Music Theory for the Progressing Student In Easy Steps With Exercises. Grade 3

Music Theory Grade 3

Theory for the progressing

Student in Easy Steps

with Practical Exercises.

By

Art Zegelaar

A Graded Workbook for

for the progressing Student

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Published by Lulu Press: www.lulu.com/Piano1

ISBN: 978-1-291-78229-5

 Music Theory for the progressing Student

3.1 Transposition

The most basic form of transposition consists of writing a melody under a different clef, often an octave higher or lower. The following melody is written at the same pitch using the treble clef and the bass clef.

If you have to transpose from treble clef to bass clef one octave lower, look at the first note in the treble clef and find that note with the same pitch on the bass clef.

 or 

Then you transpose that note in the bass clef one octave lower.

 or 

If you have to transpose from bass clef to treble clef one octave higher, look at the first note in the bass clef and find that note with the same pitch on the treble clef. Then you transpose that note in the treble clef one octave higher.

 Music Theory for the progressing Student

3.2 Ledger lines

The lines on the staff are