MAPEH 6
Lesson 2 - Music
Melodies in C Major, G Major, and F Major
Musical Terms
SCALE – It is a series of ascending and descending tones in the order of their pitch which is sounded
one after another.
STAFF – It is the foundation upon which notes are drawn. It is composed of five lines and four spaces.
LEDGER LINES – It is a small line that extends the staff when we run out of room.
CLEF – It is a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a
musical staff.
SHARP – A sharp raises a note or tone. A sharp note makes a tone sound a semitone or pitch higher than
notes that appear on the lines and spaces of a musical staff.
FLAT – A flat lowers a note or tone. A flat makes a note sound a semitone or pitch lower.
Melodic Direction
Melodic direction is the movement of tones. The movements of tones may go up and down the staff in
steps and by skips. There are also notes which remain on the same line or space.
If the notes move upward, the direction of the melody is ascending, if the notes go downward, it is called
descending. Notes in steady or stationary pattern is called repeated tones that moves in horizontal
direction.
Melody
It is one of the elements of music. It is the succession of tones which are sounded one after another.
Melody is determined by listening to the tune and by studying the notation.
Key of C Major
In the Key of C Major, a scale is composed of eight so-fa syllables namely do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do
and with corresponding pitch names C D E F G A B C.
It has no sharp or flat sign found after the time signature.
Lower do is found in the first ledger line below the staff where the pitch name C is also found. It is the
home tone of C Major scale.
Home tone is a term commonly used for the first or key tone of any scale.
Kondaly Hands Signs
Songs with Key of C Major
Imagine By John Lennon
When I Was Your Man by John Lennon
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
Key of G Major
The first major scale in the sharp keys is the Key of G Major
In this scale, the first note or home tone is so. It is followed by seven other notes in ascending or
descending order.
It also has a note with a sharp sign ( # ) before it. The first note on the scale of G major is so,
located on the G line.
The Key of G Major has one sharp ( # ) sign located in the fifth line of the staff or on the F line.
G scale has eight (8) so-fa syllables so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa#, so with corresponding pitch names
G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G
Songs with Key of F Major
All I Want for Christmas is you By Mariah Carey
When you say nothing at all by Ronan Keating
I Will Survive by Cake
Key of F Major
The first major scale in the sharp keys is the Key of F Major
This flat sign is always placed on the B line at the beginning of the staff. It is called the key
signature.
This one flat key tells us that fa is found on the F line or F space on the staff.
It has one flat ( ) sign located on the third line of the staff or in the B line. It means that all notes
on the pitch name B should be lowered a half step or semitone,
Fa is the home tone of F Major scale. Fa is found on the first space of the staff.
The F scale has eight so-fa syllables namely fa, so, la, ti , do, re, mi, fa with corresponding
pitch names F, G, A, B , C, D, E, F
Songs with Key of F Major
Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus
You Belong with Me by Taylor Swift
Jingle Bells (Christmas Song)
