Harmony 1

Week 2

• Megan Berry• megan.berry2@wintec.ac.nz• Facebook: Megan Berry Mediarts

Please bring headphones to class every week

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

Class Contract

• What is the standard of behavior for our class this semester?

• What do you expect from your tutor?• What do you expect from each other?• What kinds of behaviors are unacceptable?• Brainstorm in small groups. Post ideas in Class

Contract forum on Moodle. • Share your findings with the class• Agree on a class contract

Week By Week

• Weekly Schedule• Harmony Project

Moodle

• What is the function of Moodle?• What do I expect from you?• How would we as a class like to use Moodle?

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 exam will have a direct relationship to your understanding of the worksheets.

Notation and Materials

• Notation Worksheets• Bic Mechanical Pencil #2, 0.7mm• Eraser• 7 Stave Manuscript Paper (available as a print

out on Moodle).

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of today’s session, students will be able to:– Understand the function and purpose of the stave– Identify 4 different clefs– Know the notes on the stave using treble and bass

cleffs.

The Stave

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

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

high low

Cleffs

• 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 cleff at the beginning of the stave

Treble Cleff / G Cleff

ACTIVITY

• Do the first few exercises on Worksheet 1a

Bass Cleff/ F Cleff

ACTIVITY

• Do the first few exercises on Worksheet 1c

The Grand Stave

C Cleff

• See page 2 of your Harmony Text

Ledger Lines

• Small lines called ledger lines are added to extend the stave

• 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.

ACTIVITY

• Begin Worksheet 1e

Homework

• Your Homework for this week is to complete the worksheets you began in class today.