Activities

• Worksheets for Writing & ID Practice:

  • • Worksheet 1: ID Pitches by pitch name (e.g. C4), and rewrite the same pitch in different clefs. 

• Pitch Matching: Sing back the pitch played by the instructor at the piano. Then sing that same pitch in a different octave (higher or lower). 

• Find Your Octave Range: The instructor plays middle C on the piano. Students sing the pitch back as "C4." The instructor slowly steps down notes on the piano while students sing along with pitch names (i.e. C4, B3, A3...), dropping out once the pitch gets too low for their range. Each student writes down their lowest pitch by name (e.g. G3). Then, the instructor starts at middle C again and steps up, repeating the process with the class until everyone has noted both their highest and lowest pitches. Each student then writes out their vocal range on a treble or bass clef staff (as appropriate) with pitch names labeled.

Repertoire for Practice

• Pitch ID: Select an example from the anthology anthology here that uses mixed clefs. Label all of the pitches using octave designations (e.g. C4, F#2, etc.)

• Clef Transposition: Select examples from the anthology and practice transposing them into different clefs, keeping the melody in the same octave or moving it up or down by an octave or two.