Activities

• Worksheets for Writing & ID Practice:

  • • Treble with Ledger Lines, Bass Clef, Alto Clef, Tenor Clef

    • Mixed Clefs: Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2, Worksheet 3

• Mnemonic Devices: Split into groups and share your favorite mnemonic devices and tricks for quickly identifying notes in different clefs. Share your group's tricks with the whole class.  

• Speed Note ID: Each student opens one of the following note ID challenges in treble or bass clef (whichever they are least familiar with) or in alto clef if both treble and bass are familiar. Students have 1 minute to identify as many notes as possible with a 100% score. If a student gets a notes wrong, they must restart the challenge from the top! (Click the 3 dots in the top right to reset).  The instructor gives the students 5 or 10 minutes to repeat the challenge as many times as possible to improve their score. The student with the highest score at the end wins!

  • • Treble Clef Challenge

    • Bass Clef Challenge

    • Alto Clef Challenge

• Enharmonic Equivalence: In groups of 4, each student takes a turn pointing to a key on the keyboard. Each other group member has to identify a different enharmonically equivalent pitch name for that note (e.g. E#, F, and Gbb). 

• Pitch Matching: Practice singing back pitches sung or played by the instructor at the piano. Use a neutral syllable like "ta" or "da." Focus on matching the pitch you hear as closely as possible.  

Repertoire for Practice

• Pitch ID: Select the clef you are least familiar with, then practice identifying pitches in that clef in selected examples from the anthology here. 

• Keyboard Practice: For added practice, try to play the melody on a keyboard (using a keyboard app on your phone or a picture of a keyboard).