Beverly Hills Instrumental MusicFinal Exam Study Guide

Key SignaturesUnderstand and apply the Key Signature Continuum

#s: Good Dinner At Eight * Frank Cooks Good Dinnerbs: Freaky Boys Eat Anything * BEAD

Recognize and describe all major key signatures up through 4 sharps and 4 flats.(Your description should be: How many sharps/flats and what the flats/sharps are.)

Relative Minor Keys• The corresponding relative minor key to any major key can be figured out by finding the

6th note of a major scale.• Relative Major and Minor Keys share the same key signature.

Perform Scales on your instrument:• Major Scales up through 4 sharps and 4 flats including C.• Some/Most scales will have a 2 or 3 octave requirement.

(You should know the range of your instrument!)• The definition of a Major Scale is:

"A series of notes which moves by alphabetical steps consisting of a specific pattern of whole steps and half steps."

(Half steps in a major scale happen between notes 3 & 4, and between notes 7 & 8.)• Chromatic Scale 2 octaves. The chromatic scale consists of

ALL half steps. Sharps going up and flats coming down.(String instruments do not have to play a chromatic scale.)

RhythmTime signatures: Say the time signature as if it were a fraction and add the word "notes." (Four quarter note time, Twelve 8th note time, 2 half note time, etc....)

• Definition of a Beat Unit: A Beat Unit is the kind of note (type of notation) that gets one count. (In 4 quarter note time the beat unit is the quarter note.)

• Definition of a Beat Grouping: A Beat Grouping is a group of notes that all happen in one beat. The notes in the Beat Grouping will equal the Beat Unit when added together.....Just like fractions!!

Manurhythms: Be able to figure out rhythms using the 8 Manurhythm permutations.• Basic syllables : 1 e & a• Match the rhythm you are trying to figure out with one of the 8 Manurhythms using

your left hand. Based on the configuration of your hand (to match the written rhythm), say the syllables.

• Remember: Combined fingers become a longer sound which carries the name of the syllable that was first. For example: If you combine 1 with e, the new now longer sound is called "1."

Be able to count/syllablize rhythms you read from any piece of music.• Complete beat groupings.• Rhythm-rest patterns.• Syncopation.

Enharmonic = One note which can be identified with two different names. Example : Ab & G#

Priorities While Playing Music

1. Rhythm2. Notes (pitches)3. Articulation4. Dynamics

Sight Reading: Playing a piece of music you have never seen before!

Key signatureTime Signature"Road Map" (1st & 2nd endings, D.S. al Codas, Simple Repeats, D.C. al Fine, etc...)Key Changes

Time Signature ChangesTempo ChangesAccidentalsExtreme NotesCrazy Rhythms

Rudiments For Percussion

Paradiddle (open closed open)5 stroke roll9 stroke roll 17 stroke roll25 stroke roll33 stroke roll6/8 or 12/8 Roll

FlamFlam TapFlam AccentRuffRuff TapRatamaque

ArticulationsStaccato = short Tenuto = full value of the noteAccent = play the note with extra emphasisMarcato = Staccato-accentFermata = Hold the note as long as the conductor indicates.Tie = Play the note for the combined number of beats.Slur = Change notes without stopping the air/bow.

TempoRitardando = Gradually slowerVivace = Very FastAllegro = FastModerato = ModerateLargo = Slow

Keyboard Percussion

Key Signatures & Scales: Bb, F, C, G, D

DynamicsPiano = Soft ( p )Mezzo Piano = Medium Soft ( mp )Mezzo Forte = Medium Loud ( mf )Forte = Loud ( f )Pianissimo = Very soft ( pp )Fortissimo = Very loud ( ff )

Crescendo = Get louderDecrescendo = Get Softer

Dotted Rhythms : The Magic Number : 3

3 quarter notes tied = 1 Dotted Half Note

3 eighth notes tied = 1 Dotted Quarter Note

3 sixteenth notes tied = 1 Dotted Eighth Note

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C Instruments : Eb Instruments : Bb Instruments :

Bb (A#) Bb G G C CA A F# Gb B BG# Ab F F A# BbG G E E A AF# Gb D# Eb G# AbF F D D G GE E C# Db F# GbD# Eb C C F FD D B B E EC# Db A# Bb D# EbC C A A D DB B G# Ab C# DbBb Bb G G C C

Chromatic Scale for Band

(Eight) E 4 D (Dinner)

(At) A 3 G (Good)

(Dinner) D 2 C (Cooks)

(Good) G 1 F (Frank)

C 0(Freaky) F -1 B

(Boys) B -2 E(Eat) E -3 A

(Anything) A -4 D

The BHMS Key Signature Continuum

B-E-A-D (Bead)

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Key Signatures! The #s & s

Priorities While PlayingMusic:

1. Rhythm

2. Pitch (the notes)

3. Articulation(staccatto, legatto, etc...)

4. Dynamics : (How loud or soft toplay forte, piano, mezzo forte, fortissimoetc....)

How to be Successful at SIGHTREADING!!

Scan the Entire Piece of Music for:

1. The Key Signature

2. The Time Signature

3. The "Road Map" : (Repeats, Codas, D.S. -OR- D.C. al Codas, 1st & 2nd endings, etc....)

4. Accidentals(Notes altered from what the key signature shows.)

5. Key and/or Time Signature Changes

6. Difficult Rhythms

7. Extreme Range Requirements(high/low notes)

BHMS Orchestra

Bowing Terms and Descriptions :

* DÉTACHÉ = is a broad legato stroke with a slight space between each note

* LEGATO = is a smooth stroke without any

spacing between the change of bow

* MARCATO = is a sharp stroke, literally, well marked

* MARTELÉ = Martellato = is a hammered,

accented effect

* STACCATO = is a light, short stroke with a period of silence between notes, this will vary according to tempo

* RICOCHET = Saltato - Saltando = rebounding

bow, bow rebounds on several notes in the same bow, springing

* TRÉMOLO = moving the bow with great rapidity,

trembling, repeat the same note with rapid up and down bow movements, best done with the wrist

* SPICATTO = a controlled bouncing or spring bow

off the string, Flexible fingers and wrist are a must.

* SON FILÉ = sustained tone

PERCUSSIVE ARTS SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL DRUM RUDIMENTSAll rudiments should be practiced: open (slow) to close (fast) to open (slow) and/or at an even moderate march tempo.

* These rudiments are also included in the original Standard 26 American Drum Rudiments.

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I. ROLL RUDIMENTSA. Single Stroke Roll Rudiments1. Single Stroke Roll *

2. Single Stroke Four

3. Single Stroke Seven

B. Multiple Bounce Roll Rudiments4. Multiple Bounce Roll

5. Tripe Stroke Roll

C. Double Stroke Open Roll Rudiments6. Double Stroke Open Roll *

7. Five Stroke Roll *

8. Six Stroke Roll

9. Seven Stroke Roll *

10. Nine Stroke Roll *

11. Ten Stroke Roll *

12. Eleven Stroke Roll *

13. Thirteen Stroke Roll *

14. Fifteen Stroke Roll *

15. Seventeen Stroke Roll

II. DIDDLE RUDIMENTS16. Single Paradiddle *

17. Double Paradiddle *

18. Triple Paradiddle

19. Single Paradiddle-diddle

III. FLAM RUDIMENTS20. Flam *

21. Flam Accent *

22. Flam Tap *

23. Flamacue *

24. Flam Paradiddle *

25. Single Flammed Mill

26. Flam Paradiddle- diddle *

27. Pataflafla

28. Swiss Army Triplet

29. Inverted Flam Tap

30. Flam Drag

IV. DRAG RUDIMENTS31. Drag *

32. Single Drag Tap *

33. Double Drag Tap *

34. Lesson 25 *

35. Single Dragadiddle

36. DragParadiddle #1 *

37. Drag Paradiddle #2 *

38. Single Ratamacue *

39. Double Ratamacue *

40. Triple Ratamacue *

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