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1.3 Translation
Music and Dance · Grade 11 · 15 lessons in the design
What this covers
- The concept of translation in music
- Translating music from staff to sol-fa in simple time
- Translating music from staff to sol-fa in compound time
- Translating music from sol-fa to staff in simple time
- Translating music from sol-fa to staff in compound time
- Performance directions: articulation marks (staccato, accents and slurs)
- Performance directions: repeats (repeat marks, Da Capo and Dal Segno)
What you will be able to do
- explain the concept of translation in music
- translate music from staff to sol-fa notation
- translate music from sol-fa to staff notation
- rewrite music from staff to sol-fa notation incorporating performance directions in the music
- value the role of translation in music
Key questions
“How does music translation aid in music performance?”
Lessons
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Translation in music
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizExplain what translation in music is and the two notations it joins.
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Reading the staff
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead the lines and spaces of the treble staff by their note names.
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The tonic sol-fa ladder
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizName the degrees of the major scale with sol-fa syllables.
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Key and tonic: choosing doh
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizUse the key signature to find doh before translating.
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Rules for staff to sol-fa
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizApply the four steps that turn staff notes into sol-fa.
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Staff to sol-fa in simple time
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizTranslate a simple-time melody from staff to sol-fa.
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Staff to sol-fa in compound time
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizTranslate a compound-time melody from staff to sol-fa.
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Rules for sol-fa to staff
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizApply the steps that place sol-fa syllables back on the staff.
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Sol-fa to staff in simple time
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWrite a simple-time sol-fa line onto the staff.
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Sol-fa to staff in compound time
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizWrite a compound-time sol-fa line onto the staff.
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Note values and rests
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizName the note values and their matching rests in simple time.
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Grouping notes in compound time
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizGroup quavers into compound-time beats correctly.
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Articulation marks
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead and copy staccato, accent and slur marks.
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Repeat marks and navigation
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead repeat marks, Da Capo, Dal Segno and the coda.
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Translating with performance directions
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizTranslate music while keeping all performance directions, and value translation.