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3 Grade
Music

Book
 Tempo
Tempo means Speed
Tempo can be either
fast or slow
 Dynamics
Dynamics means volume.
Dynamics can be either
loud or soft
 Pitch
Pitch means the register or
the sound of the music.
Pitch can be either
high or low.
 Duration
Duration means length.
Duration can be either
Long or short.
 Rhythm
Rhythm can be created when
you combine notes and rests
and put them into measures.
You must always have a time
signature to show how many
beats will go into each measure.
 Notes
Notes
are the symbols for
sound in music.
 Whole Note

4 beats of sound
 Half Note

2 beats of sound
Quarter Note

1 beat of sound
 Eighth Note

beat of Sound
 Rests
Rests are the symbols
for silence in music.
 Whole Rest

4 beats of silence
 Half Rest

2 beats of silence
 Quarter Rest

1 beat of silence
 Eighth Rest

beat of silence
 Measures

Measures are boxes

that the
notes and rests
go into.
 Time Signature
Time Signature consists of
numbers that tell how many
beats will be in each measure
of music.
Can you clap this rhythm?
 Staff
A staff is 5 lines and 4 spaces
that the music notes go up and
down on. It looks like this:
 G Clef
A G Clef is found at the
beginning of each staff. It
looks like this:

A G-clef shows you where the

g line is on the staff.
 Melody

Melody is a line of notes that go

up or down on a staff to create
high and low pitches.
Do you know the melody on the next page?
The musical alphabet is:
ABCDEFG
And
ABCDEFG
And
ABCDEFG.

It never goes past G!

Every line and space on
a staff has a musical
alphabet letter that
belongs to it.
The lines are:

(Every Good Boy Does Fine)

The spaces are:

(FACE)
 When you learn
Notes

Rests

Their Beats 4 2 1 1/2

Measures

Time
Signatures
 The Staff

G Clef or Treble Clef

The Musical Alphabet ABCDEFG

THEN..
You will be able to read and write
music. And, best of all, play an
instrument!!!!!