUSIC THEORY

  2. TODAY: • Music Sharing dates posted on the Wiki! • Music Sharing – Mr. Popke • Review: Triads • Review: Seventh chords • MM7 • Mm7 (V7) • Mm7 • Half – diminished 7 • Diminished 7 • Introduce: • Triplets • Pick–up notes • Syncopation

  3. SCALE DEGREE NAMES: • TONIC (I/i) • SUPERTONIC (II/ii) • MEDIANT (III/iii) • SUBDOMINANT (IV/iv) • DOMINANT (V) • SUBMEDIANT (VI/vi) • LEADING TONE [SUBTONIC] (VII/vii)

  4. V7 CHORD: • Add a minor 7th to the root of a V triad (or a minor 3rd above the 5th). • The V7 chord is a chord and not a triad because it has 4 notes rather than 3. • Often, the 5th of a V7 chord is omitted. The V7 chord then has the same number of tones as the I and IV chords while still retaining the quality of a 7th chord. • Commonly called a Major–minor 7th

  5. OTHER SEVENTH CHORDS • Major–Major seventh (M7) • Major triad + Major 3rd • Major–minor seventh (V7) • Major triad + minor 3rd • minor–minor seventh (m7) • minor triad + minor 3rd • half–diminished seventh (ѳ7) • diminished triad + Major 3rd • diminished seventh (ס7) • diminished triad + minor 3rd

  6. TRIPLETS: • When three notes are grouped together with a figure “3” above or below the notes, the group is called a TRIPLET. The 3 notes are played in the time of 2 notes of the same value. • Counted: 1 trip – let, 2 trip – let • Counted: Trip – a – let, etc.

  7. INCOMPLETE MEASURES (PICK–UPS): • Some pieces of music begin with an incomplete measure. This note (or notes) is known as a PICK–UP note. • The beats that are missing in the first measure are “made up” in the last measure, often meaning the last measure will have fewer than the required number of beats.

  8. SYNCOPATION: • When the accent in a musical passage falls on the weak beat (&) rather than on the strong beat (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), it is called SYNCOPATION.

  9. EXAM TOPICS: Start studying! • Tetrachords • Major scales • Magic phone number • ALL major key signatures • Chromatic scale • Circle of Fifths • Generic intervals

  10. EXAM TOPICS: • Perfect and Major intervals • Minor, Dim., & Aug. intervals • Transposition • Sixteenth notes & sixteenth rests • Dotted eighth/sixteenth rhythm • Common Time & Cut Time • Compound meter • Triads & Seventh chords

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