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32 pages of non-stop fun that includes 6 pages full of dotted quarter note cup tapping!
Free Dotted Quarter Note Rhythm Worksheets
Free Eighth Note Rhythm Worksheets
Eighth Notes 3-9 – Click the green button to get all the eighth note rhythm worksheets PLUS a sample of the popular Rhythm Menagerie and Rhythm Cup Explorations!
Eighth Notes 2-Handed 1 (Can be used as duet too!)
Eighth Notes 2-Handed 2 (Can be used as duet too!)
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Eighth Notes 2-Handed 3 (Can be used as duet too!)
Free Hemiola Rhythm Worksheets
More hemiola rhythm worksheets are included in the Rhythm Cup Explorations 2 book!
Music Progressions Rhythm Worksheets
The original Rhythm Cup Explorations that includes something for all ages and levels of students!
Compound Meter Rhythm Worksheets
More compound meter rhythms that are a whole lot more fun can be found in Rhythm Cup Explorations 2!
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Miscellaneous Free Rhythm Worksheets
Free Triple Meter Rhythm Worksheets
There triple meter rhythm worksheet are pretty random and remember that random rhythms are not very fun or motivating to practice! But you’ll find much more motivating triple meter rhythms in the Rhythm Cup Explorations 2 book! I promise you that they are tons more fun, but read the testimonials from classroom music teachers and piano teachers in the reviews on the Rhythm Cup Explorations 2 page!
Triple Time 4 (Eighths)
Triple Time 5 (Eighths plus rests)
Triple Time 6 (Eighths plus rests)
Free Triplet Rhythm Worksheets
You can also find more triplet rhythm worksheets in the Rhythm Manipulations book and the Rhythm Cup Explorations 1 book!
Makemusic Finale Worksheets
The free worksheets are above, but if you are searching for a reliable way of improving your students’ rhythm, please take a look at Rhythm Menagerie and Rhythm Manipulations today! Rhythm Menagerie is an exciting, reproducible resource that features fun activities to explore new rhythmic concepts. Rhythm Menagerie is much more than just a set of your typical clapping exercises! Each unit showcases a unique animal and often incorporates some of the fun antics of that animal in the student’s activities. Students will learn about the crazy looking Tarsier, the beautiful Wingtipped Nightjar, the Jerboa Jumping Mouse, the Javan Flying Frog and much more! This 92 page resource is guaranteed to be much more exciting than these select exercises!
This summer I'd like all of my students to work on a music workbook of some sort to brush up on their understanding of musical notation. I know I go over a lot of this information during lessons with note reading, group lessons, etc. but sometimes I wonder how much they are really comprehending it all. I was somewhat shocked when my 10 year old Book 7 daughter didn't understand some very basic music theory - yet she can play - and even note read quite well.![Finale Finale](https://cdn.nexternal.com/tedu/images/finale26_M.jpg)
Junior Musicianship System and Music Theory Books 1 and 2 from The Fun Music Company.
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This set of music theory books come as a digital copy. Individually the Junior Musicianship costs $49.95 and the Theory Books cost $59.95 each. Together you can buy the Junior Musicianship, Theory Books 1 and 2, plus several other fun and informative worksheets for $99.00. This gives you A LOT of worksheets and you have full printing rights after purchase for the rest of your life. There is also a Theory book 3 and 4 that I didn't purchase.
The Junior Musicianship is meant for YOUNG students (preschoolers - kindergarten.) It has:
*Large Print Manuscript designed just for little fingers and thick pencils or markers.
*Over 200 Worksheets including some designed especially for teaching violin.
*Has Pitch, Rhythm, and Symbols worksheets.
What I like: It's the most basic set of theory worksheets I've found. You can pick and choose which worksheets to give out. Some of the ones that aren't violin are more geared toward piano, but my preschooler will have fun working on several of these each day.
What I don't like: Can I say that there are too many worksheets? I used up tons of printer ink to print them. I wish there were more 'fun' pages instead of just writing notes on the staff.
Music Theory Books 1 (48 pgs) and 2 (58 pgs)is a very comprehensive theory course.
*Comprehensive self-checking material to cover all aspects of music theory teaching.
*Flexibility in printing so you can print what you need, when you need it.
*Access to support so that If there’s a topic in music theory for the level that you see has not covered, then you can request it and it will be generated for you within seven days.
*Includes assessments, multiple choice quizzes and even a completion exam for each level.
What I like: It's very comprehensive. It's a bit expensive with up-front costs, but I like that I can have it forever and print it for any students I want in the future. The second book is a good review of the first plus added material so it would be good to give an older student who has never done a theory workbook before.
What I don't like: I wish there were more 'fun' pages and review of past concepts. It gives a concept and a few exercises and moves on.
ADDED BONUS: The Fun Music Company has so way fun and unique 'fun' theory games that you can purchase at additional cost. I'm keeping a close eye out because they come up with new ones every so often. Ones that I like are Printable Music Games, Treasure Island Games, Music Symbol Code Breakers, and Musical Terms for the Digital Age. You can get some of these in the $99 package deal.
Workbook for Strings 1 & 2, Highland/Etling
Cost: $7.95 Book 1 is 44 pages, Book 2 is 40 pages
What I like: it's very thorough for the information presented. I think it would be good for an older beginner (at least Book 2) who just needs a better understanding of the fingerboard. Book 2 would be better for Book 4 or older.
What I don't like: It doesn't give a broad view of other theory subjects. It's a very 'boring' looking book.
This book is used in conjunction with Foundations for Music Theory (look below.) Because of this, I think it would be a good companion with this other book.
Notes for Strings, Zepp
I don't think you can buy this book. It was given to me by another teacher years ago and I've used it on and off. The concepts are presented creatively and gives an overview of most of the major concepts for theory. It's not very long. When I used it in the past I would go over a concept at each lesson and they would do the worksheet for that concept. Book 1 is good for Suzuki book 2 and Book 2 is good for Suzuki Book 3 or 4. It's only 24 pages. I'm giving this book to my older students who I know are really busy during the summer.
What I like: The pages are fun and creative at presenting the topics.
What I don't like: It presents a concept once and moves on. Even each activity for the subject isn't very long. If a child doesn't understand it there isn't much reinforcement.
Beginning Violin Theory for Children 1, 2, and 3
by Melanie Smith
I was so excited for these books because they had a lot of pages so I knew it wouldn't just be an overview. However, it's so repetitive and (am I being blunt?) Boring! I'm interested to see how a student will do with these books because it's pages and pages of writing the same notes over and over. So, in that respect it gives a lot of repetition, but I kind of think of it like pages and pages of writing the alphabet. It is very simple and doesn't have many activities. Book 3 gives a VERY thorough approach to note names and key signatures.
Book 1: $9.95 82 pages
Book 2: $14.95 130 pages
Book 3: $17.95 150 pages
What I like: It's not just a brief overview. A child will know their stuff by the end. The first book is very simple. By Book 3 it is more difficult. It's hard to say what age and Suzuki level, yet. I'll update when I have more experience.
What I don't like: I think it looks boring and too repetitive. I also think it's a bit expensive.
Just the Facts primer, 1, 2, and 3
This is a great book that covers a lot of information in a little amount of space. It's available for piano, violin, viola, cello, and guitar. In my opinion the price is right and it has fun little activities for each page..I wish it had more. However, I just found that the same company has little 'mini activity books' for sale as well for $3.75. They are 16 pages each.
Cost of each book: $8.95 and they are each 25 pages.
What I like: They are very thorough, but not too difficult. Each page gives several explanations and review of previous material plus a little activity. Comes in 4 volumes so it could easily be used over a period of 4 years.
What I don't like: I wish it were longer. I wish it had more activities, but the 'mini book' might solve that problem.
Let's Learn Music 1, 2, and 3 by Hayes Publishing
This is a book meant for school music classes. It's non-instrument specific. The price is good and I was doubly happy when I realized that they are reproducible !! That means I don't ever have to buy it again for my students - I can only charge for the copying. I love that!
Book 1 is extremely simple. This is one step up from the Junior Musicianship above. I am giving this one to my three 1st grade boys. Book 3 gives a brief explanation of chords and major/minor scales, but it's not too complicated.
Cost: $6.95 per book, 40-46 pages. REPRODUCIBLE!
What I like: The first book has really big writing which is good for little hands. It's basic, but gives good explanation of the concept. There is also an activity workbook that I don't have, yet. I'm waiting for that in the mail!
What I don't like: Can they PLEASE get someone who LOOKS like they can play the violin on the front cover! Also, it's not violin specific, which I want.
Essentials of Music Theory, Alfred
This is a well-known theory book. It's laid out very well and gives one of the best overviews of them all (it's very similar to the Fun Music Company theory books.) There is also a book for activities that you can buy that is REPRODUCIBLE. It's not violin specific, but I know they have an alto clef version for viola. It introduces bass clef and the grand staff, but the majority of the exercises are in the treble clef. To me this is okay for a more advanced student. They should have a bit of background on the other clefs.
Book 2 is a direct companion with the first book, not reviewing any information - just going on. Book 3 goes into detail about triads, 7th chords, figured bass, and chord progression. It's way too advanced for what I want to teach.
Cost: $6.50 40 pages OR you can buy all three books for $12.99 (all bound together.)
What I like: Book 1 is a great overview - one of the best. The companion activity book gives fun worksheets to do. This book would probably be good for young Book 4 students and above. Book 2 is more difficult, but is a good companion to the second. I'm not even going to get into Book 3 with my students.
What I don't like: It isn't violin specific. It also is a lot like a text book.
Alfred has a lot of companion material for these books including software and teaching materials.
Violin Theory for Beginners, Dorothy Croft
This is the only book I've actually had experience with because my daughter's teacher had her do it last summer. She was 9 and in Book 6. She is also very intelligent. She zipped through the first part of the book, but the second half of the book got into details about triads and scales and I had to work with her on it. I would suggest this book for Book 4 and above and at least 9 years old, but probably a bit older. Don't let the 'beginners' in the title fool you.
It has a second book that I haven't seen. I don't know how advanced it gets.
Cost: $10.95 48 pages
What I like: Has lots of exercises and repetitions. A good book for the more advanced student.
What I didn't like: Not really fun and creative.
All For Strings Theory Workbook 1 & 2, Frost
I wasn't going to get this book but it had great reviews online and it wasn't very expensive. It's a good little workbook for a summer project like mine. It has activities and briefly explains major concepts. I don't have Book 2 yet, but I really like Book 1.
Cost: $4.50 32 pages
What I like: It's inexpensive, violin specific, and has the keyboard for some activities (violinists still need to know about the keyboard.) I think this is great for understanding a lot of theory.
What I don't like: I wish it were longer and more thorough.
Foundations for Music Reading 1, 2, and 3, Faith Farr
I was so excited to get these books in the mail the other day. They are big books and at first glance has a lot of material. I think these were created by a Suzuki teacher so it has lots of repetitions and review. It also uses many different ways to learn: aural, verbal, tactile, kinesthetic, and written.
Cost: $21.95 125 pages
What I like: I think this is such a well-rounded approach to learning. It's the basics, but goes into details. It has activities, challenges, and sections where the children have to 'create' so they are applying their knowledge.
What I don't like: Unfortunately, this is one of my favorites, but has the biggest drawback! To really make this a great book you have to get the 'supplemantal material' which is Fink, Quick steps to Note Reading Books 1 and 2, Perkins, Logical approach to Rhythmic Notation Book 1, and Etling, Workbook for Strings (described above). So, I have to get 4 more books to really make this book useful! That bothers me because this is a pretty expensive book (naturally because it has so many pages) but in order for it to be 'worth it' (in my mind) I need to buy four more books. What!! I've looked through this book and it does seem like you can do it without the supplemental books, but you're missing half of the exercises. As a teacher I could tweek it and do the same type of exercises in other books, but I don't have the time to tweek a whole book for each student. This is my biggest frustration with this book.
The Bottom Line
I can find good things about all of these books, but none of them are exactly what I want.
I want a 60-75 page book that is less than $15 that has several volumes (is 8 to much to ask for?) with several ability levels. I'd like it to cover all of the material in Alfred's theory book, but have fun and creative exercises and worksheets. I'd like it to use the multiple learning approach like the Farr books, but have it be a unit all in itself that I can hand out yearly to my students and they can enjoy doing each summer.
..I guess I'll just have to make my own someday..check back in 10 years.
Perhaps it's good that I have all of these books because each student has his/her own needs.
I'm going to have my 3 year old twinkle do the Junior Musicianship series.
I'm going to have two of my young Book 1 students do the Let's Learn Music book 1.
I'm going to have my other young Book 1 student do the Just the Facts Primer.
My older, late book 1 students will be doing Let's Learn Music book 2, Beginner Violin Theory 1, All for Strings 1, and Notes for Strings 1.
My Book 2 students will be doing The Fun Music Co. Theory Book 1, Workbook for Strings 1, and Just the Facts 1 (younger student) and 2 (older student).
My Book 3 students will be doing Alfred's Essentials 1.
My Book 4 students will be doing Beginner Violin Theory 3, Alfred's Essentials 2, and Notes for Strings 2.
My Book 5 students will be doing The Fun Music Co. Theory Book 2.
And my Book 6 students will be doing Dorothy Crofts Theory Book 1.
..and my Book 2 6-year-old daughter will be doing the Faith Farr book 1 and I will purchase the other supplementary books that I don't have. I really like this one the best and I want to see how it goes with all of the other books. It may be too overwhelming for some families.
I'll report back when I see how my students like the books. That's the real test!
I'd love to hear your comments about any of these books!
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The Staff The musical staff is made up of five lines and four spaces. Lines and spaces are both numbered from low to high.
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3. On the second staff, number the spaces from low to high.
4. Draw a note on each line of the staff below.
5. Draw a note on each space of the staff below.
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The Staff - High and Low Notes that are higher on the staff have a higher sound or pitch. This note sounds higher than this note.
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2. Draw a note on the indicated line or space, then circle the lowest note you drew on the staff.
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3. Circle the higher note in each pair.
4. Circle the lower note in each pair.
5. By using H (higher) and L (lower) indicate wheather the first note of each pair sounds higher or lower than the second note.
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The Staff - Treble Clef A clef appears at the beginning of each staff. The clef shown here is a treble clef.
Each note on the treble clef staff has a letter name.
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2. Draw a treble clef at the beginning of the staff and write the letter name of each note.
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Draw the treble clef at the beginning of the staff and then draw the notes indicated. 3. If a note can be drawn in more than one place on the staff, choose which one you want to draw.
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4. Draw the treble clef at the beginning of the staff. Write the letter name for each note, then circle the higher note in each pair.
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The Staff - Bass Clef A clef appears at the beginning of each staff. The clef shown here is a bass clef.
Each note on the bass clef staff has a letter name.
GABCDEFGA _______________________________________________________________________________ _ 1. Practice drawing the bass clef sign by tracing over the guidelines. Draw five more in the remaining space.
2. Draw a bass clef at the beginning of the staff and write the letter name of each note.
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3. Draw the bass clef at the beginning of the staff and then draw the notes indicated. If a note can be drawn in more than one place on the staff, choose which one you want to draw.
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4. Draw the bass clef at the beginning of the staff. Write the letter name for each note, then circle the higher note in each pair.
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5. Draw the bass clef at the beginning of the staff. Write the letter name for each note, then circle the lower note in each pair.
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The Grand Staff The grand staff is created by joining the treble staff and the bass staff with a brace and bar line. brace
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_______________________________________________________________________________ _ 1. Practice creating the grand staff by tracing the braces, bar lines, and clefs.
2. Using the staffs below, create four grand staffs by adding braces, bar lines, and clefs.
3. Write the letter name for each note.
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Time Signatures Time signatures appear at the beginning of a piece of music music. They are made up of two numbers.
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The top number indicates the number of beats per measure. The bottom number indicates which note will get one beat.
time there are four beats in each measure.
A quarter note ( ) = 1 beat A half note ( ) = 2 beats A whole note ( ) = 4 beats
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2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting the beats out loud.
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3. Write a time signature after the clef sign. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting the beats out loud.
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4. Write a time signature after the clef sign. Write in the count below the notes. Draw the missing bar lines.
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Rests Rests are used in music to indicate silence.
A quarter rest ( ) = 1 beat A half rest ( ) = 2 beats A whole rest ( ) = 4 beats 1234
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_______________________________________________________________________________ _ 1. Practice drawing quarter rests by tracing over the outlines. Draw four quarter rests in each blank measure.
2. Draw two half rests in each blank measure.
3. Draw one whole rest in each blank measure.
4. Write the count below the rests.
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5. Write the count below the notes and rests, then clap and count the rhythm out loud.
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6. Write the count below the notes and rests, then add the missing bar lines.
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Notes and Rests Complete these exercises. Make sure each measure contains four beats.
A quarter note ( ) = 1 beat
A quarter rest (
A half note ( ) = 2 beats
A half rest ( ) = 2 beats A whole rest ( ) = 4 beats
A whole note ( ) = 4 beats
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2. This song is missing bar lines. Fill in the missing barlines
3. Some of the measures in this song are missing a rest. Complete each measure by adding the appropriate rest. Remember, some measures are complete.
4. Fill in the missing rests. Some measures are missing more than one rest.
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Stems Stems are used to help determine what
rhythmic value a note will have. By adding a stem to an open notehead you change the value of the note from a whole note to a half
It is important to draw stems on the proper side of the notehead and draw them in the proper direction. Notes that appear on or above the middle staff line have downward stems drawn on the left side of the notehead. Notes that appear below the middle staff line have upward stems drawn on the right side of the notehead.
_______________________________________________________________________________ _ 1. Practice drawing stems by adding the proper stem to each notehead.
2. Practice drawing stems by adding the proper stem to each notehead.
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Some of these stems are drawn incorrectly. Circle the incorrect stems.
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Some of these stems are drawn incorrectly. Circle the incorrect stems.
5. Some of
these notes are missing stems. Add stems where needed. Make sure that each measure has four beats.
6. Some of
these notes are missing stems. Add stems where needed. Make sure that each measure has four beats.
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Time Signatures In
time there are three beats in each measure.
The quarter note gets one beat. Rhythmic values
A quarter note ( ) = 1 beat A half note ( ) = 2 beats A dotted half note ( ) = 3 beats
= 3 beats
The dotted half note gets three beats.
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1. Clap the rhythm while counting the beats out loud.
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3. Write a time signature after the clef sign. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting the beats out loud.
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Eighth Notes The rhythmic value of an eighth notes is one half of a beat. Eighth notes may be written with a flag or a beam. If an eighth note appears by itself, it will have a flag. If two or more eight notes appear in a row, they will often be beamed together. flag
Use a plus sign (+) when writing the count for eighth notes.
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1. Clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
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Time Signatures In
time there are two beats in each measure.
The quarter note gets one beat. An eighth note ( ) = 1/2 beat A quarter note ( ) = 1 beat A half note ( ) = 2 beats
Rhythmic values
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1
2
1
+2+
1
2
1
2
1
2
+
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2
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2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting the beats out loud.
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3. Write a time signature after the clef sign. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting the beats out loud.
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4. Write a
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time signature after the clef sign. Write in the count below the notes. Draw the missing bar lines.
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5. Write in the count below the notes and add the missing barlines.
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Eighth Notes and Eighth Rests Use a plus sign (+) when writing the count for eighth notes and eighth rests.
The rhythmic value of an eighth rest is one half of a beat. An eighth rest ( ) = 1/2 beat An eighth note (
) = 1/2 beat
1
+
spoken: one
2
and
+
3
two
4 +
and
three
four
and
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1. Clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
1 + 2 +3
4
1
+
2
3
+
4
1
2
3
+
4
+
1 + 2 +3
4
2. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
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3. Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud.
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4. Some eighth notes are missing their flags or beams. Draw the missing flags and beams.
5. Write in the count below the notes and then add the missing barlines.
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6. Some eighth notes are missing their flags or beams. Draw the missing flags and beams.
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Slurs and Ties A
sluris a curved line connection
two or more notes of differentpitches.
Slurredpassages should be played as smoothly as possible.
A tie is a curved line which connects two notes of the same pitch.
Tied notes are played as one note. The rhythmic value is the sum of the two notes. =1 1/2 beats
= 3 beats
= 2 beats
_______________________________________________________________________________ _ 1.
Circle the ties in this example.
2.
Circle the slurs in this example.
3. Write the number of beats each pair of tied notes should receive.
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beats
=
beats
=
beats
=
=
=
=
beats
beats
beats
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beats
beats
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beats
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beats
beats
beats
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Sharps and Flats I A flat sign ( ) placed in front of a note ( ) lowers its pitch a half step.
A sharp sign ( ) placed in front of a note ( ) pitch a half step.
raises its
C is 1 /2 step higher than C
C
C
D
D E
G
F
F
B is 1 /2 step lower than B
G
D
A
A B
C
C
E
D E
G
F
A
G
B
A B
C
It is easy to see, on the piano keyboard, how the black keys to the right ( 1/2 step higher) of a note are sharps and the black keys to the left ( 1/2 step lower) of a note are flats.
_______________________________________________________________________________ _ 1. Practice drawing sharps by tracing over the guidelines. Draw six more in the remaining space.
2. Practice drawing flats by tracing over the guidelines. Draw six more in the remaining space.
3. Write a flat sign in front of each note and then name the note.
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4. Write a flat sign in front of each note and then name the note.
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5. Write a sharp sign in front of each note and then name the note.
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6. Write a sharp sign in front of each note and then name the note.
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Sharps and Flats II Complete the following exercises.
_______________________________________________________________________________ _ 1. Draw the indicated notes. Use half notes.
E
A
D
B
G
C
F
D
F
B
2. Draw the indicated notes. Use half notes.
B
E
A
D
G
C
3. Draw the indicated notes. Use half notes.
C
A
G
D
F
B
E
E
B
A
4. Draw the indicated notes. Use half notes.
F
C
G
D
A
F
5. Name each note.
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6. Name each note.
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Sharps, Flats and Naturals A natural sign ( ) placed before a note cancels a sharp or flat. Sharps, flats and naturals are all called accidentals. Accidentals affect every note on the same line or space for the remainder of the measure. Bar lines cancel all accidentals from the previous measure unless a note is tied across the bar line. F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
A natural is used to cancel sharps and flats. B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
_______________________________________________________________________________ _ Write the name of each note.
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Rounds
A round is a composition in which two or more voices sing an identical melody with each voice starting after a specified number of beats. A round may be repeated endlessly. Sing this simple round. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ___
1
Frè
-
re
n. do
Ja c -
n, da
qu es
, in D
, F
rè -
r e
. n o d
a d
in D
J a
Frère Jacques
, n
c -
q u e
This round may be sung in three parts. The first part starts singing the song at the top of the circle (1). When the first part reaches number two (2), the second part may begin at the top of the circle. The third part may join in when the first part reaches number three (3). All parts may continue singing around the circle as long as they like.
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i t
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2 d o r
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em z v o u s ?
a m s el
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z e n -
v uo ?s
no S
!s
en
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it
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a m
s el
z en
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s ,
ze
m
D ro
no S
3
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Mode Identification I Circle the correct mode (major or minor) for each scale.
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Major
Minor
2
Major
Minor
3
Major
Minor
4
Major
Minor
5
Major
Minor
6
Major
Minor
7
Major
Minor
8
Major
Minor
9
Major
Minor
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Identification - All Major and Minor Modes I Circle the correct mode for each scale. Choose from Major, Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor.
_______________________________________________________________________________ _ 1
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic
2
Major
Minor
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
3
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
4
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
5
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
6
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
7
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
8
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
9
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
10
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
11
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
12
Major
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
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Time Signatures and Counting I An eighth note ( ) = 1/2 beat A quarter note ( ) = 1 beat Rhythmic values: A half note ( ) = 2 beats A dotted half note ( ) = 3 beats A whole note ( ) = 4 beats
Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud. Pay attention to the time signature being used in each exercise.
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Time Signatures and Counting II An eighth note ( ) = 1/2 beat A quarter note ( ) = 1 beat Rhythmic values: A half note ( ) = 2 beats A dotted half note ( ) = 3 beats A whole note ( ) = 4 beats
Write the count below the notes and then clap the rhythm while counting out loud. Pay attention to the time signature being used in each exercise.
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Rhythmic Equations I Combine all note values to complete the following rhythmic equations: Rhythmic Values:
Examples:
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Rhythmic Equations II Combine all note and rest values to complete the following rhythmic equations: Rhythmic Values:
Examples:
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Rhythm Exercises (SmartMusic® 6100-6106) Write the count below the notes and rests. Clap the rhythms while counting out loud. Practice the exercises in SmartMusic.
Example 1234
1
2
3
4
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 6100
6101
6102
6103
6104
6105
6106
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Rhythm Exercises (SmartMusic® 6108 to 6111) Write the count below the notes and rests. Clap the rhythms while counting out loud. Practice the exercises in SmartMusic.
Example 1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
__________________________________________________________________________________________ 6108
6109
6110
6111
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Matching - Notes and Rests I Draw a line connecting the note or rest with its definition.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Symbol
Definition eighth note
whole note
half rest
quarter note
quarter rest
sixteenth rest
whole rest
half note
sixteenth note
eighth rest
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Musical Words - Treble Clef I Each group of notes spells a word. Write the word that each group spells.
Example B
E
D
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Musical Words - Bass Clef I Each group of notes spells a word. Write the word that each group spells.
Example B
E
D
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Musical Words - Bass Clef II Each group of notes spells a word. Write the word that each group spells.
Example E
D
E
D
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2
3
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Musical Words - Mixed Clefs Each group of notes spells a word. Write the word that each group spells.
Example C
AF
E
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Musical Words - Alto Clef Each group of notes spells a word. Write the word that each group spells.
Example A
B
G
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Musical Maze Michael has lost his trumpet. Help Michael find his trumpet by following the quarter notes through the maze. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____
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- Microtonal Font - Andrian Pertout has created two versions of this freeware font, with the first, 'Microtonal Font' (TT, PS) intended for use in Finale, and the second, 'Microtonal Font Text', (TT, PS) intended for use in a word processor. Included are the five standard accidental signs of Western music; four common quarter-tone and three-quarter-tone symbols; twenty-three unique symbols based on Daniélou’s division of the whole-tone; Ali Naqi Vaziri’s notation system, or four accidentals of Persian music; Johnston’s system of notation, which contains twenty-three unique symbols for the notation of just intonation up to the thirty-first harmonic; as well as Fokker’s nine symbols for the notation of thirty-one equal temperament. All these symbols have been incorporated into a 238-character microtonal notation PostScript Type 1 (PS) or TrueType (TT) font, which is fully compatible with Finale 2008. There is extensive information about these notation systems, along with instructions for use in Finale here.
- MidiDesign - by Christian Texier (French website). Six free music fonts: Acoustica, Concreta, Controla, Electronica, Microtona and Sonora. Available for Mac and PC.
- MusiQwik, MusiSync, Bongos, FretQwik, and NoteHedz are free TrueType music fonts created by Robert Allgeyer. Use them in Finale, or a word processing document. The most recent version will be available for a limited time from the links here and here.
- Music Teacher Tools - currently feature 7 new TrueType music fonts: MusicEd - rhythms that align, kodaly handsigns, and keyboard tablature. MusicEd Flute - create fingering diagrams for flute and recorder. MusicEd Oboe - create fingering diagrams for oboe. MusicEd Clarinet - create fingering diagrams for clarinet. MusicEd Bassoon - create fingering diagrams for bassoon. MusicEd Sax - create fingering diagrams for sax. MusicEd Brass - create valve and slide position diagrams for brass.
- Nor Eddine Bahha (co-author of JAZZOLOGY) has created three different music symbols fonts for use with Sibelius™. These fonts are designed to produce handwritten music in a style similar to that of many jazz charts. NorMusic font set; NorMusic, NorText & NorText Extra. BopMusic font set includes a complete script font for text, chord symbols, and hundreds of symbols for jazz and commercial music. The BopMusic font set includes 7 accompanying fonts to help transform the overall appearance of the music and titles; BopMusic, BopMusic Script, BopMusic Chords, BopMusic Text, BopMusic Special, BopMusic Metronome, and BopMusic Time. The RealScore font set includes 11 accompanying fonts to help transform the overall appearance of the music and titles; RealScore, Metronome, RealScore Time, RealScore Marks and RealScore Title.
- November from Klemm Technologies is one of the finest and warmest music font ever designed for Finale, and covers a wide period of symbols, from the Renaissance up to the 21th century. The package contains font files, templates, libraries, samples (with executable baroque ornaments and microtons). Delivered on a hybrid CD (Mac/PC) with a full documentation in 3 languages and Reference Card.
- Numero font was created by Lars-Anders Calrsson, who works at the 'Artisten, Huset for Musik och Teater' in Gothenburg Sweden. Freeware.
- Realbook Chords, New Realbook Chords & Realbook Title are music fonts (Windows TrueType) in the style of the famous Jazz Real Books for use in Finale. Created by Jochen Pietsch. Freeware.
- Really Loud Fonts by Arun Konanur. Publication quality Postscript music fonts include Tempi, Thesis, Metric, Barnett, Lassus, Musica, and the Partita font, which emulates the printed look of the Score music publishing program within Finale. Please email us if you have current info.
- Salzedo Harp Font< - This excellent font by Bill Duncan is based on Carlos Salzedo's harp notation standard, and also includes a number of squiggles and loops, brackets, l.v. symbols, pedal spelling and circled pedal diagram characters. The font is available through NPC Imaging.
- Sonata, the venerable music notation font, is available from Adobe.
- StMeinrad font and its auxiliary, StMeinradAux, contain the symbols necessary to reproduce Gregorian chant. Mac and PC.
- Susato font is available from: NOTENGRAFIK, Werner Eickhoff, Schauinslandstr. 99, 79 100 Freiburg, Germany
- Toccata & Fughetta by Blake Hodgetts are Petrucci compatible music fonts available for both Mac and PC. These fonts include a wide variety of specialized music characters not available in Petrucci. Blake is the author of the Maestro music notation font.
- The Virtual Conservatory has developed chord symbol fonts, available in both Unicode and TrueType formats, for use with both MakeMusic and Sibelius music-notation products: ChordSymbol 2 for traditional music and JazzSymbol 1 for commercial music.
- FontLab - offers several different typeface (font) editor applications with various features and price points. FontLab Studio, their top of the line offering, supports all major outline font formats, including Type 1, TrueType, Multiple Master and OpenType, and is available for Mac OSX and Windows operating systems.
- FontForge - is a typeface (font) editor program developed by George Williams. FontForge is free software and is distributed under the BSD license. FontForge is available for several operating systems and is localized in several languages.
- Finale - 'An easy guide to music notation' by Thomas E. Rudolph, Vincent A. Leonard
- Finale Power - by Mark Johnson
- Finale Primer, The - 'Mastering the Art of Music Notation with Finale' 2nd Ed. by Bill Purse
- Braille Music Kit - convert written music into Braille using this plugin for Finale.
- Classic Transposition by Philip Aker is a plug-in for Finale which provides many additional transposition features.
- Forza! by Jari Williamsson is a suite of plug-ins for Finale. Finale Productivity Tips by the same author provides useful Finale solutions not listed in the manuals. Jari has written dozens of plugins for Finale, and there is a comprehensive list of other 3rd party PlugIns on the site.
- Medieval is the solution to set early music notation with Finale (11th - 15th centuries), like Gregorian chant. The package contains 2 fonts, a plug-in (a tool palette includes automatic recognition of neumes), default files, samples, and a printed documentation in 4 languages. For Mac or PC. Published and distributed by Klemm Music Technology.
- Plug-Ins Page - Robert G. Patterson has developed plugins such as Tuplet Copy, Tuplet Mover, Staff Sets, Patterson Beams and Settings Scrapbook. His page also has tips on how to write your own plug-ins. This is a great resource for anyone interested in plug-ins for Finale.
- Recordare - music notation import / export plugin uses Music XML technology. It lets you distribute interactive sheet music online, and to use sheet music files with a wide variety of musical applications. Save music to previous versions of Finale, import music scanned with SharpEye Music Reader or Photoscore, and exchange your music with Sibelius and other notation software users.
- TGTools for Finale by Tobias Giesen. Currently, still the most comprehensive suite of 3rd party plug-ins currently available (although Jari Williamson seems to be catching up fast). Plug-Ins include: Spacing Utilities, Lyrics Utilities, Harp Pedaling, Mass Create Hairpins, Mass Create Slurs, Automatic Tremolo, Text Expression Sorter, Secondary Beam Breaker, Harmonics Automation and Process extracted parts to extract one voice from a multi-voice staff. 'Playback' plug-in for glissandi and hairpins. Many other useful features
- Genicom- (formerly Texas Instruments printer division.)
- ZDNet Reviews - Good starting point if you are shopping for a printer to use for music notation.
- EditorsKeys for Finale - these keyboard sticker sets designed to increase productivity with Finale are made from over 40 micro-interweaved PVC layers and special adhesive which once appliedto your keyboard have a 2 year guarantee. The Finale Keyboard set contains almost 70 color grouped shortcut keys which are easy to apply and are compatible with all standard keyboards. Each Shortcut Key contains the keys letter, the Finale shortcut icon and also a text shortcut underneath for quicker shortcut access. Use our special code to save 15% when ordering: RPMSEATTLE.
- Garritan Personal Orchestra - A comprehensive, easy-to-use and economical orchestral sample Library. Extremely high quality collection of orchestral instruments, and a great value. Garritan also sells the Jazz and Big Band sample library (JABB).
- Notation Switchblade - universal Music XML translator that fixes anomalies (tuplets, notes, styles, articulations) occurring when converting from MIDI to notation software (Sibelius, Finale). For anyone who works with MIDI files in notation programs.
- Quickeys is a Macro tool for Mac OSX and Windows from CE Software .
- Transcribe! - shareware to help transcribe recorded music for Windows and Macintosh. Transcribe! includes the ability to slow mp3 audio files down without changing the pitch, and to analyse chords and show you what notes are present.
- TunefinderX - Tunefinder is a Melody Index for Mac OSX (soon for Windows). It will show you the name of the composer and composition for any of over 13,000 melodies from classical and popular music when all you know is the melody itself. The database includes themes and melodies from scores of composers, including Arlen, Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Bizet, Brahms, Bruckner, Chopin, Corelli, Debussy, Donizetti, Dvorak, Elgar, Gershwin, Gluck, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Joplin, Liszt, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, Milhaud, Mozart, Offenbach, Prokofiev, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Rodgers, Rossini, Saint-Saens, Scarlatti, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Smetana, Sousa, Strauss, Strauss, Sullivan, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Vivaldi,Wagner, andWeber.
- Wedelmusic - European research and software to allow the distribution of interactive music via Internet. Wedelmusic is an XML compliant software format that presents multimedia capabilities and includes identification, classification, symbolic, visual, versioning, printing, protection, image score, image, document, performance, video, and lyric aspects. There is currently a Finale plug-in and editor (Windows only) for using the format.
- ABC Music Notation Language - a language designed to notate tunes in an ascii format. It was designed primarily for folk and traditional tunes of Western European origin (such
as English, Irish and Scottish) which can be written on one stave in standard classical notation. - Archival Products provides solutions for preservation for colleges and universities, museums, historical societies, art and music libraries, medical schools and government offices as wellas for the private conservator.
- Big Site of Music Notation and Engraving at Colorado College. A great resource - includes an extensive notation bibliography, links, notation conventions, and keyword search of the Finale Digests.
- Dr. Gordon Callon's comprehensive list of Music Notation Software for Mac and PC is worth checking out. You may be surprised to find out how many music notation software applications currently exist in addition to Encore, Fermata, Finale, Graphire, Igor Engraver, LilyPond, Nightingale, Opus, Overture, Score, Sibelius, SmartScore and Turandot, many of which are freeware or shareware.
- Computerized Music Engraver's Directory - if you are a Finale engraver or copyist, you can be listed at no charge in this directory.
- Description of Paper Weights - explains the evolution of basis weights and sizes,how certain sizes became standard. By CharlesP. Klass.
- EngravingMusic - This email discussion list moderated by Alain Van Kerckhoven is devoted to music typesetting and lay-out. It is not commercial and one click is enough to unsubscribe, so you can easily try it out. You may configure it to receive the messages individually or as digests.
- Equivalent Weights of Paper - this useful chart cross references Book, Bond, Cover, Bristol, Index and Tag papers by weight.
- Extremes of Conventional Music Notation - Donald Byrd, of the School of Music at Indiana University has compiled this entertaining and informative resource.
- Finale Discussion List - maintained by Professor Henry Howey at Sam Houston State University. This page also details the relevant files contained in the SHSU FTP archive listed above.
- Finale Forum - a place for Finale users to communicate with each other, exchange ideas, and help one another. One of the oldest Finale related chat / discussion sites.
- Finale Mini - Tutorials - a nice collection of how - to articles written by Finale users, hosted by Seattle's Mike Rosen.
- It would be nice if.. (IWBNI) - a webpage created by John Greschak devoted to suggestions and user votes for improving Finale.
- Judy Green Music - known primarily as a supplier of music paper and supplies, located in Hollywood, California, JGM also provides complete music duplication and binding services, including gold, silver or colored lettering on scores and orchestra covers.
- MLA - The Music Library Association is the professional organization in the United States devoted to music librarianship and to all aspects of music materials in libraries. Founded in 1931.
- MOLA - the Major Orchestra Librarian's Association was founded in 1983 primarily to help improve communication among orchestra librarians. The Association's other objectives include educating and assisting librarians, presenting a unified voice in publisher relations and providing education, support, and information to performing arts and other music service organizations.
- MPA - Music Publisher's Association of the United States.
- Music Engravers - if you are a Finale engraver or copyist, you can be listed at no charge in this directory.
- Music Notation Project, The - An international association exploring alternative music notation systems that improve upon traditional music notation, and providing resources for the wider consideration and use of these alternativenotation systems.
- Musitek has developed music scanning software, and is working with Coda on this technology. Scanned files can now be imported directly into Finale.
- Music Notation Links - an excellent collection of notation related links. Subjects include: Comparisons of Music Notation Applications, Music Braille, Common Music Notation, Shape Note, Tablature, Early Music, Non-Western Notation, Byzantine Music Notation, Kinko Ryu Shakuhachi Notation, Extra-terrestrial music notation.
- NEDCC - The Northeast Document Conservation Center was founded in 1973 to specialize in the preservation and conservation of paper-based materials, including books, manuscripts, photographs, and art on paper.
- NMPA - National Music Publisher's Association.
- Vital Presentation Concepts - binding machines especially for printed music parts and scores.