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4 Gr.3 Eng Solfa Notation

This document provides an overview of solfa notation concepts taught in grade 3 music, including: 1) Time signatures in 4/4 time with beats divided into halves and quarters. 2) Quavers (eighth notes) and quaver rests notated with a dot to divide the beat in half. 3) Dotted crotchets (dotted quarter notes) that get one and a half beats. 4) The keys of C, G, D, A, F, B-flat and E-flat majors introduced. Practice exercises are provided to transcribe solfa notation into staff notation.

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4 Gr.3 Eng Solfa Notation

This document provides an overview of solfa notation concepts taught in grade 3 music, including: 1) Time signatures in 4/4 time with beats divided into halves and quarters. 2) Quavers (eighth notes) and quaver rests notated with a dot to divide the beat in half. 3) Dotted crotchets (dotted quarter notes) that get one and a half beats. 4) The keys of C, G, D, A, F, B-flat and E-flat majors introduced. Practice exercises are provided to transcribe solfa notation into staff notation.

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SOLFA NOTATION - Grade 3

In grade 3 you are going to learn the following in solfa notation as well:

 The time signature


4
4

 The quaver and quaver rest


 The dotted crotchet
 The keys of A and E flat majors are added

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1. 4 - TIME.

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In 4 time the beats are divided as follows:

Solfa notation Staff notation

 The bar is divided in halves by a short vertical line ( ).


 Each half is divided in quarters by a colon. The beat is again a
crotchet (one count).
 We indicate beats with a bracket ___ only to explain the work. It is
not part of solfa notation.
VOORBEELD:

Doh is C

beat beat beat beat


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Ex. 2/1
NOTATE THE FOLLOWING TWO-BAR PHRASES FROM SOLFA
NOTATION TO STAFF NOTATION:

Doh is F
1

5
3

2. QUAVER AND QUAVER REST.


 Quaver:
A crotchet beat is divided in half by a dot (.) to indicate quavers.
Quavers get half a beat (half a count).
EXAMPLES:
Solfa notation: Staff notation:

Quavers on doh will be written as follows:

Solfa notation: Staff notation:


Doh is C
4

The following is an example on different pitches:


Doh is C

Ex. 4/1
NOTATE THE FOLLOWING TWO-BAR PHRASES FROM SOLFA
NOTATION TO STAFF NOTATION:

Doh is D
1

4
5

 Quaver rest:

A crotchet beat is again divided in half by a dot (.) to indicate quaver


rests. Rests are indicated by empty spaces.

EXAMPLE:

Ex. 5/1
REWRITE THE FOLLOWING TWO-BAR PHRASES FROM SOLFA
NOTATION TO STAFF NOTATION:

Doh is B-mol
1

2
6

3. DOTTED CROTCHET.

A dotted crotchet ( ) gets one and an half beats (11/2 counts) and is
written as follows:

EXAMPLE:
Doh is C

Ex. 6/1
TRANSCRIBE THE FOLLOWING TWO-BAR PHRASES FROM SOLFA
NOTATION TO STAFF NOTATION:
Doh is C
1

4. OTHER KEYS.

The keys required for this exam are:


C, G, D, A, F, B flat and E flat majors.

EXAMPLE: Doh is E flat


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An example in G major: Doh is G

Ex. 7/1
NOTATE THE FOLLOWING TWO-BAR PHRASES FROM SOLFA
NOTATION TO STAFF NOTATION:

1 Doh is C

4
8

Repeat Ex 7/1 using the following keys:

Doh is G Doh is D Doh is A

Doh is F Doh is Bb Doh is Eb

Work on your own music paper.

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