UNIT II

RHYTH
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PREPERED BY:
ROSELYN GUTAS
LESSON 1

MOVEMENT IN MUSIC

TUNE IN
Say something about the picture.
GET SET
Music has movement.
Count 1,2,3,4 and you have rhythm.
One kind of rhythm is your pulse.

Follow the pulse of any song.

Do these movements and feel the pulse.
These four sticks are beat marks.
Do four walking steps.
Here are more examples.
LESSON 2

QUARTER NOTE
GET SET
What you see in the box?
TUNE IN
Musical notes are used for pitches or tones.
There are four kinds of notes.

This is quarter note.

It is called walking note.
It receives one beat.
It has a shaded head.

WORK THESE OUT

Clap as you count these notes.
Feel the steady beat.

WRAP UP
Practice writing half notes.
LESSON 3

WHOLE NOTE
GET SET
A whole note is written this way.
TUNE IN
Whole note is a round-shaped note.
It has no stem.
It has four counts.
It is called sleeping note.

It is equivalent to two half notes.

It is equivalent to four quarter notes.

WORK THESE OUT
Clap as count the value of a whole note.

Did you clap once but counted 1 2 3 4?

Do it again.

Study the diagram below to see the relationship of a whole note with the other notes.
LESSON 5

STEADY BEATS (OSINATO)

GET SET
Are you familiar with these instruments?