Music 6

Music – Grade 6
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Notes and Rests
First Edition, 2020

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 Music 6
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 1
Notes and Rests

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Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Music 6 Self-Learning Module on Notes and Rests!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims
to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Music Self-Learning Module on Notes and Rests!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an
active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations – This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest – This measures your prior knowledge aboutthe lesson

at hand.

Recap – This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson – This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities – This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up – This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing – This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest – This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.

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 EXPECTATIONS

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify the notes and rests used in a song;
2. give the values of notes and rests; and
3. appreciate the importance of using the notes and rests in a song.

PRETEST

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. The regular repeated patterns of movement or sound, primarily

according to duration or periodical stress is
a. beat c. rest
b. note d. rhythm

2. The musical symbol that is used to represent sound is

a. beat c. rest
b. note d. rhythm

3. The heartbeat of any musical composition that is heard, felt, and

observed in music is known as
a. beat c. rest
b. note d. rhythm

4. The note that receives one (1) beat is

a. eighth note c. quarter note
b. half note d. whole note

5. The note that receives three (3) beat is

a. dotted eighth note c. dotted quarter note
b. dotted half note d. dotted whole note

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 RECAP

The response of your body to a song represents its beat. Remember

that the beat is the regular repetition of pulses that you can observe in
music. It is the heartbeat of any musical composition.
Try to snap your fingers. What can you hear or observe? Does
snapping form a sound or music? Does it respond to any rhythm? What
other activities you do that show response to rhythm?

LESSON
Music is composed of different notes and rests to represent sound and
silence. These notes and rests are placed on the staff, a musical symbol
that is composed of five lines and four spaces. They express movements in
music. This movement makes the music to be felt, heard, and observed.
This movement is what we know as rhythm.

Rhythm is made up of regular repeated patterns of sounds. It is also a

systematic arrangement of sounds, primarily according to duration and
periodical stress. It can be observed in most of your daily activities.

Notes are used to represent sounds. The musicians used them to

identify the tone and duration of sounds. Each note has specific time values
or the number of beats to receive. The flow of the notes forms a pattern that
can be observed. This pattern, called the beat, is regularly heard and felt
which makes up the rhythm of the song.

At the
right is the Note
Family Tree.
This shows the
relationship
between and
among the
notes and their
equivalence.

Figure 1.1 Note Family Tree.

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 In any music score, you will notice the notes that are used in it. Some
use inverted notes. They are the notes written upturned to avoid placing
most of their parts outside the staff. They are placed on the third line of the
staff or above. See the examples below.

Figure 1.2 Sample Inverted Notes.

In some cases, the beamed notes are used in music score. They are
used to group notes with flag or hook, such as the eighth and sixteenth
notes. The beamed eighth notes ( ) are the same as two eighth notes.
They are equivalent to one (1) quarter note, so they will also receive one (1)
beat. The beamed sixteenth notes ( ) are also the same as a quarter
note.

Rest represents
silence in music. The
musicians let them
identify the duration
of silence in any song
to be played or sung.

This time,
study the Rest Family
Tree below. This
shows the
relationship between and among the rests and their equivalence.

Figure 1.3 Rest Family Tree.

A dotted note can also be used in a music score. It is a note that has
a dot after it. A dot
in the note means
that you will add up
one-half (1) of the
2
preceding note
value to its original
value. It is the same
as any dotted rest.
See the tree at the
right.

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 Figure 1.4 Dotted Note Family Tree.

The dotted
rests, as shown at
the right side, are
the same as the
dotted notes when
it comes to
values.

Figure 1.5 Dotted

Rest Family Tree.

Study the table below. This shows the values of each note and rest.

Table 1.1 Values of Notes and Rests

Symbols Number of beats to

Name
Note Rest receive (time values)

Whole 4

Half 2

Quarter 1
1
Eighth
2
1
Sixteenth
4
Dotted whole 6

Dotted half 3

Dotted quarter 1
12
3
Dotted eighth
4
3
Dotted sixteenth
8

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 Beamed eighth - 1

Beamed sixteenth - 1

ACTIVITIES

A. Study the music score below. Then, answer the questions by writing
the name of the note that is asked for.

1. What is the first note used in the score?

2. What is the second note seen in the score?
3. What inverted notes do you see in it?
4. What is the only dotted note used in the song?
5. What is the last note of the score?

B. The staff below has notes and rests. Identify them and write your
answers on the lines provided.

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2.
3.
4.
5.
C. Below is the musical score of “Sayaw at Awit”. Name the encircled
notes and rests used in the song. Write them on a piece of paper.

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 WRAP-UP

How will you differentiate notes from rests? What is their importance
in music?

VALUING

The song “Love for Parents” talks about how the writer loves his
mother and father. Do you love your parents, too? Why? What do they do to
protect and care for you during these pandemic times? How will you show
your love for them?

POSTTEST

Multiple Choices

Study the music score below. Then read each question carefully. Choose
and write the letter of the correct answer on your paper.

1. What is the first note used in the score?

a. Dotted half note
b. Dotted quarter note
c. Half note
d. Quarter note

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 2. What is the last note used in the score?
a. Dotted half note
b. Dotted quarter note
c. Half note
d. Quarter note

3. What is the only rest used in the score?

a. Dotted half rest
b. Dotted quarter rest
c. Half rest
d. Quarter rest

4. How many beats does the first note receive?

a. 4 c. 1
b. 3 d. ½

5. How many beats will the last note receive?

a. 1
2 c. 2
a. 1 d. 3

KEY TO CORRECTION

Dotted half note 5. D 5.

Eighth note 4. C 4.
Quarter rest 3. B 3.
Half note 2. A 2.
Dotted quarter note 1. D 1.
ACTIVITY C POSTTEST

5. Dotted whole note Whole note 5.

note Dotted half note 4. B 5.
Dotted sixteenth 4. quarter notes C 4.
Half rest 3. Half notes and 3. A 3.
2. Eighth rest Half note 2. B 2.
1. Dotted half note Whole note 1. D 1.
ACTIVITY B ACTIVITY A PRE TEST

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 References

Ferrer, Edgar R. et. al (2013). MAPEH and Me 6. Quezon City: Missionbook

Publishing, Inc.
Manuguid, Alvin P. et. al (2016). Prototype Lesson Plans in Music, Arts,
Physical Education and Health 5 with Supplementary Materials. Pasig City:
Local Government Unit of Pasig City in cooperation with the Schools
Division of Pasig City
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Group, Inc.
Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (n.d.). Compound Time.
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