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Music 2 Handouts
Lesson 1: Sound and Silence
The things in our surroundings produce different sounds. Sound is a type of
energy made by the vibrations that travel through the air. A fast vibration
creates a high note. A slow vibration creates a low note.
Our ears allow us to hear these high and low notes. This is why it is
important that we take good care of our ears.
Sometimes, we must take a break from all the noise by being silent. Silence
means the absence of sound. It is when music stops or at rest. Our ears help us
recognize the difference between sound and silence.
Sounds can be pleasant or unpleasant. Sounds that are nice or pleasing to
hear are called pleasant sounds. A combination of pleasant sounds create music.
On the other hand, sounds that are displeasing to hear are unpleasant sounds.
Unpleasant sounds are called noise.

Lesson 2: Steady Beat

Most people love listening to music. When we hear it, we nod our head, tap
the table, or snap our fingers along with the beat. Music has movement too. We
feel it through the beats that we hear. It moves in a regular and steady manner.
The regular sound or beat we hear is what we call rhythm. Rhythm is the
“beat” of music. It is a regular pattern of long and short notes. Rhythm is often
referred to as the “heartbeat” of music. Each beat is represented by a beat stick.

Music is like a Math. We must know how to count correctly so we

can have good music. But unlike in math, we only have a few numbers in
music.

Lesson 3: Rhythmic Pattern

Music uses signs and symbols. These signs and symbols help us read
and understand music better. They are arranged in special ways to give
us beautiful sounds.
In music, the walking beat , running beat ,and silent

Beat symbolize movement in music.

 We have learned about the steady beat in music in the previous
lesson. The steady beat is the regular and equal time a sound is made.

We use the walking note to represent a steady beat. We may

say ta for each note. Study the example below.

ta ta ta ta ta

The silent beat is the period of silence in music. It also

called rest. The symbol for silent beat is . You may say sh for each
silent beat. Study the example below.

ta sh ta sh ta

Two short and faster sound is represented by a running

note . We may say ti-ti for each note. Study the example below.

ta ti-ti ta ti-ti ta

The combination of the different kinds of beat is called

rhythmic pattern. Rhythmic patterns give beauty and meaning to music.
They make the sound of music more pleasing to hear.

Lesson 4: Ostinato

In music, an ostinato is a musical pattern that is repeated

over and over again without change. The repeating idea may be a
rhythmic pattern, a part of a tune, or a complete melody in itself.
 When a repeated rhythm is played throughout a musical
piece, we call it ostinato (plural: ostinati) rhythm.

In some musical pieces, we can hear layers of different

ostinati. This makes the texture of music interesting.

CHAPTER 2

Lesson 1: Pitch

In the previous unit, we studied about the different sounds

in music. This time, we will study the highness or lowness of sound which
is called pitch. Most women have a high- pitched voice while men have
lower pitch.

Pitch is represented by a note. Notes are written on the

staff.

Illustrate below are the parts of a musical note.

 A staff has five lines and four spaces. We always begin
counting from the bottom.

Each line and space has a letter name. These are the first seven letters
we borrowed from the alphabet. They are A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
The line and space names are called letter or pitch names.

The treble Clef or G- Clef indicates high pitch.

The Bass Clef or F- Clef indicates low pitch.

 Lesson 2:

Simple Melodic Lines

Lines are used to make a staff. Notes are written on the staff to
form a distinctive sequence or patterns. We call it melodic patterns in
music. Notes also move in patterns within the staff. Notes may move up
or down, as if stepping up or down ladder. We call them stepping tones
because they move in every line and space of the staff. Notes also skip
like a grasshopper. We call them skipping tones. They also move in
every line and space of the staff. Notes may move in a straight line or
may also be repeated several times. We call them repeated tones.