Facultad de Lenguas y Educación.

Departamento de Educación
Dra. Victoria E Lamas Álvarez
Andrea González García

Rhythm
Musical Education
Index
1. Clefs 3
2. Notes 3
3. Definitions 4
4. Notes on the staff 4
5. Figures & Rests 5
6. Music Mathematics 6
7. Figure, equivalence & names 7
8. Words & music 8
9. Complete the sentences 8
10. Complete the following musical excerpts (figures & rests) 9
11. Ligatures 9
12. Equivalences 9
13. Dotted notes & Ligatures 10
14. Tempo terms 10
15. Additional notes 10
16. Find the mistakes 11
17. The stems 11
18. Point out the errors 11
19. Fix the stems 11
20. Accents in words 12
21. Time signature 12
22. Find the mistakes 12
23. Dotted notes 12
24. Time signature tables 13
25. Compositions 13
1. Clefs
Go over the dotted lines and practise in the same way the bass clef (4th line) and alto
clef (3rd line) on the blank staffs.

2. Notes

Write the names of the notes:

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3. Definitions
Complete the following sentences:

§ Clefs are________________

§ A staff is made up of ______________lines and ______________spaces.

§ A high-pitched note is located__________________________on the staff.

§ Notes are_____________________________________

§ Ledger lines are _________________________________

4. Notes on the staff

Write the following notes on the staff: DO’- MI- LA- FA- SI- RE- SOL

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5. Figures & Rests

Practice writing the following figures and write the corresponding rest (between 5 and
10 times for each figure and rest).

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6. Music Mathematics
Add figures when you find that they can be grouped into a single figure and write the
sum when you find a single subdividable figure:

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7. Figure, equivalence & names
Complete the following table:

Figure Numeric equivalence Name

Minum

16

Demisemiquaver

64

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8. Words & music
Write 4 words with a binary accent (2) and 4 with a ternary accent (3):

9. Complete the sentences

§ The ternary time signature with a quarter note in each part is ___________________

§ Bars with two parts are called ____________________________

§ A ternary time signature in which each part contains a half note is

called_____________

§ In a 4/4-time signature we can fit_____________________minums.

§ In a 2/4-time signatura we can fit __________________________quavers.

§ A semibreve occupies a whole bar of a ________________time signature.

§ A minum occupies a whole bar of a ________________time signature.

§ Bar lines are to_______________________________________

§ The pulse is____________________________________

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10. Complete the following musical excerpts (figures & rests)

11. Ligatures
Write ligatures where possible and indicate below the ligature to which dotted figure
the set corresponds:

12. Equivalences
Indicate the equivalences:
§ How many quavers equal a dotted minum? =

§ How many demisemiquavers equal a dotted quaver? =

§ How many crotchets equal a dotted minum? =

§ How many semiquavers equal a dotted crotchet? =

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13. Dotted notes & Ligatures

14. Tempo terms

Terms Meaning

Largo

Slow

Adagio

Calm

Allegro

Very fast

15. Additional notes

Practice writing additional notes:

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16. Find the mistakes
Cross out any incorrect names and write them correctly underneath:

17. The stems

18. Point out the errors

19. Fix the stems

Correct the stems and write them correctly in the staff below:

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20. Accents in words
Indicate whether the words are subdivided into 2, 3 or 4 syllables.

2, 3, 4

Singing_______. Music__________. Dancing_______ Stestoscope_________

Doctor________ Abacus__________ Protractor_________ Muzzle_________

21. Time signature

Indicate the time signature in each excerpt:

22. Find the mistakes

Point out the errors in the following excerpt:

23. Dotted notes

Complete the following excerpt using dotted notes:

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24. Time signature tables
Complete the staff tables:

Staff Beats (nº of parts) 2, 3, 4 Subdivision (2, 3)

2
4
3
4
4
4
6
8
9
8
12
8

25. Compositions
Compose your own music!
§ Time signature: 3/4.

§ Time signature: 12/8.

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 § Time signature: 4/4.

§ Time signature: 6/8.

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Staffs to make drafts

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