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Who needs this course? Leaders/Directors/Ministers who teach:

adults (ensembles or choirs), praise teams, students of all ages (ensembles, choirs), handbell choirs,

children’s choirs, leaders of children’s choirs, basically anyone who wants or needs to learn

how to read music.

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Repeat Symbols and TermsHandout #10

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Front repeat Rear repeat1) Repeat bars:

4) The beginning: D.C. (as in “da capo”)

5) The End: Fine

6) Numbered endings:

fi2) Coda symbol:

%3) Sign (as in “dal segno”): or D.S.

7) Note that there are many other combinations using these symbols to communicate repeatinstructions, but here are some examples of possible repeat instructions:

a) D.S. al Fine - Go to the Sign, then proceed to Fine (end)b) D.C. al Fine - Go to the beginning, then proceed to Fine (end)c) D.S. al Coda - Go to the Sign, perform to the Coda symbol, then skip to the second Coda to the end.

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Bass clef drawn in two stages:??Grand Staff:

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Treble and Bass ClefsHandout #2

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MUSIC READING SKILLS ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTby Paul G. Hill, DMA

The purpose of this instrument is to measure the music-reading skills of the participant. Please answer eachquestion to the best of your knowledge by checking either the YES, or NO answer box. If you are unsure ofthe answer or not confident enough in your answer to declare it, please check the Don’t Know/Unsure box.Please do not guess at the answers and do not leave any answer blank.

All questions are worth one point each, with the following exceptions: Questions 27, 28, and 35

1) The following note is a half note: h Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

2) The following rest is a quarter rest: Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

3) The following note is an eighth note: x Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

4) The following note always receives one beat regardless of the time signature: q Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

5) The following notes q q (as indicated) are equal to one quarter note. Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

6) Placing a dot behind a note doubles the value of that note as in q. Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

7) The following is a half rest: Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

8) The following note grouping ( q q q ) when found in the following time signature 4 means thatthese three notes will be divided equally across one beat.

Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

9) Alto I (1) is higher than Alto II (2) (the same can apply to Soprano, Tenor, or Bass). Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

10) The term legato means: smoothly. Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

11) The term crescendo means: maintain current volume. Yes No Don’t know/Unsure

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Loud Dynamics (Volume)f f - fortissimo (very loud)f - forte (loud)m f - mezzo* forte (medium loud)

* The m in mp stands for mezzo (pronounced met-zo)and means medium, moderate. It can be applied toother musical terms (mezzo forte, mezzo soprano, etc.)

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 · Notes and Rests· Time Signatures· SixBasicRhythmPatterns(includingTriplets)· Tempos· KeySignaturesandPitchModifiers· Repeatsymbolsandterms· Dynamics

· MusicStaff· BarlinesandMeasures· TrebleandBassClefs· ExpressionsandArticulations· SATBVoicing· LinesandSpacesnamed(includingledgerlines)· IntervalIdentification(numericonly)

SubjectstaughtthroughtheBMRSCourse

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This is a “first and second ending.”It works in conjunction with the

repeat symbols we learned earlier.

Play this measure (m. 35) the first time, then repeat to the“front repeat”

Upon approaching this the 2nd time,skip this measure (m. 35)

and go straight to the measure at the 2nd ending (m. 36)

and play forward.

35 36 37

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Lesson #2= Treble and Bass clefs= Expression and

Articulation Markings

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Treble and Bass Clefsand Grand Staff

UpperClef

LowerClef

Grand staff line

Treble clef

G

Upper, “treble” clef

G

Treble Clef = “G Clef”

Treble clef =or= G Clef

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Common / Cut-Time

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44&Same as:ccccc

Same as:CCCCC 2& 2

Common Time

Cut-Time Pitch Modifiers / Accidentals

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# - Sharp: Raise note by 1/2 step

bbbbb - Flat: Lower note by 1/2 step

nnnnn - Natural: Return pitch to original note(according to key signature)

# bb bb bb bb bb - Double Sharp/Flat:Raise/lower by whole step

Samples of 35 - 11”x17”posters

Samples of Handouts and Teacher slides