Circle Of Fifths (Music)

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Sharp (#)

Clockwise from 12 o' clock

Cindy Gave Dad An Electric Blanket for Christmas

C G D A E B F C

Flat (♭)

Anti-Clockwise from 12 o' clock

Cindy Finds BEAD Good Color

C F B E A D G C

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Fun... In The Kitchen

I will try and do a Sheet Music Score of this when I get the time to do.

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. Poem-Poetry-Nursery Rhyme ~ Fun... In The Kitchen (Cutlet, Burger-dale, Patty or Cake) Cutlet, Burger-dale,  Patty or Cake A simple recipe  to cook or to bake To roast, To toast, To boast Or to make... Friends while we have Fun... in the Kitchen. .

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. Rhythm Play ~ Percussion Rhythm Challenge Play using • just the words (somehow easier to do) • just the numbers (while whispering the ones in brackets... a little more difficult) • just the numbers (2 groups, with the ones in brackets by the 2nd Group) 1   2    3   +   4 Cut-let, Bur-ger-dale, 1  +  2  +(34) Patty or Cake + 1  +   2 + 3(4) A simple recipe +  1    +  2  + (34) to cook or to bake +  1(2)   +  3(4)      To roast, To toast, +  1     +  2  +(3)    +(4) To boast or to make... Friends 1     +  2    +(3)   4  + while we have Fun... in the 1   +(234) Kit-chen. .

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Vocal Tip ~ Music Lessons via Video ~ 2012 Sep 25, 1805hrs

I just sent this to my choir friends.

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Hi all,

I just came across this website that seem to explain well the theory of music.

I decided to explore the 'ABRSM Music Theory' route. 

I think at the end of each lesson of each grade... 

you can actually take the 'ABRSM Music Theory' EXAM.

Up to Grade 5 it is very easy... children are already doing it... but for adults... 

it's a bit harder... because... they don't listen to their parents anymore... 

about what to study... that is.

If you need help with the lessons, you can always ask those of us who've been through this.

The lessons seem to be very close to the way our Choir Mistress has been teaching... only difference is... 

you could have the lesson repeated... over and over again... try getting Choir Mistress to do that.

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Main Website ~ Music Theory Videos

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ABRSM Music Theory

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Grade 1

Sample/s:

Here's the direct link to the FIRST lesson

Music Theory: Note Names, Rests & Dotted Notes

http://youtu.be/168Y5HiYeFw

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Vocal Tip ~ Learning Music & Baking a Cake

What would it take to remember the following 'Basic Music Theory'?

As it is with everything else in life...

I've learnt that...

if you have the interest, very little or no teaching is required; but 

if you have no interest, no amount of teaching will ever be enough.

Maybe... that's why... I'll never be able to bake a cake; 

I could never understand why the common American saying... 

"piece of cake" is suppose to mean that it's "very easy".

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Basic Music Theory

Middle C

The Middle C is located in the middle of the Grand Staff shown in this diagram here.

Treble Clef

The treble clef is also called the G clef because the centre of the clef curls around the the 2nd horizontal line, marked in red in the diagram below, associated with the note G above middle C.

The treble clef symbol is actually a stylised letter G.

     

Naming Notes on the Treble Clef

The four inner spaces of the treble clef read upwards spell the word FACE .

The five lines read upwards spell EGBDF which you can remember using the phrase 'Every Good Boy Does Fine'.

         

The Bass Clef

The bass clef is also called the F clef because the two dots in the clef symbol lie above and below the 4th horizontal line, marked in red in the diagram below, associated with the note F below middle C.

The bass clef symbol is actually a stylised letter F where the two horizontal lines of the letter have been reduced to two dots.

     

Naming Notes on the Bass Clef

The names of the bass clef lines GBDFA can be remembered by the phrase 'Good Boys Do Fine Always'.

The four inner spaces ACEG by the phrases All Cows Eat Grass or All Cars Eat Gas.

          

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Online Game ~ Grand Staff Defender ~ for Music Sight-Reading

But this helps in Sight-Reading... which is a step just before Sight-Singing.

It covers the range of... 

c2 > c3 > C4 (Middle C) > c5 > c6 > d6 

(using Scientific Pitch Notation)

Here's a little tip to get you started. 

Print this Music Chart and put it next to you when you play.

You'll have to reduce the size if you want to carry it around in your wallet.
And... don't worry too much... after awhile, you will NOT need this Music Chart.

This Online Game is good for remembering the music notes.
I had problems when it came to the extra ledgers lines above and below the staff.
This Online Game will help me improve my Sight-Reading.

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Online Game

~ Grand Staff Defender 
~ for Music Sight-Reading

http://www.readmusicfree.com/grandstaffdefender.html

Anyway... here's My High-Score of the first time I played.

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Music Theory ~ Piano Board (Life Size)

Music Theory ~ Piano Board (Life Size)

Music Theory ~ Ledger Lines ~ Treble Clef & Bass Cleaf

Sometimes... Ledger Lines are difficult to read... especially when we're not used to it. I hope this helps.

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Music Theory Chart ~ Treble & Bass Clef Ledger Notes

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You might be interested in another version of this diagram
http://enterarena.blogspot.com/2012/01/music-note-chart-for-singers.html

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Here are other various sizes.



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Music Theory Chart ~ Scientific Pitch Notation

A better illustration of the 'Scientific Pitch Notation'.

Medium

Large


X-Large

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Music Note Chart ~ for Singers

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This was what I created for myself when I was learning to read music. 

After awhile, I found I relied on it less and less. 

I hope this will help you in your quest to read music.

Click to enlarge for easy reading & to print...

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Circle Of Fifths ~ by Stephen Wiles

I like this guy's explanation.

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Creating the Circle of Fifths - A Beginners Guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfrD6IOTgKY
The circle of fifths is a superb tool to help musicians calculate key signatures for both major and minor keys. Watch this video if you need support/instructions on how to create the circle of fifths. Alternatively, watch my other videos which give specific instructions on how to use the circle of fifths for both major and minor keys.

FCGDAEB = Father Christmas Gave Dad An Electric Blanket

BEADGCF = Blanket Exploded And Dad Got Charred Feet

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Music Theory - Using the Circle of Fifths for Major Keys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkc_9Ql1HLY

This video is designed to help you successfully use the circle of fifths to calculate key signatures for major keys.

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And here's the completed drawing of the 'Circle Of Fifths'.

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Music Theory Guy ~ Stephen Wiles

by musictheoryguy (Stephen Wiles)

http://www.youtube.com/user/musictheoryguy

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Solfa Method ~ by PGA

This method is only for those of you who do NOT have Perfect Pitch... and this includes most of us. For more information about Perfect Pitch, go to this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch.

I use the Solfa Method (Do Re Mi) to help me pitch which is largely based on the Tonic Sol-Fa Method by Sarah Ann Glover. It consists of giving each note a particular name. More about her method can be read at this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_sol-fa.

And leveraging on her method, I go one step further by giving each Black Note a particular name which is just a flattened version of a White Note by changing the vowel of it's spelling to 'u'. So...

the white 'Re' is flattened to the black 'Ru'...

the white 'Mi' is flattened to the black 'Mu'...

the white 'So' is flattened to the black 'Su'...

the white 'La' is flattened to the black 'Lu'... &

the white 'Ti' is flattened to the black 'Tu'.

'Do' will be the tonic of whatever key is being used which is the the method of the Movable Do. The 'Do' in a Major Key will still be the same 'Do' in it's Relative Minor Key except it's tonic will now be the 'La'.

This figure here basically sums up the method I'm using.

And here is very useful song, 'On A Little Street In Singapore' that's able to help you practice the chromatic scale. Although the song 'Do-Re-Mi' from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'The Sound of Music' is very good at teaching the Solfa Method, it does not cover the black notes on the piano. Just like 'Do-Re-Mi', this song 'On A Little Street In Singapore' covers only one octave... BUT it goes further in that it includes all the 12 black & white notes on the piano... hence making it very useful in practicing the chromatic scale.

Download the Midi Format... to hear the song

Download the PDF Format... to print the music score

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For Lyrics & Various Video Versions of this song, click HERE.

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Music Note Chart ~ Guitar ~ Created by PGA

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This was what I created for myself when I was new to writing, reading & playing music. After awhile, I found I relied on it less and less. I hope this will help you in your quest to read, write & play music.

Click to enlarge for easy reading & to print...