Hello and welcome back. I'm Joseph Hoffman.
Today we are learning how to dictate the melody of Frog in the Middle on the staff.
So let's come to the staff and give it a try. Ok, to dictate a song means to put it
down on paper so we can remember it better and share it with other people,
just like those monks did hundreds of years ago. For Frog in the Middle
do you remember what note it starts on in solfège? that's right it starts on SO
and for in the C Major pentascale, SO is on G.
So our first note of Frog in the Middle will be right here on G.
How many G's at the start of Frog in the Middle? Bah-bah-bah,
If you said three you're correct. So we'll need to draw 3 G's.
If you download the complete materials for Unit 2 you'll be able to try this
yourself using paper and pencil at home.
So first draw 3 G's like this, frog in the, and then what happens next?
That's right, it skips down. On the staff
if you skip from SO down to MI you go down to the next line.
Remember there is a space note between, but SO to MI is a skip.
So we go from this G line down to the next line down which is G. G G G E E.
If we sing it in solfege it would be SO SO SO MI MI.
Now can you sing the solfège for the next phrase? Bah-bah-bah-bah-bah
Now sing the solfège for me of the next phrase.
If you sang SO SO SO MI
You're correct, which would be SO SO SO MI, and these purple notes make
frog in the sea
Now can you point to the notes we have dictated and sing it in solfège? Point with
me and sing.
Ready, go. SO SO SO
MI MI, SO SO SO MI.
Good job. Now let's dictate the next part of Frog In the Middle.
Can you sing the next phrase in solfège for me? Go. That's right, it's just like
the first phrase. SO SO SO MI MI,
and then it ends with three DOs. DO DO DO. Well if we want to skip below MI down
to DO
we're going to need a ledger line, because remember whenever we go off the
staff we have to use a ledger line.
So let's add three ledger lines and three note heads for DO DO DO.
Now can you point and sing the solfège of this for me?
Ready, try it with me, SO SO SO MI MI
DO DO DO. Good job.
Now let's try singing the whole song together in solfège while we point to it.
Point with me and sing the solfège, ready, go.
SO SO SO MI MI
SO SO SO MI, SO SO SO MI MI
DO DO DO. This time let's sing the letter names. We start on the G line so
we'll sing G for this note, and then we skip down we'll be on E, and we go down to
the ledger lines, we'll be on a C.
Ready, point and sing
the letters with me. Ready, go. G G G E E, G G G E, G G G E E, C C C.
Good job. Now we've dictated the melody of Frog In the Middle.
Great job today learning how to dictate Frog In the Middle on the staff. From our
website ,if you download the Complete Materials for Unit 2
you can practice drawing the notes yourself on the staff.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time.
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