Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 3

SUBJECT: CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ARTS

CLASS:  JSS 3

DATE:

TERM: 1st TERM

REFERENCE TEXTBOOK

• A Proper Approach to Cultural and Creative Art by Peter Akinyemi and Others. (Book 1,2and 3)

 
WEEK NINE

TOPIC: SIGHT READING AND SINGING (REVIEW OF LINES AND SPACES)

A stave or staff consists of five horizontal lines and four spaces. Notes are written on the lines and spaces of the treble or G clef and bass or F clef. On the lines and spaces of the treble stave, there are letter names E , F , G , A , B , C, D , E and F while on the lines and spaces of the bass stave, there are letter names G , A , B , C , D , E , F, G and A . A piece of music in the scale of C major begins from C and ends in C. The tonic solfas for the respective keys or notes in the scale of C major include do, re, mi, fa ,so, la, ti, do.

REVIEW ON NOTES, VALUES AND NUMBER OF BEATS

Musical Notes            Values            Number of Crotchet Beats

1. Semibreve                  1                4
2. Minim                  1/2                        2
3. Crotchet                  1/4             1
4. Quaver                  1/8                  1/2
5. Semi Quaver              1/16                1/4
6. Demi Semi Quaver          1/32                   1/8
7. Hemi Demi Semi Quaver          1/64                1/16

EVALUATION QUESTIONS

1. What is ‘staff’ in music?
2. How many notes make up the scale of C major?

SUB-TOPIC: MUSIC COMPOSITION

SINGING: This is the ability to sing a piece of music either as a group or as an individual. The National anthem is a musical composition and equally a sacred song of a country.

SETTING WORDS INTO MUSIC

INTRODUCTION: It is rather complex to set words to music. To set words to music, start by breaking the words into their constituent syllables. Any phrase or sentence you come across will have its own metre, such as the iambic parameter so prevalent in William Shakespeare. The authentic secret behind setting words to music is discovering where the strong and weak accents lie within the words. For example, take a look at this excerpt.

If we break it down into syllables, we get the following.

My Mis-tress’ eyes are no-thing like the sun.

Taking the process one step further, the next task is to highlight the strong and weakaccents as shown below.

Strong accents are shown in bold.

My Mis-tress’s eyes are no-thing like the sun.

This example uses a line from Shakespeare’s sonnet 130, written in iambic parameter where the strong-weak accents are regular.

EVALUATION QUESTIONS

1. Define phrase and sentence in music respectively.
2. How can a person set words into music?

CONSTRUCTION OF A SONG IN THE MAJOR SCALE WITH KEY SIGNATURE / CONSTRUCTION OF TONIC SOLFAS

The above music piece is based on the lyrics of the Nigerian National Anthem in key F major. This is shown below.

s, d  s, : d: m  s: :-: m f : m : r: r d

A rise    O compatriots; Nigeria’s call o – bey,

s, d:s, d: m s : - : m f  : m : r : r d :- :-

To serve our fatherland with love and strength and faith

r   r :- :-  m f : r m :-  f : s : s l : s : f : f : m

the la-bour of our he-roes past shall ne-ver be in vain

r:- :- : d s :-  s :- s m l :- :- r

vain ,To serve with heart and might one

r :-m:  f ., m : r l :-  : s :- f : m:  r:-  r d :- :-

Nation bound in freedom, peace and unity.

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISON QUESTIONS

1. What is motif?
2. Mention five types of motif.
3. What is rest in music?
4. Mention three transposing instruments of the aero phone family.
5. What is improvisational theatre?
6. State the difference between tragedy and comedy.
7. What is comic dance?
8. Distinguish between pure dance and dance drama.
9. State the difference n between leger line and double bar line.

READING ASSIGNMENT

A Proper Approach to Cultural and Creative Art by Peter Akinyemi (Book 1, 2, 3).

REFERENCE PAGE: Visit the internet.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

1. .............is a type of clef in written music. (a) Leger line (b) Treble clef  (c) Double bar line  (d) Bar line
2. …………………...is the musical value of the musical note ‘semibreve’. (a) ¼   (b) ½   

(c) 1/8    (d) 1

1. A piece of music in the scale of C sharp major has all the keys …………………………. (a) raised  (b) lowered  (c) modulated (d) None of the above
2. A series of five horizontal lines and four spaces makes up a ……………...(a) stave  

(b) clef (c) brace  (d) None of the above.

1. Music is a combination of organized sounds that is pleasant to the ear.      (a) True  

(b) False (c) Maybe  (d) Not sure

THEORY

1. Write out the tonic solfas in the scale of C major.
2. What is scale in music?