QUAVER MUSIC
WEB QUESTS
CATIE DWINAL
TABLE OF QUESTS
1.) PITCH
2.) MELODY
3.) NOTE NAMES AND VALUES
4.) RHYTHM AND BEAT
16.) Hip Hop
17.) Music, Movies, and Emotions
18.) Patriotic Songs
19.) Holidays
5.) STYLE
6.) COMPOSERS
7.) CHORDS
8.) MUSIC HISTORY
9.) PERFORMANCE
20.) Identifying Different Voices
21.) Dynamics
22.) Melodic Contour
23.) Tempo
10.) SCALES
11.) MUSIC BUSINESS
12.) INSTRUMENTS AND FAMILIES
13.) METER
14.) FORM
15.) SONG WRITING
24.) Intonation
25.) Theme and Variation
26.) Phrases
Pitch:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Kindergarten lessons 10-12, First lesson 21
High to low, low to high, up and down it’s worth a try! Did you know, without
pitch, melodies would be quite boring? Follow the steps below to discover the meaning of the musical word: pitch!
▪ Clown pitch game: Head to the lab and click on the organ. You will travel to EarIQ – a
carnival full of games to test your ear training! Practice listening for high and low pitch on the
first game. All you have to do is read the directions and poke the right clown on the seesaw.
▪ Bell game: There is a hidden bell game in the shop! How exciting! Find the game and
play it. Read the directions carefully, it’s not about size – it’s about sound!
▪ QComposer: Now here is the test. Head to the studio and click on the piano. Write a 3measure melody on the top line. Remember our melody writing rules and only use quarter and
eighth notes!
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Melody:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Kindergarten lessons 13-15, First lessons 16-18, Second lessons 13-15, Third lessons 7-9, Fourth lessons 7-9, Fifth lessons 10-12
La La La. I feel like singing today! But what shall I sing? Can you help me? Make
your way through QuaverMusic.com to find me the perfect melody. Hurry up though,
I can’t hold out singing much longer!
■ Play melody on the Piano Awning: B A G A, B B B, A A A, B B B, B A G A, B B B, A A B
A G. What is that mysterious melody? Play it on the piano awning on Quaver’s Shop door and
write your guess on the board!
■ EarIQ Intervals: Head to the lab and click on the organ. You will travel to EarIQ – a carnival full of games to test your ear training! Play the game in the middle called Intervals. Listen to
each note and try to figure out how many spaces apart they sound. Click on the right cup before time runs out!
■ QComposer: Here’s your chance to get creative! 5 measures, access to all of the notes, remember our melody writing rules, and write me the best melody you can!
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Note Names and Values:
Suggested Curriculum lessons: Third lesson 15, Second lesson 19, First lesson 20
HELP! I bumped my noggin while snorkeling off the coast of Zimbabwe and cannot
remember the names and values of the notes and rests on the board. Can you teach
me? Help me fill in the missing information on the board by making your way
around QuaverMusic.com
▪ QMeasureUp: Head to the music room and click on the arcade center. Play a game of
QMeasureUp! Fit the right length notes into each measure. 4 beats per measure only!
▪ QStrum: Boogie to the studio and click on the guitar. Use 10 measures maximum for this
rockin’ tune. Click on a chord and then fill in a measure using the notes under “durations” by
dragging and dropping. Remember to only use 4 beats per measure! Change chords every measure to add some rock-and-roll flavor to your song.
▪ QAstroNotes: Go back to the QArcade in your music room and play a game of QAstroNotes! Here’s the catch though, before you fire your laser at a note, you need to say the name of
each note out loud!
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Rhythm and Beat:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Kindergarten lessons 2 and 3, First lessons 2 and 3, Second lessons
2 and 3
Tee Tee Tah, Tee Tee Tah, There’s a mysterious beat coming from the closet! Help!!
I think it’s the beat monster. We need to follow these steps around
QuaverMusic.com to discover our inner beat and rhythm. Then we can feed the
beat monster some rhythms before he gets too hungry!
▪ Shop Instruments: There are lots of instruments sitting around in the Quaver’s Music
Shop. How many can you find that will give you a beat that is steady? Write one guess on the
board before continuing.
▪ Metro: Head to your favorite spot on the Metro and listen to the music. Can you find the
beat in the song that is playing? Clap your hands to try to find it!
▪ QBackBeat: Now go to your last stop in the studio and click on the drum set! Gimme a killer beat, take your time, do your best, do not just fill in everything that is there! Pick and choose
the sounds you want.
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Style:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Fifth lesson 15
Time for an adventure on the QuaverMusic.com Metro! Explore the world of Quaver
and discover all of the music at each stop. Learn about at least two of your favorite
stops and find your musical style!
■ Metro: Take the Metro to at least two spots that look interesting to you. Listen to what Mr. Quaver has to say and listen to the music. Click on menu and find out where you are on the map before heading back to the station!
■ Quaver Diploma: Pick one stop and try for a diploma by clicking on menu and then the book.
Read about the music of that stop and answer the questions. If you earn the diploma, write
your name on the board with the name of the stop!
■ Pick an instrument that would be most common in the music and write a short song about it:
Head back to Quaver headquarters and hop into the studio. Pick an instrument in there that
would be found a lot in the music you listened to on the Metro and create a 3-measure song on
that instrument. Listen to it and think, could I hear this in the music I’ve been listening to?
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Composers:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Fifth lesson 24, Third lesson 12, Second lesson 18
Oh No!!! Bernard the Turtle (one of our musical friends in my classroom) built a
time machine to travel back and meet his favorite composers. He said he would be
back by now, but he’s not here yet! Can you follow the steps around
QuaverMusic.com to find him?
▪ Phone Box: In the shop you will find our time machine – Quaver’s Phone Box! Jump inside and visit a composer that is listed. Learn about that composer by listening to the music
played, and read about him in the book. Write a fact about them on the board, and play the puzzle before you leave!
▪ Slide Puzzles: There are composer slide puzzles hidden in the shop! Can you find one and
complete it?
▪ EarIQ Carnival: Beethoven lost his hearing at an early age. Head to the EarIQ carnival
by going into the lab and clicking on the organ. Really use your ears as you play the games at the
carnival.
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Chords:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Fifth lessons 25-27, Fourth lessons 22-24
1 – 2 – 3! Three notes together is a chord to me! What else do you know about
chords? Can you build one yourself ? Can you build happy or sad chords? Follow the
steps on QuaverMusic.com to become a chord architect!
▪ Find instruments in shop that have chords: There are many instruments that decorate the
shop. How many can play those 3 notes at the same time? Write at least one guess on the board!
▪ Carnival Chords: Head to the EarIQ carnival by going to the lab and clicking the organ.
Play the Chord carnival game. Listen to all 3 notes the guys in the dunk tank and choose the
right ball. If the chord sounds happy then it must be major, sad is minor, BIG is augmented and
if it sounds small it must be diminished!
▪ QComposer: Now it’s your turn you chord architect. Head to the studio and click on the
piano. Build me 4 F chords, 4 C chords, and 4 G chords using quarter notes only on the top line!
Play your chords after to listen to your amazing work!
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Music History:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Fifth lesson 22-24, Fourth lessons 25-27, Third lessons 10-12, Second lessons 16-18
I had a large package delivered to me today! What did I find inside? A PHONE BOX!
Pete the Cat and I took it for a spin back to the golden age of Disco but Pete got lost
along the way! Follow the directions on the board to help me recover Pete!
▪ Phone box: I lost Pete while in the Phone box let’s start there! Choose a composer and go
back to learn about them. Read the book and answer the questions to try to get some new duds
for your avatar!
▪ Metro: Choose a Metro stop to try to find poor Pete. Learn about the history of the music
at that stop by reading the book and answering the questions. After you learn about it, try to
place when that style of music started at the appropriate place on the timeline.
▪ Composer Slide Puzzle: After you are done writing on the timeline try to find one of the
composer slide puzzles in the shop to work on while we try to finish finding poor lost Pete.
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Performance:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Fifth lesson 16, Kindergarten lesson 6
Since our last class, we’ve started a music classroom band and guess what? You’re
the manager! There is a down side though, our band has NO stage presence. It’s
time to do some research!
▪ QDancer: To be in a band on stage you have to have some killer dance moves to get the
attention of the crowd. Head to QDancer in the studio and choreograph a sweet routine for our
next gig.
▪ Metro: In order to be a good band we need to watch some great bands on stage. Choose
a stop on the Metro to visit, listen to the music, and try to answer the questions in the book to
learn all about that style of music.
▪ QSoundFX: Our faces need some emotion to get the crowd revved up. Head over to the
lab and click on the QSoundFX. Put your sounds to the emotions video to show us what it’s all
about
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Scales:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Fifth lessons 11 and 12
Up and down goes a set of stairs and so does a scale! Let’s discover what makes
scales so special!
▪ Hidden bell game: A scale goes step by step, find the hidden bell game in the shop and listen to each bell. Put them in order just like the directions on the screen. Can you hear them go
up step by step? If you can’t, a bell must be out of place!
▪ EarIQ Carnival: It’s time to get a little practice hearing the steps in a scale. Head to the
lab and play the pitch game at the EarIQ Carnival. Once you’ve got that mastered, play a quick
game of intervals to hear what is more than just a step.
▪ QComposer: Wow! You’ve made it to scale expert! It is time to make your own. Head to
the Studio and click on the QComposer piano. Build me a scale going up and down!
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Music Business:
Want to go behind the scenes of the music biz? Well perfect! I snagged you an internship at a big time music company. You have to know your stuff though, so follow directions below to get on top of your game.
▪ Quaver’s Studio: To be in the music industry you have to know about playing instruments
and writing songs. Head to the Studio and pick an instrument. Write at least a 3 measure (If you
are using QStrum or QComposer) or a full page (if you are using QGrooves or QBackBeat) song.
▪ QDancer: You have to know good stage performance in the music industry, and having
great moves is a part of that. Head to the Studio and click on QDancer. Choreograph a killer
routine!
▪ QTrivia: Now it’s time to test your knowledge! Go to the music room and click on the
QArcade. Play a round of the Bands category in QTrivia!
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Instruments and Families:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Fifth lessons 19-21, Fourth lessons 19-21, Second 25-27, Kindergarten 19-21
It is a BIG family reunion day at the park! Instrument Families are everywhere and
are getting mixed up! Better get some help to figure out which family member belongs where!
▪ Interactive Instruments: Search around the Quaver world for the instruments that make
music when you click them. How many can you find? Try to pick one instrument and write it in
the correct instrument family category on the board.
▪ Roadies to the Rescue: Time to help load the instruments into the van! You have to know
which instrument is which. Head to the QArcade in the Music Room and play a game of Roadies to the Rescue.
▪ QTrivia: Now here’s the ultimate instrument test! Stay in the QArcade and play a round
of “Which Instrument?”
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Meter:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Fifth lessons 1-3, Third lessons 1-2, Second lessons 4-6, First lessons 4-6, Kindergarten lessons 16-18
3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 2/4? I’m all confused! How about you? Follow these directions to
learn what all these numbers have to do with meter!
▪ Jukebox: To figure out meter you have to really listen to the music. Head to the shop and
click on the Jukebox. Play three songs and try to figure out whether they are in 3/4, 2/4, or 4/4.
Write down your guesses under the different categories on the board.
▪ Metro: Now it’s time to bring your meter knowledge to the streets. Head to the Metro and
choose a stop. Listen to the music, how many songs are in 4/4 there?
▪ QMeasureUp: Here is the icing on the cake. Head to the QArcade in the Music Room
and play a round or two of QMeasureUp. I challenge you to play either medium or hard!
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Form:
It keeps the chaos at bay, it organizes music so it’s nice and neat for our listening
pleasure. Follow these steps to learn more about form.
▪ QDancer: Form is everywhere not just in music. Check out the QDancer in the studio to
choreograph some awesome moves. Watch for how perfect each move is, when a move looks
great in a dance, that is called having great form.
▪ QGrooves: ABA, ABACA, AABB. All of these are different forms – each letter is like a
pre-packaged little box of music. Head to QGrooves in the Studio and create a song with the
form ABACA using the boxes of music in there.
▪ QComposer: Alright, now head to QComposer in the Studio and write me four measures
of melody with the form ABAB. If you have to write in ABAB, how many measures are going to
be different?
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Songwriting:
What rhymes with orange? HELP! I’m stuck writing this song! Can you follow the
directions to write a song for me?
▪ Metro: Head to the Metro and travel to a stop you have never been to before. Play a puzzle game, and listen to the music to gain some inspiration for new song lyrics.
▪ QLyrics: It’s time to get some amazing lyrics. Head to the QComposer in the Studio and
compose 5 measures of melody before clicking the QLyrics button in the upper left and writing
some awesome words to go with your melody!
▪ QBackBeat or QGrooves: Here is the test to see if you are ready to be a songwriter! Create a beat in QBackBeat or QGrooves first. Ready? Now write me a 3 sentence rap to go with it
and perform it to a friend!
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Exploring Hip-Hop:
Write on the board before class: Hip-Hop is all about the right words and the right
moves to show off your swagger, take a walk through the steps below and discover
if you’ve got what it takes.
- Visit the Hollywood Bowl - To be able to sing Hip-Hop, you first have to learn its roots!
Head to the Hollywood Bowl venue on the Metro and read the Hip-Hop Book as you listen to
the Quaver tunes. I dare you to answer the questions at the end! - Move to the Beat: You ready to learn the right moves? Head to the QStudio and go into
QDancer. Create a routine with at least 8 moves – Try using 4 Traveling Moves and 4 Stationary
moves. You older kids can make it even cooler with 2 Traveling moves to the left and 2 to the
right! Be careful not to fall off the stage! Add a background beat and watch your routine performed on stage!
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It’s Your Turn to DJ – Write at least a 3-sentence rhyming poem on a sheet of lined paper
found on the supplies table. Now go to QBackBeat in Quaver’s Studio and create a beat to rap
your poem lyrics. Try to rap it in a steady beat like they did in the Hip-Hop Bowl. Get ready to
perform it for the group when you’re done!
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Movies, Music, and Emotions:
Write on the board before class: Do you know how much work it takes to create
those movies we all love to watch? Go through these steps to discover how important picking the right words and music is to creating the right human emotions and
reactions in a movie.
- Visit Francis Scott Key - When creating a movie there are many things that contribute to creating the setting, building that scene that emotes the thoughts and emotions the director hopes for.
Words can sometimes be the most powerful. Find the Phonebox in Quaver’s Shop and travel
through time to visit with Francis Scott Key. Find the Francis Scott Key Audio Drama, and listen
to how he describes the night he wrote the Star Spangled Banner and try to imagine the scene in
your head.
- Make your own QSoundFX – Can you be a SoundFX artist? Head to QSoundFX in the Quaver Lab and pick the video of Quaver blowing a piece of bubble gum. Now pick the sounds,
place them where you want them to go, and see how your creation turns out. Does it feel right
to you? Can changing sounds make your emotions go from happy to sad or vice versa?
- Write an original QSkit – Get ready to create your own play using the talented Debussy, Beethoven and Vivaldi as your actors! Click on QSkits in Quaver’s Music Shop. Can you create a
scene where the actors are upset but it gets your audience laughing? Try to turn the tables,
make sure to use those sound effects to help you!
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Patriotic Songs:
Phonebox and click menu. Select the music
player and click the Audio Drama. Now close
your eyes and put yourself in Mr. Key’s shoes,
does his inspiration inspire you?
Suggested curriculum lesson: Fifth lesson 2
What does the word patriotic mean to
you? The meaning of the word is: for
the love of one’s country. Patriotic
songs were written just for that purpose, to celebrate our country. We have
many patriotic songs about America
but how many do you know? A lot of
them were written many years ago and
some have started to be sadly forgotten. Follow the steps below to discover
more about the tunes we use to celebrate the United States of America.
2.) We consider a lot of our patriotic tunes to
be marches. John Philip Sousa was considered
the king of marches. Go to his stop in the
Phonebox to listen to one of his most famous
pieces Stars and Stripes Forever. What do you
think the title means? What can you picture
in your head as this song plays?
3.) Now it’s your turn to be like Sousa and
Key. Go back to Francis Scott Key’s time in
the Phonebox and go back to that music
player. Choose Yankee Doodle and listen to
the tune, can you write some words to go
along with the melody of Yankee Doodle?
Write it down on a nearby piece of paper and
try to perform it!
1.) Francis Scott Key wrote the words to our
national anthem The Star Spangled
Banner. He wrote them right after he watched
a battle during the War of 1812 take place. I
want you to travel back to his time in the
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Holidays:
to stop there and take the quiz to get the diploma in the book!
Write the melody to Jingle Bells on the board
▪ Now, it’s your turn to write a holiday
song! Come up with 5 describing words about
this time of year before going to QStrum.
Write a 3-8 measure song using only the C
and G chords on the guitar and those 5 words
you brainstormed as your lyrics. Get creative,
get silly, feel the holiday spirit and save your
work! Now, can you sing your new holiday hit
with the music you wrote?
Also write this Web Quest on the board for
your students:
▪ Copy the melody into QComposer.
▪ Press play: Can you figure out which
song you just copied?
▪ Sing it out loud!
▪ Now, meet Gene Autry!
▪ Let’s talk about Gene:
Gene Autry was a singer and songwriter who
was famous for writing songs like Here Comes
Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Gene had a
great nickname: “The Singing Cowboy.”
▪ What stop on the Metro would Mr.
Autry most likely want to visit? Take a minute
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Identifying 4 Voices:
all at the same time! Head to the Phonebox
and travel to the Madrigal time period to read
the book and answer the questions!
Suggested curriculum lessons: Third lesson 4
A choir is a group of people who get together and sing! No instruments other
than their voices. Did you know there
are 4 different types of voices in a
choir? Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass. Follow the steps to discover who a choir is
all about!
3. Usually choirs sing in more than one part
but at the same time. Do you know that we
can call that a chord? Head to the Ear IQ carnival in the lab to test your listening skills in
the chord game! Try to listen to each individual voice!
4. Now here is your big challenge! I need you
to head to QComposer on the stage in the
Studio. Using the Chord Builder, build me a
C to F to G to C chord progression and then
listen to your creation and try to hear each
note as it is played. After, try to find and place
a C to F to G to C phrase in the bass line to
add your 4th voice!
1. Head into the shop, but do not worry! You
are not there to purchase anything, click on
the Jukebox near the guitars in the window
and try to find a song that has more than one
person singing in it! Do their voices sound the
same or different?
2. Madrigals were written hundreds of years
ago in the Renaissance and early Baroque time periods and were written to be sung
without any instruments, just the singers!
They had many voices singing different parts
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Dynamics:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Third lessons 16-18, Second lessons 22-24, First lessons 25-27,
Kindergarten lessons 22-24
Dynamics make a piece of music more interesting by allowing it to get LOUD and
soft at different times. It adds a little spice to turn in a simple melody into a killer
tune! What do you know about Dynamics? Follow the steps around the Quaver
world to test your skills!
• Did you know that the Italian clavichord and harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori created what we know now as the piano in order to give musicians an instrument to better play
loud and soft on? He opened the world of dynamics up to many musicians! Travel back to his
time on the Phonebox and read the book and answer the questions to find out more!
• Next, head to the Jukebox in the Shop and click on the Shop episode songs. Listen to the Use
Dynamics track and sing along to learn more about why we use dynamics!
• Here is the test, go to the QComposer on the stage in the studio and get out your composing
brain! Using only the treble clef line, create a 4 measure melody where the dynamics change 2
times! Try for one loud dynamic marking and one soft. You can change dynamics by clicking
the dynamic button on the bottom left and choosing your dynamic, then clicking where you
want the level to change in your melody!
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Melodic Contour:
Choose a song and write the title at the top of
the page. Now listen to that song and try to
draw a line like you did in Songbrush on the
page. Play the song again after you are done
and trace the line with your finger. Do you
think you followed it?
Suggested curriculum lessons: 3rd lesson 8,
2nd lesson 13, 1st lesson 16
Many times, a melody flows smooth
up and down the staff like a river. Sometimes it goes way up and sometimes it
goes way down. Float down the river of
directions below to lean about how a
melody flows.
3. Here’s your turn to make your own melody that goes up and down like a river on the
staff. Head to QComposer and using just the
treble clef line create a 5 measure melody using only quarter notes that looks smooth with
no big jumps. Save it and play it after for a
friend after to see if they can follow along.
1. We call how a melody moves up and
down the staff a melodic contour. Head to
the painting easel called Songbrush in the
Shop and practice making lines that flow up
and down across the staff. Listen to them and
hear how the notes go up and down!
2. You will need a piece of paper and a pencil for this one. Now head to the Jukebox and
double click the Classical music in the menu.
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Tempo:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Fourth lesson 17, First lessons 22-24, Kindergarten lessons 25-27
Tempo can be so tricky! Some times a song might go slow, and sometimes it
might go fast! Just like a race car! Let’s discover how to find tempos as we travel
around Quavermusic.com.
1. You need to turn on your listening ears for this one! Head to the Jukebox in the Shop and
find one song that is presto (fast) and one song that is largo (slow.) Write down your findings to
share in class!
2. Did you know that when music first started having different tempos how fast you could go
was because of the genre of music you were playing? Head to the Metro and find two different
stops that have two different types of tempo. Find a stop that has mostly fast music and one that
has mostly slow music.
3. Now your challenge is to head to QBackbeat in the Studio and create a beat at either Largo,
Presto, or Moderato. After click Play-along track and select a track at the same tempo. Do both
of the tracks fit together?
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Intonation:
Suggested curriculum lessons: First lesson 15, Kindergarten lessons 10-12
Intonation means how accurate you are singing a pitch kind of like hitting a
target with an arrow. It takes practice and not everyone can do it! I know you’ll be
able to do it. Follow the steps to practice your accuracy.
1. How smart your ears are is a big deal with intonation! Travel to the Lab and click on the
EarIQ carnival. Practice the Pitch and Interval games to train your ears!
2. Now it’s time to practice your accuracy, what is better than a little target practice? Head to
the music room and play QSplat in the arcade!
3. Time to compose and sing! Prance over to the Studio and head to QComposer. Using only
the treble clef create a 2 measure melody practicing how to sing the notes as you place each one.
After hit the play button and practice how to sing it!
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Theme and Variation:
Did you know the B section in a song is like
the variation and the chorus of a song is the
theme!
Every song has a theme or a specific
melody, sometimes that theme is
changed to create a variation on that
melody! There can be one theme but
more than one variation. Explore Quaver using the step below to find out
more!
3. Here’s the test, go to QComposer on the
stage in the Studio, use only the treble clef
line and place four quarter notes in the first
measure. Now take those 4 quarter notes and
figure out what the note names are, those are
the only four note names you can use now! In
the second measure take those same four
notes and change them up, then do the same
in the third. After, copy your first measure in
the fourth measure. Listen to your creation!
Do you hear the theme in measures in one
and four and the variations in measures two
and three?
1. Dance on over to Songbrush on the Shop
to create a masterpiece! This is your theme,
play it and then change it just a little bit, listen to your first variation and then change it
again. How do your variations sound compared to your theme?
2. Now to head to the Jukebox in the Shop
and double click the Shop Episode songs in
the menu, listen to the B Section Baby song!
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Phrase:
Suggested curriculum lessons: Second lesson 14
A musical phrase is like a sentence, it has a beginning, middle and an end. You
can hear when it starts and when it ends but sometimes it can be a challenge. Lets
start turning on our listening ears and find those phrases in the music.
1. Head to the Metro and travel to the Classical stop. Click the menu and click music. Select the
Aquarium from the Carnival of the Animals and try to count how many different phrases you
hear in the music.
2. As we have already said, phrases are like sentences. Go to QSkits in the Shop and come up
with a skit that only has 5 different sentences. Sometimes in music it does not have many phrases
but still says a lot! Make sure your skit says a lot without really saying many different things.
3. In QComposer in the Studio click the melody maker and choose 3 different melodies/phrase
and place them how you would like in the staff. Can you hear where each melody starts and
ends?
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