Transcript Rhythmic Notation - rhythmandmeterlesson

Rhythmic Notation
Mrs. Warren
McDonough Elementary School
Music is made up of two main components,
pitch and rhythm. The pitch is how high or
low a note sounds. Rhythm is the duration or
length of the note.
In this lesson you will be focusing on rhythm.
You will learn about various rhythmic
symbols and how many beats each rhythm
gets.
A whole note gets 4 beats.
w
The whole note just has a note head that is not
colored in.
A half note gets half of the value of a whole
note. Think of it like a pizza.
If the whole pizza has
4 slices and you are told
you can eat half of it
how many slices can you
eat?
Answer: Half of the pizza would be 2 slices.
1/2
1/2
A half note equals two beats.
note head
h
Stem
A half note has a stem and a note head that is not
colored in.
It takes two half notes to equal the same number
of beats as one whole note.
w=
4
h+ h=
4
2
+
2
A quarter note gets ¼ value of the whole
note.
Use the pizza again. If you
are told you can eat ¼ of a
a pizza that has 4 slices
how many slices can
you eat?
Answer: 1 slice
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
A quarter note gets 1 beat
q
A quarter note has a stem and a colored in note head.
It takes four quarter notes to equal the same
amount of beats as a whole note.
w=
q+ q+ q+
q=
4
4
An eighth note gets 1/8 of the value of a
whole note.
Use the pizza again. This
equation is a little more
difficult! If you are
told you can eat an 1/8 of a
pizza that has 4 slices how
many slices can you eat?
Answer: ½ a slice.
1/8
1/8
1/8
1/8
1/8
1/8
1/8
1/8
An eighth note equals ½ a beat.
One eighth note by itself has a flag.
e
bar
flag
When two eighth notes are together they
are joined by 1 bar across the top.
ry
It takes eight eighth notes to equal the same
amount of beats as one whole note.
w=
4
e+e+e+e+e+e+e+e= 4
½ + ½ + ½ + ½ + ½ + ½
+ ½
+ ½
Whole
Note
4
beats
Half
Note
2
beats
Quarte
r
Note
Eighth
Note
1
beat
½
beat
w
h
h
q
q
q
e e e e ry
q
ry
Music is made up of both sound and silence.
For every symbol that represents an
amount of sound there is a corresponding
rest that represents an equal amount of
silence.
A whole note rest equals 4 beats of silence
W
A whole note rest is a rectangle that hangs under a
line on the staff.
A half note rest equals 2 beats of silence.
H
A half note rest is a rectangle that hangs above a line
on the staff. It almost looks like a top hat!
A quarter note rest equals 1 beat of silence.
Q
An eighth note rest equals ½ a beat of
silence.
E
Whole
Note
4 beats
Whole
Note Rest
4 beats of
silence
Half Note
2 beats
Half Note
Rest
2 beats of
silence
Quarter
Note
1 beat
Quarter
Note Rest
1 beat of
silence
Eighth
Note
½ beat
Eighth
Note Rest
½ beat of
silence
w
W
h
h
H
q
Q
e
E
e
q
Q
e
e
H
q
Q
ry
E
E
E
E
q
Q
ry
E
E
E
Use what you have learned to figure out these
rhythm addition problems.
1).q+ q=2
5)
ry+ h=
3
2)
h+q= 3
6)
H+ h=
4
3)
Q+ry=
7)
w+Q=
5
4)
w+h=
2
6
8)
ry+ry=
2