What are rhythms?

To-Do Date: Apr 21 at 11:59pm

Target Icon 1591488I can clap and count rhythms to understand and create rhythmic patterns.

Watch the clips from these two different musicals Links to an external site.. 

concerning Icon 2223285 As you listen, think about these QUESTIONS:

  • What instruments Guitar Icon 3215968 Drum Icon 1181834   Saxophone Icon 1645 Violin Icon 3011821 do you hear as you move to the songs?
  • How would you dance to each song  dance Icon 1713857
  • How are the characters dancing  dance Icon 1713857 to each song?

Links to an external site. Full OrchestramicrophoneWhat do I hear?

Links to an external site.African Drums       Jazz! microphone Links to an external site. What do I hear?

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ANSWER: You dance to them in different ways and each song feels different because of the way the composers Links to an external site. used rhythms Links to an external site..

QUESTION: What do the rhythms look like on a score Links to an external site.

ANSWER: Click on these links to find out.

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https://www.eemusicclass.com/view/notation?id=2508 (Links to an external site.)

https://www.eemusicclass.com/view/notation?id=3042 (Links to an external site.)

Notebook Icon 1272681   Respond in your notebook by writing some words down about how these scores Links to an external site. are the same and how they are different.  

Notebook Icon 1272681    Respond in your notebook by writing about how are the styles of the music different and how are they the same?

 

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Can I read and play rhythms?

A long sound is a WHOLE NOTE... 

Has 4 beats.  It looks like a donut with a whole in the middle and it does not have a stem.

If you cut that sound length in half it is a HALF NOTE:  Half Note Notes - Free vector graphic on Pixabay

A HALF NOTE has 2 beats.  It has a whole in the middle, and it has a stem.

Cut the sound of a half note in half and you get a QUARTER NOTE:  File:Quarter note with upwards stem.svg - Wikimedia Commons

A QUARTER NOTE gets 1 beat.  The note head is solid and has a note stem.

Cut the quarter note sound in half and you get EIGHTH NOTES:  Eighth Note Icons - Download Free Vector Icons | Noun Project

EIGHTH NOTES are beamed together with a horizontal line.  2 EIGHTH NOTES get 1 beat.  That means that one EIGHTH NOTE gets 1/2 a beat. 

Cut the sound of eighth notes in half and you get SIXTEENTH NOTES:  Sixteenth Note Resources - Beth's Notes

SIXTEENTH NOTES are beamed together with two horizontal lines.   4 SIXTEENTH NOTES get 1 beat.  That means that one EIGHTH NOTE gets 1/4 of a beat.

We put these NOTES in MEASURES Links to an external site. and most of the time we will group them in FOUR (4) beats.  We assign the beat to the QUARTER NOTE.  That means there are FOUR QUARTER NOTES in ONE MEASURE Links to an external site..

Measures and Time Signature – Piano Music Theory

We count a steady beat to QUARTER NOTES

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EIGHTH NOTES (twice as fast as quarter notes) we count: (link to sight and sound)

The eighth note (quaver)

 

sing Icon 2118809   Let's try it!  Don't sit is silence during this 1 minute video!  Chant along!  Just remember microphones need to be off.  No Microphone Icon 856579

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUtEg8Qxuxk Links to an external site.

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