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MM1 Assessments
• Assessment 1 – Theory assignment – 20%
Individual Academic Support and Mentoring
Please contact Jason Weir - E: Jason.Weir@aim.edu.au T: 8610 4237 Mid study period, upload via Turnitin
Student Support Workshops
Wellbeing: yoga, mindfulness, relaxation, time management and more!
Academic: Aural transcription, music theory, technology and IT, library skill and more!
The schedule is around the campus, on SharePoint, and available at Reception. • Assessment 2 – Theory exam – 40%
Or, please contact - Jason Weir - E: Jason.Weir@aim.edu.au T: 8610 4237
End study period, in class
Unit Teacher
Your unit teacher can answer questions about the unit’s content and assessments. Feel free to drop in
during the consultation hours. You can also make an individual appointment at other times with your
teacher. • Assessment 3 – Aural exam – 40%
Andrew Batterham – Theory lecture & tutorial E: Andrew.batterham@aim.edu.au T: 8610 4210
Consultation time – Thursday 10.00 – 10.45, Room 411 End study period, in class
For general enquiries or if in doubt, please contact Reception
E: MelbourneReception@aim.edu.au
T: 8610 4222
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MM1 theory tutorials Revision - Clefs

• Treble clef (G clef)
• Print out theory tutorial PDF worksheets before class

• Hardcopy not provided

Middle C
• Bass clef (F clef)

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Revision – Grand stave Revision – Ledger lines

• When the treble and bass staves combine, they form • Notes outside the range of the staves use extra lines,
the Grand Stave called ledger lines
• Both clefs converge at middle C Ledger lines

Middle C 7 Ledger lines 8

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Revision – Note values Revision – Note values

• At AIM you will come across both British / Australian • Multiple quavers or semiquavers are beamed together
note names, and American note names

Semibreve

Minim

Crotchet

Quaver

Semiquaver

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Revision – Time signatures Revision – Time signatures

• ‘Metre’ is the grouping of beats, or pulses. Top number = number • Simple triple
of beats, bottom = type of beat
• Simple time – beats divisible by 2

• Simple quadruple
• Simple duple (2 beats in a bar)

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Revision – Time signatures Revision – Time signatures

• Compound time – beats divisible by 3 (dotted values) • Compound triple
• Lower number will be an 8, notes and rests look
different

• Compound quadruple
• Compound duple

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Revision – Intervals Revision – Intervals

• The distance from one pitch to another • Notated: quality, degree
• Measured by Quality and Degree (distance)
• There are 5 Qualities: Quality: Degree:

• Perfect – unison, 4th, 5th, octave Perfect Unison

Major 2nd
• Major & Minor – 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th Minor 3rd
Augmented 4th
• Diminished – 1 semitone smaller Diminished 5th
• Augmented – 1 semitone larger 6th
7th
Octave
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Revision – Intervals Revision – Circle of 5ths

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Order of sha
symbols
Unison, 4th, 5th, Octave F
C
bols f flat

G
symder o

Bb
D
Or

Diminished -1 semi Perfect +1 semi Augmented

Eb A

2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th

Ab E

Diminished -1 semi Minor -1 semi Major +1 semi Augmented

Db B

Gb F#
Cb C#

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Revision – Circle of 5ths Revision – Circle of 5ths

C C
F G F G
a
D Bb d e D
Bb
g b
A Eb f# A
Eb c

Ab f c# E
Ab E
g#
bb
Db B Db eb d# B
ab a#
Gb F# Gb F#
Cb C# Cb C#

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Revision – Major scale Revision – Major scale

• Construction of tones and semitones •T–T–S–T–T–T–S
• F major scale

• G major scale
• The same for any major scale
• Use accidentals to internalise the scale

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Revision – Major scale degrees Revision – Natural minor scale

• Each successive note upwards is a scale degree

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (1)

T S T T S T T
Tonic Supertonic Mediant Subdominant Dominant Submediant Leading-tone Tonic

• The same for any natural minor scale

• The scale degrees of other types of scale are altered • Use accidentals to internalise the scale
from the major scale…

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Revision – Natural minor scale degrees Revision – Natural minor scale degrees
• Natural minor has 3 lowered notes (compared to the
major scale) • C natural minor has 3 flats required

1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8

• So the key signature is 3 flats

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Solfa Solfa
• We can also refer to each scale degree using a Solfa • The major scale is the same starting from any note
(or Solfège) name
• Using T,T,S or scale degrees or solfa
• AIM uses the movable Do system – the tonic is Do in
any scale

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2 3 4 5 6 7 1

. . . . . do re mi fa so la ti do

do re mi fa sol la ti do
do re mi fa so la ti do

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