Grade 6: Pitch Names

Each sound is different, but all sounds are produced by vibrations (try touching your neck while talking to feel vibration). Even and regular vibrations produce a sound called musical tone. A succession of tones arranged beautifully creates a pleasing sound called Melody.

Every musical tone is represented by a note written on the staff. Its position on the staff determines the pitch. Pitch is the quality of tone determined by the frequency of its vibrations.

Pitch Names are the capital letters of the English alphabet A-G used to signify the lines and spaces of the staff. The pitch names of the lines are EGBDF (Every Good Boy Does Fine); the pitch names of the spaces are FACE. A note carries the pitch name of the line or space where it is located. Each letter represents a so-fa syllable name as shown below.

Let's Take Note

Pitch names are letter names of the lines and spaces of the staff. Notes, which represent tones, take the pitch names of the lines or spaces where they are placed.


Let's Answer

Complete the story by forming the words using pitch names.

One day, took a to visit the animal shelter. He brought acontaining . He the animals which joy to his. He also put water in the for the animals to drink. That night he went to happy because he knew he had done a good.

Grade 5: Melodic Pattern

Melody is one of the basic elements of music. It is a series of tones sounded one after another. Tones arranged beautifully produce a pleasant sound.

PITCH NAMES

Melodic Pattern is an arrangement of notes in succession. Pattern may be in ascending, descending directions or arranged in repeated movement.

Try singing the song below and notice how the notes move in the staff.

Groovy Kind of Love
by: Phil Collins

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The movement of tones may go up and down the staff by steps and by skips. It may be a step up or a step down. It may even be a skip up or a skip down regardless of how many intervals there are. But there are some notes which don't move. They remain on the same line or space.

Let's Take Note

Tones symbolized by notes on the staff have movement. Notes move up or down the staff in steps or skips.