[nabs-l] Things for music

[Marissa Tejeda]

Hi,

The only problem with memorizing it, is I don't understand it.  I 
understand the F-C-G-D-A-E-B (we used, Fat cat's go down alleys 
eating birds) in eighth grade.  As for B-E-A-D-G-C-F, (We used 
bead, gcf), but I still don't understand  it.  I have that much, 
but when it comes to knowing how many sharps or flats, and what  
key, it confuses me very much.

As for the warm-ups on clarinet, our band does one, (for marching 
band), called The Ultimate Warm-ups.  For concert band, we do 
long tones, mostly.


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Karl Martin Adam <kmaent1 at gmail.com>, National Association of 
Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 23:39:39 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Things for music

Great minds think alike, I guess.  Lol.

Also, to correct an error I saw in my post (I was geeking out 
about
theory stuff and was thinking faster than I could type), the 
acronym
for the sharps in order is **five** cats got drunk at Erny's bar.

Also, here's another idea.  Sit down at a piano and play through 
the
circle of fifths in scales.  Start with C major with no flats or
sharps, then go to G Major with one sharp, D major with 2 sharps, 
etc.
Play backwards as well.  This will help establish the circle of 
fifths
in your memory, and will also give you practice with scales and 
key
relationships too.  Plus, it is a warm up you can keep for life 
on any
instrument; every time I practice clarinet, I do long tones, an
exercise called the tongue tickler, a sticato study, and then all 
my
major scales and arpeggios going in circle of fifths order.  
Following
a similar warm up routine, especially when you're still in high
school, can make things a lot easier for you later on down the 
road if
you're serious about music.

HTH.

On 9/18/14, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> 
wrote:
 Hi Marissa,

 If you're at all serious about music you should memorize this!
 Starting in the key of C the keys go up in fifths, so G, D, A, 
E,
 B, F sharp, C sharp.  For every key after C you sharp the 
leading
 tone, so the sharps are F, C, G, D, A, E, B.  When you're doing
 flats you go the other way from C, so F, B flat, E flat, A flat,
 D flat, G flat, C flat.  After the key of C you flat the note a
 fifth below the tonic (the note the scale starts on), so your
 flats are B, E, A, D, G, C, F.  Repeat the lists of flats and
 sharps to yourself till you have them memorized.  That way, when
 you see music in say four flats you know it's the key of A flat
 (or F minor) and that the flats are b, e, a, d.  The list of
 flats is cool because the first four spell "bead".  Also, the
 other thing that can help you remember it is that the sharps are
 the flats spelled backwards and vice versa.  Another way to help
 memorize this is to go around the circle of fiths when you
 practice scales.  Start somewhere and go up or down a few keys
 when you warm up.

 Best,
 Karl

  ----- Original Message -----
 From: Marissa Tejeda via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 To: Nabsl <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:46:26 -0700
 Subject: [nabs-l] Things for music

 Hi,

 Does anyone know if NLS has the Circle of Fifths in the shape of
 a circle? My band teacher said he has a circle of fifths, and he
 also has a transposition sheet, hanging side by side.  Something
 like that, anyway.  Does anyone know what NLS has? I want to be
 able to easily find the key of a song, and find the amount of
 sharps and/or flats in the song.

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