Group activity-Music theory Competition!

Rhythm, Note reading, Key signature competition

At the workshop, We will have a fun rhythm, note reading and key signature competition against teams. ( Score will be a total speed of the group).

Please download the material below to prepare for workshop!

1) NOTE READING SEED CONTEST

Please download the flash card at the link provided below and practice note reading until the workshop so you are prepared for this event! 

Violinists need to know Treble clef

Cellists/Bassists need to know Bass clef

Violists need to know Alto clef (Due to shortage of violists, Alto cleft studnet will compete with bass clef students)

Pianists need to know both Treble and Bass clef
(You will see 2 files : Alto clef flash cards and treble/bass combo flash cards➡Treble clef notes appear after bass clef notes)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1J5atRxXPMXvucBE_S6dyWkRnlu8-Q2WU?usp=sharing



2) KEY SIGNATURES GROUP TEST Memorize them! 

Beginners will study just Major keys and, Intermediate and Advanced groups need to know minor keys as well

Tricks: 
For sharps, take the last sharp and read half step higher for the Major key answer!
For flats, read the 2nd last flat for the Major key answer!

Youtube
(English explanations how to figure out Major and minor keys )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G20foMzvczc ( His explanation of 1 note means notes within the scale. Penultimate means 2nd last note)
(English explanation, how to figure out Major keys): 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIFnTfSeP6k


To determine the name of a minor key, count backwards three half steps down from a Major Key. Remember that sharps and flats affect names!(eg: F "sharp"minor)
Youtube(English explanation How to figure out minor keys):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg_-pjnJWd4

　　　　　　　　　

Order of Sharps (FCGDAEB)=Fat-Cats-Go-Down-Alleys-Eating-Birds.

Order of Flats (BEADGCF)=B-E-A-D-Go-Catch-Fish

Practice drill 💪
English: https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/keysig



3) RHYTHM GROUP CONTEST

   - prepare yourself for the rhythm competition!

How we play the game:
Rhythm competition is a group work. Each group is given a sheet with 4 questions on it and has 5 min to take a look and practice as a team.  Each student has one chance to clap the answer. 

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Rhythm sheet sample from past workshop:

You can practice more rhythms at following links!

Simple flash cards to study rhythm for beginner students:

Rhythm Flashcards Set 1

Set 1 includes Quarter Notes, Quarter Rests, and 8th Notes. These were my staple in Kindergarten and first grade classes.

Rhythm Flashcards Set 2
Set 2 is perfect for the Primer – Level 1 piano student. It contains quarter, half, dotted half and whole notes, and quarter, half, and whole rests.

Rhythm Flashcards Set 3
Set 3 has eighth, quarter, half, and dotted half notes, as well as quarter and half rests. Every card includes 8th notes.

Rhythm Cards Set 4 This set has 16 notes, as well as various 16th, 8th, and dotted 8th note combinations.

Rhythm Cards Set 5 This set has dotted quarter/8th note combinations.

Rhythm Sheet exercises: (your group will receive a sheet like this at the competition.

	TOPIC	DOWNLOAD
1	Basic Counting  (beginner level)	click to download
2	Dotted Quarter & Eighth ( advanced beginner level and up)	click to download
3	Ties ( intermediate-advanced)	click to download
4	Eighth Note Rests  ( intermediate-advanced)	click to download
5	Sixteenth Notes ( intermediate-advanced)	click to download
6	Dotted Eighth & Sixteenth ( intermediate-advanced)	click to download
7	3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 ( compound time for advanced groups!)	click to download
8	Syncopation ( advanced groups)	click to download
9	Triplets  ( advanced groups)	click to download