KINDERMUSIK FOR THE YOUNG CHILD, SEMESTER 4
Week 11 (Lesson 56)
Dear Young Child 4 Parent:
Today’s notes contain a mini-music lesson just for you—addressing the concept of tonality. If you have a piano at home, you might like to print out this email and read it while seated at the keyboard! But first…
This week, you and your child will be changing bars on the glockenspiel! Locate your “extra” bar which is engraved with a small flat sign. (The flat sign looks similar to a lower case b.) This is the b-flat bar and will be used to replace the b bar.
And now—a little information on tonality as it relates to the glockenspiel and the piano:
With the b bar in place, it is possible to play songs in the key of C Major, using the notes c, d, e, f, g, a, b, and c. The C Major tonality consists of pitches beginning and ending on c with a specific order and relationship among those tones as follows: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half. (You can relate this to a piano keyboard by considering a half step as the distance from any one key to the very next—either white or black. A whole step is two half steps combined.)
With the b-flat bar replacing the b bar, it is now possible to play songs in the key of F Major. The pitches in this key consist of: f, g, a, b-flat, c, d, e, and f. By again checking the piano keyboard, you will see that the order of half and whole steps remains the same as in C Major; however, the starting pitch has changed, thus requiring the alteration of the b to b-flat.
Your child will now be able to play “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on the glockenspiel in the key of F Major. The music is written out on Activity Page 14a.
If you would like more information on tonality, please feel free to talk with me after class or email me!
Week 11 (Lesson 56)
Dear Young Child 4 Parent:
Today’s notes contain a mini-music lesson just for you—addressing the concept of tonality. If you have a piano at home, you might like to print out this email and read it while seated at the keyboard! But first…
This week, you and your child will be changing bars on the glockenspiel! Locate your “extra” bar which is engraved with a small flat sign. (The flat sign looks similar to a lower case b.) This is the b-flat bar and will be used to replace the b bar.
And now—a little information on tonality as it relates to the glockenspiel and the piano:
With the b bar in place, it is possible to play songs in the key of C Major, using the notes c, d, e, f, g, a, b, and c. The C Major tonality consists of pitches beginning and ending on c with a specific order and relationship among those tones as follows: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half. (You can relate this to a piano keyboard by considering a half step as the distance from any one key to the very next—either white or black. A whole step is two half steps combined.)
With the b-flat bar replacing the b bar, it is now possible to play songs in the key of F Major. The pitches in this key consist of: f, g, a, b-flat, c, d, e, and f. By again checking the piano keyboard, you will see that the order of half and whole steps remains the same as in C Major; however, the starting pitch has changed, thus requiring the alteration of the b to b-flat.
Your child will now be able to play “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on the glockenspiel in the key of F Major. The music is written out on Activity Page 14a.
If you would like more information on tonality, please feel free to talk with me after class or email me!
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