St. Joseph’s Institute, Inc.

Grade School Department

Candon City, Ilocos Sur School Year 2022-2023
A Basic Education Institution owned and managed by the Congregation of Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres

Handout No. 1 Subject: MAPEH 4

Quarter: 1st Subject Teacher: Ms. Marivic C. Villalobos

Life Performance Outcome: LPO1: Mindful, Self-directed LEARNERS and ROLE MODELS
I am a mindful, self-directed learner and role model, consciously expressing my Faith.
Focused Essential Performance Outcome: EPO1:Describe their unique personal qualities and thinking processes
and, explain how improving them can lead to better opportunities for learning and personal fulfillment.
LPO1, PO2.

In music, we use signs and symbols. Notes and rests are musical symbols. They are written on the staff. A
note is a symbol for sound, while a rest is a symbol for silence.

A note has the following parts:

Stem Hook

Head
A song is composed with the use of the different notes and rests. These musical symbols give long and
shorts sounds that make composition beautiful.

The NOTE is used to indicate sound in music and the REST represents silence. Each note has a
corresponding rest and a number of beats.

Here are the notes and rests with their equivalent number of counts.

Name Note Rest Number of Beats

Whole 4 beats

Half 2 beats

Quarter 1 beat

Eighth ½ beat

Sixteenth ¼ beat

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 Symbols impart information. Products around the world are known through the symbols or logos that are
shown on televisions, magazines, newspapers, and billboards. Likewise, this symbol - - on a product
means that it is about music.

The combination of the notes and rests make a

Notes signify sound while rests signify silence. good composition.

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ic Notes and rests can be combined to make rhythmic patterns. The whole note is the
symbase note which is the basis of all other notes.
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For example, a quarter note is a quarter of the length or value of a whole note.
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1. NOTATION is a system used in writing and reading music

2. NOTATION is important because it transcribes and preserves music and also
enables other people to learn and sing or play another person’s composition.
3. MUSICAL SYMBOLS such as Notes and Rests make up a music composition.
4. The values of notes and rests when combined make up RHYTHMIC PATTERNS.
5. The WHOLE NOTE is the reference note for the values of all other notes.