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6th Grade Band |
Quarter 4 |
Key Change and Time Change
Rhythm: Quarter Notes/Rhythms Eighth Notes/Rhythms Syncopated Eighth Note Rhythms
Pitch: Concert Bb Diatonic Scale Concert F Diatonic Scale Concert Ab, E Natural |
What is happening musically when we play in a new key? What note do we have to change in order to play in the next flat key? What note do we have to change to play in the next sharp key? What is the relationship between these notes?
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Notes and Fingerings of the Concert Bb Scale Notes and Fingerings of the Concert F Scale Tonality Tonal Center
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Key Key Change Modulation Key of "F" Concert E Circle of 5ths Flat Key Sharp Key Enharmonic Key
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Key Signature/Time Signature Assessment |
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7th/8th Grade Band |
Quarter 4 |
The Chromatic Scale
Rhythm: Quarter Notes Eighth Notes Sixteenth Notes
Pitch: Chromatic Scale Bb-Bb |
What is it called when we play a scale of all notes in an octave? Why is it important to know the notes of our chromatic scale? Why can we represent the chromatic scale with either flats or sharps? How can we use the rhythms we know and the notes we know to approach all music? |
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Chromatic Notes and Fingerings Performance of Quarter/Eighth/Sixteenth Note Rhythms
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Chromatic Scale 12 Tone Music
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Chromatic Scale Performance Assessment |
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7th/8th Music Technology |
Quarter 4 |
From Digital Music to Live Performance |
What is a sound signal? What is a device which turns a sound signal into sound? What power source is necessary to amplify a sound signal? What does MIDI stand for? Why is MIDI a good solution for transferring digital music? |
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Mixing Sound Balancing |
Signal MIDI MIDI Connector Loudspeaker Amplifier Amplify Power Source Sound Wave Frequency Decibel
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Concert Audio Production |