Miriam Troxler

Today’s Point Contest challenge is find five facts about a musical period. Submit your five facts in the comments. (5 points) Double points if you have five different facts on a musical period that has already been submitted.

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Write a Song

Posted on January 31, 2013 by miriamtroxler

1. Print the staff paper.
2. Draw your clef at the beginning of the first staff.
3. Draw your time signature. Your choice of 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 time.
4. Pick a scale you can play well. Using notes from your scale, fill 4 measures with your notes. These four measures will become your theme. In the next four measures take the notes from the first four measures and change them in some way. Some ideas are changing the rhythm, changing a few pitches in your theme, or adding rests. In the following four measures, change your theme yet another way. Finish your piece with one more variation of your theme. You may use any note value that you know how to play. Remember to put a barline at the end of each measure. Remember to put your clef at the beginning of each staff you use. Put a double barline at the end of your song.
5. Add a title.

Be ready to play it and bring it to your lesson. (25 points) Double points for writing in 3/8, 6/8 or 9/8 time.

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Seeing Intervals, Thirds, Fifths, or Sevenths

Posted on January 30, 2013 by miriamtroxler

Thirds, fifths and sevenths are all interval which have the notes both on lines or both on spaces. A third has the notes on adjacent lines. A fifth has the notes on lines with one line in the middle. A seventh has notes on lines with two lines in the middle. To think about the same intervals as beginning on a space. A third’s notes are in adjacent spaces. A fifth has one space in between the space notes. A seventh has two spaces between the notes.

Print the Third, Fifth or Seventh worksheet.

Write 3rd under the thirds. Write 5th under the fifths. Write 7th under the sevenths. (2 points)
Begin with the letter C, D, E or F. Label all of the following notes with the correct letter. (3 points)
Begin with the letter B. Label all of the following notes with the correct letter. (4 points)
Start with the note that would be correct for your clef. Play the exercise. (5 points)

Yes, you can submit it more than once for extra points. Bring it to your next lesson or submit by email.