Transcript Sound with a Plan (K-4th grade)

Sound With A Plan
Music
Vicki C. Bernard
Irvin Comstock School
Wellsboro, PA
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Zephaniah 3:17
• He will take great delight in you. He
will quiet you with his love, he will
rejoice over you with singing.
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• God sings over us and loves us. He
has a wonderful plan for each of us.
• He created the world according to
his plan.
• When people create music they need
to have a plan.
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Overview
• We will discuss four of the basic
elements or building blocks of music.
• We will see how these elements work
together
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Vocabulary
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Notes
Melody
Harmony
Rhythm
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Music has a plan or form
• We recognize the form of a tree.
• It has leaves, branches, a trunk.
• Music has a form including notes,
melody, harmony and rhythm.
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Sounds
• Sounds are invisible waves moving
through air in waves, just as water
moves in waves.
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– Notes are the sounds that we hear.
– Notes have a specific pitch and length.
Some are long and some are short.
– Notes on the music are symbols of the
sounds they represent.
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Melody
• A line of notes put together one after
the other is a melody
• The notes are the part of the music
that catches you ear as you listen.
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• The notes of the melody may go up,
down or be repeated.
• Interesting melodies have notes that
move up or down more than they
repeat.
• Good melodies are easy to remember.
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Melodies may be simple
• This is a familiar melody, it is easy to
sing and remember.
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Melodies may be
complicated
• The “Star Spangled Banner” has a
complicated melody. It is more
difficult to learn.
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Harmony
• Harmony happens when two or more
notes are heard at the same time.
• The harmony supports the melody.
• Harmony helps create a feeling or
mood.
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Rhythm
• The rhythm is the pattern of the
length of the notes.
• Rhythm may have a fast ,moderate or
slow speed.
• The rhythm helps the harmony
create the mood of the music.
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Rhythm
• Rhythm means musical time.
• It comes from a Greek word that
means flow.
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The composer plans how they will use the
notes
melody
harmony
rhythm
to create a certain kind of song. They create
something beautiful that they can share with
others.
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God’s creation
• God created us to follow his plan and
become the beautiful people he
planned for us to be.
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•The End
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