Maestro CH 1 RHYTHM & PULSE
Maestro CH 1 RHYTHM & PULSE
Maestro CH 1 RHYTHM & PULSE
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Pulse in music
Rhythm in music
Note values
• Notes are the individual sounds in music and each one has a value
or length.
• The different values all have a name and a number of beats.
• The number of beats signifies how long the sound is held for.
• We can also assign a symbol and a rhyme to each of the note values.
• Most of the symbols are made up of a head and a stem. The head is
the round part of the note and the stem is the straight line that comes
from it
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Note values
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Note values
• Quavers are the shortest note value we will learn about in this unit.
Quavers can be joined together by a beam.
• A beam is a horizontal line that joins together two or more quavers.
• A pair of quavers is the most common arrangement, but we can join
two pairs together if we need to, which makes a set of four quavers.
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Rhythm of words
• Rhythm and note values can also be applied to the words we speak
and sing.
• When we want to add rhythm to words, we try to pick note values
that match and suit each syllable.
• Here is an example:
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Body percussion
Pulse
Rhythm
Notes
Beats
Beam
Body
Percussion
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