FIRST QUARTER

WEEK 2: LESSON 1

RHYTHM
WEEK 2 BEAT AND TEMPO
At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

1. Identify and compare the value of the

WHOLE NOTE, HALF NOTE and QUARTER NOTE.
2. Identify and Perform simple rhythm.
3. Identify and compare FAST and SLOW TEMPO
4. Perform FAST and SLOW Tempo

RHYTHM
WEEK 2 RHYTHM AND BEAT
RHYTHM is everywhere!
All you have to do is to feel and enjoy it.

Now try putting your right hand

on your chest and feel the beat
of your heart

As we feel our heart beat, we can say that

RHYTHM our pulse is constant and stable.
In music we call that constant PULSE as
BEAT
WEEK 2 RHYTHM AND BEAT

The BEAT of music is the pulse of music that

keep the rhythm together.
RHYTHM It is steady and does not change.
The steady pulse moves repeatedly like our
heartbeat or like the ticking of the clock.
WEEK 2 LONG & SHORT BEATS
Pulses / Beat in music can either be long or
short. When we create long and short beats,
and combine them with long and short
duration of silences we create RHYTHMIC
PATTERNS
EXAMPLE: Considering these hearts represent beat

RHYTHM
To be able to create a beat pattern I'll prolong some of the beats and
some part we will insert silence.

SHORT LONG SILENCE

BEATS BEATS LONG and SHORT beats + SILENCE = Rhythmic Pattern
WEEK 2 NOTES & RESTS
Now let's replace these heart beats with music symbols
To represent the duration of sound we have the NOTES
To represent the duration of silence we have the RESTS

NOTES RESTS
SOUND SILENCE

WHOLE
LONG
4
BEATS

RHYTHM
HALF
2

SHORT
BEAT QUARTER
1
WEEK 2 TEMPO

RHYTHM FAST SLOW

Tempo refers to the SPEED of the song.

WEEK 2 IDENTIFYING SPEED

Instead of saying fast or slow, we use italian words to describe speed.

109-132 BPM 40-60 BPM

ALLEGRO = FAST LARGO = SLOW

fast, quickly
Allegro means Largo means
slow. We can
RHYTHM and bright. We can think of think of a turtle when we
a rabbit when we see see LARGO to remind us to
ALLEGRO to remind us to slow down
METRONOME go fast.

Measures speed

WEEK 2 LET'S RECAP!!!

RHYTHM
BEAT
TEMPO
CONSTANT PULSE SPEED

FAST
NOTES RESTS
ALLEGRO
Duration of Sound Duration of Silence

WHOLE NOTE/REST
4
SLOW

LARGO
HALF NOTE/REST
2
METRONOME
QUARTER NOTE/REST
Measures speed
1

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