French rhythm and dotted minim
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NOTE NAME | FRENCH RHYTHM | NUMBER OFCOUNTS |
Semibreve | Taa –aa-aa-aa | 4 counts |
Minim | Taa - aa | 2 counts |
Crochet | Taa | 1 count |
Quaver | Ta-Te | Half count |
Semi-Breve
The semibreve has the longest duration compared to the minim, crochet and quaver
It has 4 counts or beats
Its French rhythm name is Taa-aa-aa-aa
When drawing a semibreve, draw a small round circle, the small round circle is called a note head
Minim
It is half the duration of the semibreve and has two counts or beats
This means that the minim is half the value of the semibreve
Its French rhythm name is Taa-aa
When drawing a minim, Draw the note head, add a stem coming out on the right side of the note head.
The stem is the straight line coming out of the note
Crotchet
The crochet has one count or beat.
Four crochets are equal to one semibreve
Its French name is Taa
When drawing a crotchet, draw a note head, but this time, fill the note head by shading it and then add a stem just the same way you did when drawing the minim
Quaver
The quaver has a half count
The French rhythm name for two quaver is Ta-Te
When drawing a quaver, draw the note head, fill the note head by shading, add a stem to the right side of the note head and finally add a tail or flag.
Tails or flags are always on the right side of the stem and points to the right
DOTTED MINIM
NB
The symbol of a dotted minim is
The dot added after the minim increase the duration of the minim by one count
The dot added after the minim is equivalent to one crochet which is worth one count
The value of the dot placed after the minim is therefore a crochet
A dotted minim contains three crochets
Therefore a dotted minim has three counts
Music symbols should be written correctly so that they are not confused with other symbols
French rhythm name of the dotted minim
The dotted written after the minim is half the value of the minim
Half of the minim is a crochet
The dot written after the minim is equal to the crochet
A dotted minim is equal to three crochets
A crochet has one count
The minim has two counts. The dotted minim has three counts
The French rhythm name for the crochet is Taa
The French rhythm name for the minim is Taa-aa
The French rhythm name for the dotted minim is Taa-aa-aa
Rhythms involving the dotted minim
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Songs with dotted minims
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We are climbing Jacob's ladder,
We are climbing Jacob's ladder
We are climbing Jacob's ladder,
Soldiers of the cross.Every round goes higher, higher,
Every round goes higher, higher,
Every round goes higher, higher,
Soldiers of the cross.
Sinner, do you love my Jesus?
Sinner, do you love my Jesus?
Sinner, do you love my Jesus?
Soldiers of the cross.
If you love Him, why not serve Him?If you love Him, why not serve Him?
If you love Him, why not serve Him?
Soldiers of the cross
Music notes and their rests
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My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
So it stood ninety years on the floor
It was taller by half than the old man himself
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
And was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped, short never to go again
When the old man died
Ninety years without slumbering
His life seconds numberingIt stopped, short never to go again
When the old man died
My grandfather said that of those he could hire
Not a servant so faithful he found
For it wasted no time and had but one desire
At the close of each week to be wound
And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face
And its hands never hung by its side
But it stopped short, never to go again
When the old man died
It rang and alarmed in the dead of the night
An alarm that for years had been dumb
And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight
That his hour for departure had come
Still the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chime
As we silently stood by his side
But it stopped short, never to go again
When the old man died
Ninety years without slumbering
His life seconds numbering
It stopped short, never to go again
When the old man died
RESTS
Periods of silence in music are called rests
Every music note has its corresponding rest
Each rest has the same duration of silence as the corresponding music note
Notes tell us to make a sound while a rest tells us to be silent for a given duration of time
SEMI-BREVE
A semibreve tells us to make a sound for 4 counts
A semibreve rest makes us to be silent for 4 counts
A minim note tells us to make a sound for 2 counts
A minim rest tells us to be silent for 2 counts
A crochet note tells us to make a sound for 1 count.
A crochet rest tells us be silent for 1 count
A quaver note tells us to make a sound for half a count
A quaver rest tells us to be silent for half a count
Clapping rhythm involving rest
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Aural interpretation of musical notes and their rests
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Creating and performing simple rhythms
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Creating rhythms using music rests
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Performing own and others created rhythms
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Rhythms are created using music notes symbols
There are many techniques of creating rhythms
We can create rhythms using repetition and variation techniques
We can also create rhythms using music notes and rests
Beat pattern
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Beats can be grouped into twos, threes and fours
In a rhythm, you can identify the beat pattern by listening to the occurrence of the strong beat.
If the occurrence occurs after every two counts or beats in a given rhythm, then the rhythm is said to be in a two beat pattern
If the strong beat occurs after every three counts or beats in a given rhythm, then the rhythm is said to be in a three beat pattern
If the strong beat occurs after every four counts or beats in a given rhythm, then the rhythm is said to be in a four beat pattern.
Identifying beat in songs by listening
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Songs in two beat patterns
Clap, clap, clap your hands
Clap your hands together
Clap, clap, clap your handsClap your hands together
Stamp, stamp stamp your feet
Stamp your feet together Stamp, stamp stamp your feet
Stamp your feet togetherTap, tap tap your toesTap your toes together
Tap, tap tap your toesTap your toes togetherBlink, blink, blink your eyes
Blink your eyes together
Blink, blink, blink your eyesBlink your eyes togetherBeep, beep, beep your nose
Beep your nose togetherBeep, beep, beep your noseBeep your nose together
Now pull, pull, pull your earsPull your ears togetherPull, pull, pull your ears
Pull your ears together
Reach, reach, reach the skyReach the sky together
Reach, reach, reach the sky
Reach the sky together
Now dig, dig, dig the ground
Dig the ground together
Dig, dig, dig the ground
Dig the ground together
Now see, see, see the moon
See the moon together
See, see, see the moon
See the moon together
Wheels, wheels, wheelsNow sing sing, sing this song
Sing this song togetherSing sing, sing this song
Sing this song together
Clap, clap, clap your handsClap your hands togetherClap, clap, clap your hands
Clap your hands together
Songs in three beat pattern
Rock a bye baby, on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock.When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
Rock a bye baby, gently you swing, Over
Over the cradle,
Mother will sing, Sweet is the lullaby over your nest
That tenderly sings my baby to rest.
From the high rooftops, down to the sea
No one's as dear as baby to meWee little hands, eyes shiny and bright
Now sound asleep until morning light
Rock a bye baby, on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
Songs in four beat patterns
This old man, he plays one He plays one on his old drum, oh yes, yes-yes, uh-huh
Well, he plays one on his old drum, uh-huh
This old man, he plays twoHe plays two on his kazoo, oh yes, yes-yes, uh-huhHe plays two on his kazoo, uh-huh
This old man, he plays threeHe plays three on his ukulele, uh-huh, yes, yes, uh-huh
He plays three on his ukulele, uh huh
Hear him play!
This old man, he plays fourHe play four on his guitar, oh yes (knick knack pattywack)Yes-yes, uh-huh (give a dog a bone, knick knack pattywack, give a dog a bone) He plays four on his guitar, uh-huh
This old man, he plays fiveHe plays five with his friend Clive, oh yes
Yes, yes, uh-huhHe plays five with his friend Clive, uh-huhTake it, Clive!
Knick knack! Paddy wack! Knick knack! Paddywack!
This old man, he plays oneThis old man, he plays two This old man, he plays three
This old man, he plays fourThis old man, he plays fiveKnick knack! Paddywack!
Improvising short rhythms on a percussion instrument
How to improvise rhythms
Listen to a rhythm played by a friend or in a song. Consider this rhythm as your call rhythm
Create your own response to the rhythm you have heard
Always maintain a steady beat when improvising rhythms
You can improvise rhythms on a percussion instrument such as drum
Improvising rhythms in two beat patterns
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Improvising rhythms in three beat patterns
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Improvising rhythms in four beat patterns
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