Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Music theory mnemonics

MUSIC THEORY MNEMONICS

Whole note=4 beats
Half note=2 beats
***Quarter note=1 beat
Eighth note=1/2 beat
Sixteenth note=1/4 beat

Roughly: Dollar, 50 cent, quarter, dime, nickel

-A whole bagel feeds four ppl
-A ladle with a hole feeds half a family of four-two ppl
-A quarter buys you a beet
-When you are eight you spend half your life in school
-When you are sixteen you spend a quarter of your life driving

Treble Lines: Every Good Boy Does Fine
Treble Spaces: FACE
Base Lines: Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart
Base Spaces: All Cows Eat Grass

There are five lines on a musical staff and you have five fingers. Your left hand is base and your right hand is treble. Starting with your left pinky and ending with your right pinky repeat the following two phrases taping a finger for each word.

Base Lines: Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart
Treble Lines: Every Good Boy Does Fine

AUTOMATIC LINE RECOGNITION

TREBLE(right hand)
the EMPORER gave a thumbs up
Pointing: Don't act like GEORGE
Flipping(middle finger) the BIRD
Married(ring finger) DEE
I got a little(pinky) F on my report card

BASS(left hand)
Little(pinky) GEORGE
Married(ring finger) BEE
Flipping(middle finger) a DOVE
Pointing: don't FALL
Thumbs up: I got an A

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