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ASSignment 7.7 This assignment covers elementary fundamentals and may be skipped.

I. Identifing letter rua,rrles from the keyboard

A. Count letter names above the pitches labeled on the keytboard (e.g., 3 above C). Be sure to count the given
note (C-D-E). Write the letter name of the new pitch (E) on the appropriate key and in the blank provided.

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(r) (z) (3) (4) (5) (6)

(1) s above C (2) 4 above A (s) + below F

(6) s below ___ / 5

(4) 6 above G (s) s above D B

B. Write the letter name for each numbered white or black key in the blank. Choose either enharmonic
name for black keys.
13 11 12

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9
ill
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(r) Eb or Dfl (z) (s) (4) (5) (6)

Q) (8) (e) _ (10) (n) _ (rz)

II. Identifying whole and hq,lf steps at the keyboard
Locate each pair of pitches on the keyboard below in any octave. Write their names on a white key or above
a black key. Then,in the blank provided, write W (whole step), H (half step), or N (neither).
IJ
I
(a) A#-B I
(d) Bt-c (g) Ffi-cf

(b) F-E (e) c#-cq (h) E-Fb

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(c) ct-A (f) Db-cb (i) cr-Gh

(j) B-C (m) Eb-Eh (p) Bb-c#

(k) G-A# (n) A-B (q) Eb-F

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(l) C#-D# (o) Ab-Gb (r) Ab-Aq

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III. Enharmonic pitches

Circle any pair of pitches that are not enharmonic.

(a) F#-ct (b) B*-C (c) A#-Bb (d) C'-B (e) G'b-F (f) D-ES
(s) (h) As-c (i) (j) C*-D ___ / 12
E#-Fb D*-E (k) B[-CS 0) A.-Bb

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Assignment 7.4
I. Identifying pitches in mixed clefs
Write the letter name and octave number of each pitch below. ___ / 15
(a) (b) (c) ct (d) (e)

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(m) -o' (n) (o) (\ (p)

II. Writing ha,lf a,nd whole steps: Mixed clefs

In the following exercises, choose a spelling that has a different letter name from the given pitch.

A. Write a whole step above each given note.

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(r) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

B. Write a whole step below each given note.

C. Write a half step above each given note (with a different letter name).
(2) (3) (4) (5)

D. Write a half step below each given note (with a different letter name).
(2) (3) (4,)

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Assignment 7.5
I. Arcanging
Rewrite each melody excerpt on the blank staves provided, according to the individual instructions. Your
arrangement will require some ledger lines. Remember to change the stem direction where necesssary in the
new octave. Copy note heads, stems, and other symbols as shown (you'll learn more about them in Chapter 2).

A. Purcell, "Music for a While," mm. 23-24 0

Rewrite one octave higher in the bass clef. ___ / 8

B. Purcell, "Music for a While," mm. 27-22 0

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Rewrite this line fbr bassoon in the tenor clef; don't change the octave.

a,

C. Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C Major, fourth movement, mm. 4O7-411a (viola) 0

Rewrite this viola part for violin in the treble clefi don't change the octave.
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