LO1 (Know about different intervals and pitches)

Intervals



Major

Major 2nd

Major 3rd

Perfect 4th

Perfect 5th

Minor 6th

Major 7th

Perfect Octave

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Majors

This is me working on my major intervals

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 Minor





















Perfect

Augmented

Diminished

- Simple

Compound

- Pitches


 Tones & Semitones

Degrees of the scale

In Class today i worked through each level on musition from level 1- 10, although i found a few quite tricky i managed to get 11/11 which is 100% on that one level and as that is the hardest i was very proud of myself.

In today's lesson we worked on intervals, i used musition to practice to see how good i was, On my first attempt i wasn't so good and i only managed to get 9 out of 11 but after a few attempts and as the levels got harder i managed to get 15 out of 15 or higher marks each time. 

LO2 (Know about chords and Chord progression)

Types of chord


Major

A major chord is a chord having a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth, When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a major triad. 

Minor

A minor chord is a chord having a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth. When a chord has these three notes alone, it is called a minor triad. Some minor triads with additional notes, such as the minor seventh chord, may also be called minor chords.


A minor triad can also be described as a minor third interval with a major third interval on top or as a root note, a note 3 semitones higher than the root, and a note 7 semitones higher than the root. 







Dominant















The dominant is the fifth scale degree of the diatonic scale, called "dominant" because it is next in importance to the tonic and a dominant chord is any chord built upon that pitch, using the notes of the same diatonic scale. The dominant function (diatonic function) has the role of creating instability that requires the tonic for resolution.




Augmented

An augmented triad is a triad, or chord, consisting of two major thirds (an augmented fifth). The term augmented triad arises from an augmented triad being considered a major chord whose top note (fifth) is raised, or augmented. It can be represented by the integer notation





Diminished

A diminished seventh chord is a four note chord that comprises a diminished triad plus the interval of a diminished seventh(alternatively regarded en-harmonically as a major sixth) above the root. 




7th chord

A seventh chord is a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord's root. When not otherwise specified, a "seventh chord" usually means a dominant seventh chord: a major triad together with a minor seventh. 





Chord progressions



















A chord progression (or harmonic progression) is a series of musical chords, or chord changes that "aims for a definite goal" of establishing (or contradicting) a tonality founded on a key, root or tonic chord

LO3 (Know about simple and clompex Rhythm)

Time signatures




















 Duple

 Triple

Compound

























Dotted

Triplets







Rhythms
In today's lesson i looked at Rhythm and notations and went through the course to see what a Semibreve, Minim, Crotchet looked like and how they worked.


















Today i worked on rhythm notation test and wanted to see how well i knew them from going through the course a few lessons ago, i manged to get 15/15 on my first attempt so i found it pretty easy to remember which was which and i can come back to it later and try again to see if i still remember in a few weeks time by checking up on them every so often.

LO4 (know about harmony and tonality)

Paramore

Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee.

Formed in 2004. 

The band currently consists of;

Lead vocalist - Hayley Williams

Bassist - Jeremy Davis

Guitarist  - Taylor York.

That's What You Get-  Paramore

During the verses o the drummer plays in 4/4 under instruments and vocalist running 3/4.

Style; Rock


http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0063026

Diatonic Harmony

Diatonic harmony uses only notes that come from the same key.

Diatonic harmony will only use notes from the same scale.

Chords and notes that fall outside those made from these scales are not diatonic these are chromatic notes.

The key of G majors Seven notes are; G, A, B, C, D, E, and F#

A Cmaj7 is a diatonic chord in the key of G major since the notes are - C E G B which fall inside the G major scale.

A Cm7 is not a diatonic chord in the key of G major since the notes are - C Eb G Bb,

where Eb and Bb fall outside of the G major scale.

Chromatic harmony

Chromatic harmony are all the notes that fall outside the diatonic scale

In the key of C major any sharps or flats which are used in the harmony do not belong to the key of C major. 

These are chromatic notes. 

Chromatic means colour and these notes are used to add colour to the harmony, 

Helping to make the emotional effect of the music stronger.

Modulation

Modulation is when the music changes key to modulate.

It is more likely to modulate to a closely related key. 

This may or may not be accompanied by a change in key signature

Resolution

Resolution means the move of a note or chord from dissonance  to a consonance. 

Dissonance, resolution, and suspense can be used to create musical interest. Where a melody or chordal pattern is expected to resolve to a certain note or chord, a different but similarly suitable note can be resolved to instead, creating an interesting and unexpected sound. For example, the deceptive cadence.

Tonality

Tonality means that the music belongs to a key:

it is built mainly from notes of a particular scale. 

The strongest note in any scale is the tonic.

Tonal

Tonal means that is in a major or minor key.

Atonality

Atonal means it is not related to a tonic note and therefore has no sense of key.

Bitonality

 Bitonality is the use of only two different keys at the same time. 

Polytonality

Polytonality means the use of more than one key simultaneously.