Name:______Class:______

Music Workbook

Semester 2

Pitch matching / Composition / Task / Written/Aural Test

Semester 2 Task

Fuzzy Wuzzy

on the Staff

Task: Using counters and match sticks, place the notes for Fuzzy Wuzzy on a felt staff with do on the second line. Sing in solfa while pointing to the staff notation.

1. Was your staff notation accurate?

2. Did you sing in tune with the correct starting pitch?

3. Did you point to the correct notes as you were singing?

Rubric sheet

Descriptors
A / B / C / D / E
The student work demonstrates evidence of:
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of staff notation of known song. / Thorough knowledge and understanding of staff notation of known song. / Satisfactory knowledge and understanding of staff notation of known song. / Variable knowledge and understanding of staff notation of known song. / Rudimentary knowledge and understanding of staff notation of known song.
Controlled singing of song with no pitch errors while accurately following notes on the staff / Effective singing of song with minimal pitch errors while accurately following notes on the staff / Credible singing of song with some pitch errors while mainly following notes on the staff / Variable singing of song with pitch errors with no real sense of following staff notation / Minimal singing of song with pitch errors with no sense of following staff notation
Perceptive reflection on learning and performance answering the listed questions. / Informed reflection on learning and performance answering the listed questions. / Relevant reflection on learning and performance answering the listed questions. / Superficial reflection on learning and performance answering the listed questions. / Cursory or no reflection on learning and performance answering the listed questions.

Activity 1
    

Activity 2

Create your own song using mi, so and la below this rhythm.

   

Write it on the staff below with do living on the second line.

HINT: Does your song finish with ‘do’? Is it stepwise? Is it singable?

Activity 3

For Assessment…

Create your own song using do, mi and so below this rhythm.

Write it on the staff below with do living on the second line.

HINT: Does your song finish with ‘do’? Is it stepwise? Is it singable?

Activity 4
Aural
______

Rhapsody in Blue- George Gershwin

Activity 5
  
d m m s l d s s l m d d d m s

Art MusicViennese Musical Clock

Activity 6
Aural 
s l s _ r _

Re

The sound between do and mi.

When do’s on a line, and mi’s on a line,

Where can re be seen?

Re’s the note that’s in between

When do’s in a space and mi’s in a space,

Where can re be seen?

Re’s the note that’s in between

Activity 7
Aural 
d r m _ l _ s

A pentagon has five sides

A pentatonic scale has five notes

Activity 8

Add the barlines to these rhythms.

Ostinato – A repeated rhythmic or melodic pattern.

Canon – A piece of music where two or more parts sing the same song starting at different times.

Activity 9
Aural / M2 m3 / M2 m3 / M2 m3 / M2 m3

TREBLE CLEF LINE AND SPACE NOTES

______

Activity 10
Aural
1. 2. 3.

Write the notes of the

Pentatonic Scale

into the tone ladder.

Label the intervals.

Activity 11
Aural (melodic)
SAME DIFFERENT
Semibreve /  / 1 sound which lasts for four beats / whole note

1.=+ ++2. +++=

3.= +4. --++=

Activity 12
Aural
______

SIMILAR PHRASES

Create a rhythm to match the given form

A______

A1______

B______

A______

Activity 13
Aural (rhythmic)
SAME DIFFERENT

XYLOPHONE

PERCUSSION FAMILY

Activity 14
Aural (melodic)
SAME DIFFERENT


Viennese Musical Clock

By

Zoltán Kodály

Listen to the piece and point to the Italian term below which best describes the dynamics during the music.

pianoforte

Draw the type of clock you picture in your mind when you hear this music.

Glossary

  • Piano - soft
  • Forte – loud
  • Presto – fast
  • Largo – slowly
  • Tie - a curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch. Tied notes are held for the length of both notes.
  • Canon– A piece of music where one voice repeats the part of another, throughout the whole piece. It is singing the same song starting at different times.
  • Ostinato – A repeated rhythmic or melodic pattern.
  • Staccato – Short and detached
  • Legato – Smooth and connected


  • Place a tick above the first note of the song. What is its letter name?
  • Place a cross above the last note of the song. What is its letter name?
  • What is the time signature? How many beats are in each bar?
  • How many bars of music are there?
  • Circle all the crotchets.
  • Place a box around the double bar line.
  • Does the song move in steps or skips? How do you know?
  • Sing the song with text
  • Sing the song in rhythm names
  • Girls sing the ti-tis, Boys sing the tas – then swap.
  • Tap ti-tis on nose, tas on knees.
  • Sing the song in solfa using handsigns – commence with so.
  • How many ‘do’s’ are in the song?
  • Sing the song in letter names.