CHORUS

THE CLEFS

• There are two major staffs the bass and treble staff/clef
• The treble clef is sung by sorpranos and altos
• The bass clef is sung by tenors and bass
• Each staff/clef has its on saying. The treble clef's line saying is Every Good Boy Does Fine and the space notes are Fat Albert Can Eat.
• The bass notes line saying is Great Big Dogs Fight Animals and the space notes are All Cows Ear Grass

NOTE DURATION

• There are many types of notes the whole,half,quarter,eighth, and sixteenth
• Each note has its own duration
• Duration means how long a note is sung or played
• Whole= 4, half=2, quarter=1, eighth=1/2, and sixteenth=1/4

REST DURATION

• Rest duration is just like note duration except it tells you how long to be quiet
• Each note also has its own rest duration.
• Whatever the note duration of a note is, the rest equals it also

MUSICAL TEXTURE

• Musical texture is a mixture of rhythm melody and harmony
• There are many different types of musical textures and can be found all over the world
• Monophonic texture is when one person sings a melody or a group sings in unison. Sung only by men. Started in the 9th and 10th century. ROME
• Polyphoinc texture is where two or more distinct melodies are combined. Can be heard in early new orleans jazz or javanese gamelan music of southeast asia.
• Heterophoinc texture is when two or more voices sing/play the same melody, but add their own notes of their choice. Can be heard in Brazil and Arabia.
• Homophonic texture When one voice/instrument sounds as if they are accompining another. Leaving Asia gotta get back to class!