Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

Exercise 28 Singing—Class Exercise

“Sansa Kroma,” Akan playground or Mmoguo song

This song is a duet written for two voices (or two groups of voices). As a class, first sing the letter names of the
notes in the top lines from beginning to end, followed by those of the lower lines. Then sing the lines together,
with half the group singing the top lines and the other half singing the bottom lines. Sing this again with the
performers switching parts.

Further Study of Ledger Lines

Ledger lines can extend the range of the grand staff higher than the F line of the treble clef, lower than the G
line of the bass clef, and can accommodate notes between the treble and bass clefs. Middle C can be written
both as a ledger line belowthe treble staff andas a ledger line abovethe bass staff.

Pitches normally written in the treble clef may also be written in the bass clef using ledger lines. Likewise,
pitches normally written in the bass clef may also be written in the treble clef using ledger lines.

BASICS OF PITCH

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