UNIT 1:
RHYTHM IN
MUSIC
Rhythm & Pulse
Learning
Outcomes:
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Define rhythm and pulse.
Identifying note names and values.
Examine rhythm and pulse in music through a variety of mediums.
Using body percussion.
Composing a body percussion rhythm pattern.
🥳Gleeful Games🥳
• STEP 1: Your teacher will clap a rhythm, make sure you’re
listening 👂
• STEP 2: Try clap back as accurately as you can 👏
• STEP 3: When you feel ready, take a turn to clap out your
own rhythm to the class and select someone to repeat it
back 🎉
Congratulations! You have composed your
first musical piece!
What is Pulse?
Pulse is the steady continuous beat in music.
It is what you tap your foot to when you listen to a song.
The pulse is constant in music.
IRL: Your heartbeat is called a pulse as it is a regular
continuous pattern.
✋ Perfect Pulse ✋
To take your pulse you need to put your index finger on your wrist.
Count how many beats there are in 60seconds.
How many did you count?
🎶Find the Pulse in the Song🎶:
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor
By
Johann Sebastian Bach
What is RHYTHM?
Rhythm is the pattern of long and short sounds.
The best way to understand this is to think back to our
clapping game.
Some of the sounds were longer in duration and some were
shorter; this is because the claps had different rhythms.
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🎵 Note Values 🎵
Notes are the individual sounds in music and each one has a
value or length.
The number of beats signifies how long the sound is held for.
Today we are looking at the basics!
Note Values!
🤓 Homework 🤓
Take out your journals!
Practise writing the 5 different note values on the
manuscript paper.
LEARN the names of the 5 note values and their DURATION
For Friday’s class.
See you then 👋
👏 TikTok “The Hands Challenge” 👏
Note Values!
*More
Information about
Note Values!*
There are rhymes we can use to
remember the duration of the notes we
play:
NOTES COPY:
Semibreve: Ta-a-a-a
Minum: Ta-a
Crotchet: Ta
Pair of Quavers: Ti-Ti
Semiquavers: Tiri-Tiri
Over to you!
Copy this rhythm onto your manuscript paper and add
the rhymes to help us figure out the rhythm!
Class
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🤓 Homework 🤓
• Learn the rhyme words for our note values.
• Complete the questions on our worksheet.
Listen to some music and enjoy your weekend!!
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