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Música

Nivel de destreza

1

Año

1929

Version

19.08.2026

Autoridad de aprobación

Asociación General

1

Tocar (en algún instrumento) o cantar una escala y conocer su composición.

AY Honors/Music/Scales/es

2

Escribir una escala en la clave de Sol y en la clave de Fa.

In order to write a scale on your own, you are going to need to study and understand a few musical terms. The following sections will help you better understand the musical theory that makes up a scale.

Clefs

The word clef is used to describe the symbol at the beginning of the set of five lines on which notes are printed. This symbol tells the player what the notes are going to be within the five lines. In piano music both Treble and Bass clefs are used. Usually, the pianists left hand plays the lower notes in the bass clef with his left hand, and the upper notes in the treble clef with his right hand.

This illustration shows a note called middle C. The note drawn in the bass clef is exactly the same note as the one drawn in the treble clef.

The set of five lines on which the notes are drawn is called a staff.

Note Names

The notes on the treble clef have different names for the notes within the lines or on the lines of the staff than the note in the bass clef. These diagrams show the names of the notes in between and on the staff lines for both treble and bass clef.

Notes names can be seen on a piano keyboard as well. The notes played with the black keys on a piano keyboard are named with the note letter plus a symbol to indicate if the note is above or below the note named by a semitone. The symbol means the note is a semitone above the note name and is called sharp. The symbol means the note is a semitone lower and is called a flat.

Notice how the black keys can each be named with two names. This is called enharmonic spelling.

Sharps and Flats

Sharps and flats are notated (drawn on the staff) by placing the sharp or flat symbol in front of the note on the staff. This example shows the notes D, E, F, and G.

Scale Root

The note that the scale starts on is called the root note. Below you can see that the first note for the C Major Scale is the note named "C"

Scale Degrees

The word degree in music simply means a number that has been assigned to each note within a scale. In the C major scale below you can see that the scale degree of E is 3, F is 4, and so on.

The scale degree number 1 will not always be assigned to the note "C". It is assigned to the starting note of the scale or key of the piece is composed in. For example, a song in the key of "G" would have the scale degree 1 assigned to the note "G".

Based on what you now know about scale degrees, note names, clefs, and using the whole tone / semitone patterns shown above, you should now have enough information to write a scale in both treble and bass cleff.

3

Conocer un

a. Semitono

b. Tono

c. Una tercera

d. Una quinta

e. Una octava

4

Distinguir una marcha de un vals y dar el tiempo de cada una de ellas.

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5

Definir lo siguiente y dibujar los símbolos de cada una: una nota negra, una blanca, una redonda.

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6

Nombrar cinco grandes compositores y una composición de cada una de ellos, incluyendo un oratorio, una composición para piano y una canción.

Bach, Johan Sebastian (1685-1750)

He was the youngest son of Johann Ambrosius Bach. When he was ten he was orphaned and went to live with his elder brother Johann Christoph. Bach was more well known when he was alive for being a great organ player than for being a composer. Bach had three main jobs in his career. His first job was to be organist and composer in the court of the duke of Weimar. This job brought him fame as an organ virtuoso, and during his time in this job he composed much of his keyboard music. Bach's second job was to provide music to the Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen. Since the prince liked a type of music called chamber music Bach was kept busy composing this type for the prince. When he was 38, Bach became the cantor for the St. Thomas church in Leipzig. As cantor he got to compose all the music for four churches each week. He also composed music for special occasions such as weddings and funerals. He also picked, trained, and conducted the choirs for all four churches and later took on the job of directing a university musical group that gave regular concerts. He is considered one of the greatest religious composers in history. He believed that music must serve the Glory of God. One of his most famous works is a prelude piece based on the well known hymn tune “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”. Another of Bach's best known works is a series of six concertos called the Brandenburg Concertos. These concertos are interesting in the fact that they feature the entire orchestra section by section instead of one or two solo players. Bach once wrote - “The aim and final reason of all music should be nothing else but the Glory of God and the refreshment of the spirit”.

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Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)

Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany. His father and grandfather were both singers at the court of the prince of Cologne. By age eleven and a half he was the assistant organist at the court chapel and by twelve he had published some music. Beethoven was then shattered to realize that he was loosing his hearing. By 1802 at the age of 32, he had decided to retire, but after a while the will to create music was so strong that Beethoven continued to compose without hearing. He envisioned the musical beauty all the more vividly in his mind since he could not hear it. His two best know compositions are his Fifth and Ninth Symphonies. The entire fifth symphony is united as a musical idea by the four notes heard at the beginning of the piece. His ninth symphony is known for its ending piece which includes a choir singing “Ode to Joy”.

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7

Tocar con o sin música o cantar de memoria de 15 himnos (un verso o una estrofa de cada una) y/o algunas otras canciones religiosas o coros y quiénes las compusieron.

8

Tocar o cantar de memoria una pieza de buena música que no sean las utilizadas en el requisito 7.

9

Realizar una de las siguientes actividades:

9a

Para los instrumentalistas, ser capaz de leer y desempeñar una pieza musical moderadamente difícil. Explicar todos los signos y los términos en ella.

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9b

Para los cantantes, mostrar con una batuta de dirección o con el brazo cómo dirigir un grupo al cantar composiciones escritas en tiempos de 3/4 y 4/4.

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10

Definir orquesta. Nombrar por lo menos cinco instrumentos en una orquesta.

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11

Hacer un resumen biográfico de un escritor de un himno famoso y presentar oralmente a un grupo.