Composing/ Creating Music - Grade 4 Music Revision Notes

• Composing/ Creating Music
  • Sol-fas ladder
  • Notes
  • Descant Recorder

Composing/ Creating Music

• Before creating music we need to know how to create rythm and beat
• You can use claps, sounds and taps
• These rythms are cretaed using our mouths, hands and our legs

Composing Music

Sol-fas ladder

• Music is combined of tunes. The tunes can be ascending or descending
• The rising and falling of tunes are organized in sol-fas Notation
• They are from low to high

d, r, m, f, s, l, t, d
doh, rey, me, fah, soh, lah, te, doh

Ascending  

• When the pitch goes from low to high
  

Descending    

• When the pitch goes from high to low
  

Notes

• From the solfa notes we get the category of sounds.

1. Bass - Men
2. Tenor - Boys
3. Alto - Women and girls
4. Soprano - Women and girls
5. Barrytone - Unisex

Solfa Signs

• They are signs or symbols used to denote or show a solfa note.
  Doh Re Me
  
  
  

Descant Recorder

• It is a wind instrument played by blowing
• Its a type of flute

Care and Maintenance  

1. Keep away from heat or sun.
2. Avoid sharing
3. Clean after use
4. If you want to share, clean it first.