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Bell Ringers and Music Theory


Instructions
Click the link that is appropriate to your instrument. (Do you read Bass Clef or Treble Clef?)

Click "Start Challenge"

Identify the notes or Key signature to the best of your ability.  

After you complete the challenge, click on "View Report"

Put your name in the empty box next to "Sign Report" then click "Sign Report"

Copy the link into the private comments section on the Google Classroom assignment.  

Each of these will be entered into the gradebook, so if you would like to retry a challenge, you may do so.  Complete as many as time will permit today.
​

Section 1- Note Identification

MusicTheory.net Lesson - The Staff, Clefs, and Ledger Lines
Level 1
Treble Clef - Lines
Bass Clef - Lines
​

​Level 2
Treble Clef - Spaces
Bass Clef - Spaces

Level 3
Treble Clef - Lines and Spaces
Bass Clef - Lines and Spaces
Level 4
Treble Clef - Lines w/ Sharps & Flats
Bass Clef - Lines w/ Sharps & Flats

Level 5
Treble Clef - Spaces w/ Sharps & Flats
Bass Clef - Spaces w/ Sharps & Flats

​Level 6
Treble Clef - Ledger Lines
​Bass Clef - Ledger Lines


Level 7
Treble Clef - Ledger Lines w/ Sharps & Flats
Bass Clef - Ledger Lines w/ Sharps & Flats

Level 8
Grand Staff with ledger lines - no accidentals

Level 9
Grand Staff with ledger lines - with accidentals

Section 2- Key Signatures

​MusicTheory.net Lesson - Key Signatures
Level 1
​Flats

Level 2
​Sharps
Level 3
​All

​​Level 4
Major Key Construction
​
Level 5
Minor Key Identification

​Level 6
​Minor Key Construction

SECTION 3 - NOTE IDENTIFICATION AS APPLIED TO ​KEY SIGNATURES

LEVEL 1​
C Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef

F Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef

Quiz #1
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
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LEVEL 2
Bb Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef

Eb Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef

Quiz #2
Bass Clef
Treble Clef

​
LEVEL 3
G Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
​
D Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef​

Quiz #3
Bass Clef
Treble Clef

​
Section 3 Assessment
Bass Clef
​Treble Clef

​
LEVEL 4
​Ab Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
Db Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
​Quiz #4
Bass Clef
Treble Clef

​
LEVEL 5
​Gb Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
F# Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
Quiz #5
Bass Clef
Treble Clef

​
LEVEL 6
​B Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
E Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
​Quiz #6
Bass Clef
Treble Clef

​
LEVEL 7
​A Major
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
​Quiz #7
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
​Quiz #8
Bass Clef
Treble Clef

​
Section 3 Test (Levels 1-7)
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
​
​

SECTION 4 - KEYBOARD NOTE IDENTIFICATION

Mangold Project - Naming the Notes on the Piano
Level 1
​Naturals
Level 2
​Flats
Level 3
​Sharps
Level 4
​Naturals, Flats, and Sharps
Keyboard Reverse Identification
Treble Clef
​Bass Clef

SECTION 5 - CHORD EAR TRAINING

MusicTheory.net Lesson - Generic Intervals
Musictheory.net Lesson - Specific Intervals
Musictheory.net Lesson - Writing Intervals
Musictheory.net Lesson - Interval Inversion​
Mangold Project - Intervals Explained
Level 1
Generic One Octave - Treble
Generic One Octave - Bass

Level 2
Specific One Octave - Treble
Specific One Octave - Bass
​
Level 3
Generic Compound - Treble
Generic Compound - Bass
​Level 4
Specific Compound - Treble
Specific Compound - Bass

Level 5
All One Octave - Grand Staff

Level 6
All Compound - Grand Staff​

​​Level 7
Interval Construction - Generic

​Level 8
Interval Construction - Specific

Section 6- Chord Identification

MusicTheory.net Lesson - ​Introduction to Chords
MusicTheory.net Lesson - ​Triad Inversion
Music Theory Note Page - Triad Inversions
MusicTheory.net Lesson - ​Seventh Chords
MusicTheory.net Lesson - ​More Seventh Chords
MusicTheory.net Lesson - ​Seventh Chord Inversions
Music Theory Note Page - Seventh Chord Inversions

Mangold Project - Constructing Triads
Mangold Project - 7th Chord and Suspended Chord Construction
Mangold Project - Chord Inversions
Mangold Project - How to Construct ANY Chord
Level 1
​Major & Minor Triads - Treble Clef
Major & Minor Triads - Bass Clef

​
Level 2
All Triads - Treble Clef
All Triads - Bass Clef



Level 3
7th Chords - Treble Clef
7th Chords - Bass Clef


​
​​Level 4
Triads & 7th Chords - Treble Clef
Triads & 7th Chords - Bass Clef
​Level 5
Triads with inversions- Treble Clef 
Triads with inversions- Bass Clef ​

​
​Level 6
7th Chords with inversions - Treble Clef
7th Chords with inversions- Bass Clef

​Level 7
Triads & 7ths with inversions- Treble Clef
Triads & 7ths with inversions- Bass Clef

Level 8
Major and Minor Triad Construction - Treble
Major and Minor Triad Construction - Bass

​
​Level 9
All Triads Construction - Treble
All Triads Construction - Bass

​
Level 10
7th Chord Construction - Treble
7th Chord Construction - Bass


​
Level 11
Triad & 7th Chord Construction - Treble
Triad & 7th Chord Construction - Bass

​Level 12
Inverted Chord Construction - Treble
Inverted Chord Construction - Bass

Section 7 - Scale Identification

​​Level 1
​Major & Natural Minor - Treble Clef
Major & Natural Minor - Bass Clef

​​Level 2
Major & Natural, Harmonic, & Melodic Minors- Treble Clef
Major & Natural, Harmonic, & Melodic Minors- Bass Clef

​​Level 3
Modes - Treble Clef
Modes - Bass Clef




Level 4
​Major & Nat. Minor Construction - Treble 
Major & Nat. Minor Construction - Bass 

Level 5
​Major & All Minors Construction - Treble 
Major & All Minors Construction - Bass ​​
​

Level 6
Mode Construction - Treble Clef
Mode Construction - Bass Clef

Level 7
​All Scales Construction - Treble
All Scales Construction - Bass ​​

Section 8- Interval Ear Training

Level 1
One Octave Ascending Major

​​Level 2
One Octave Descending Major

Level 3
One Octave Ascending & Descending Major


Lesson 4
One Octave Ascending All

Lesson 5
One Octave Descending All

Lesson 6
One Octave Ascending & Descending All ​

Section 9 - Chord Ear Training

Level 1
Major / Minor

Level 2
Major / Minor / Aug

Level 3
Major / Minor / Aug / Dim

Level 4
Dominant 7th / Maj 7th
​
Level 5
​Dom7 / Maj7 / Min 7
Level 6
​Dom7 / Maj7 / Min 7 / Half Diminished 7

Level 7
​Dom 7 / Maj7 / Min7 / Half Dim. 7 / Diminished 7

Level 8
​Dom7 / Maj7 / Min 7 / Half Dim 7 / Dim 7 / Min-Maj 7

Level 9
​Sus. 2nd / Sus. 4th / Dominant 7th, Sus. 4th

Level 10
​All

Section 10- Scale Ear Training

​​Level 1
​Major & Natural Minor

​​Level 2
​Major & Natural, Harmonic & Melodic Minor
​Level 3
​Modes

​​​Level 4
​Pentatonic, Blues, Whole Tone, Chromatic
​​​Level 5
​All Scales minus modes​

​​​Level 6
​All
HIGH SCHOOL GUITAR NOTE IDENTIFICATION
​

1) String 6 - E 
​1st Position
2) String 5 - A
​1st Position​

3) String 4 - D
​1st Position
4) String 3 - G
​1st Position
​
5) String 2 - B
1st Position
6) String 1 - E
​1st Position
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