MS Music Unit 2

MS ESMEC
Music
Appreciation

Week of April 17, 2023

Lesson 2

Mrs. Johnson

What do you see and what does it tell you? 1

​What I see:

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​How to submit discussion posts:

This week

• Student getting started – did you do this?????

• Unit 1 – the two assignments from
our last week class are due.
I sent you an email with the
detailed instructions. LOTS of you need to complete
these two assignments! These were two short
paragraphs you needed to write and submit.

Unit 2 – We are done with Unit 1- are you?

Unit 2

Elements of Music – Unit 2
• WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS UNIT?
• After studying this unit, you will be able to:

1.Tap the steady beat to any song
2.Recognize note values and rhythms when written
3.Understand how rhythm and melody work together
4.Describe how a piano keyboard can help us understand steps, scales,

and chords.

Unit 2 Activity - We will do this NEXT week - not this week. I just wanted to show you this!

Please record yourself completing the following tasks. Make sure that your sound is
on.
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear Grandma,
Happy birthday to you.
•Tap a steady beat. It can be fast or slow. Your beat should go on for eight counts.
•Clap the rhythm of “Happy Birthday to You”:
•Tap half notes as you count 1-2-3-4. Do this for four measures in 4/4 time

What you see:

What I see:

So let's talk music!

What if we were able to read music? What if we could pick up a new piece of music and sing or play it right away? What fun that might be! To do this, we need to get to know some of the basics – or elements – of music.

Why do different songs sound different? Why can we recognize and tell the difference between certain songs? There are two basic elements of music that make a song sound like itself: rhythm and melody.

Rhythm

The Rules of Rhythm

So, we know that rhythm means the pattern of sounds in time. These patterns must follow some general rules to make sense to our ears:

• steady beat

• time signature

Staff - 5 lines, 4 spaces

Notes - whole

half

quarter

eighth

ledger lines

treble clef

bass clef​

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​Music Theory

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Multiple Choice

What is this called?

• Bass Clef

• Staff

• Treble clef

• Half Note

Multiple Choice

How many lines are on the staff?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

4/4 time signature

This looks like a common fraction but is a time signature. It tells you how many beats in a measure (top number) and the bottom number tells you what kind of note gets one count. For example:

4/4 - 4 beats to a measure, each quarter note gets one count

6/8 - 6 beats to a measure, each eighth note gets one count

3/4 - 3 beats to a measure, each quarter note gets one count.

Multiple Choice

what does this mean?

• 4 beats in a measure and a quarter note gets one beat

• 4 beats in a measure and a half note gets 1 beat

• 4 pickles drive a car and the hamburger saves the day

• 4 measures equal 4 beats

​3/4 Time signature

Tap three times on your knee. That is a measure of three! We usually call a measure of three a “3/4 measure,” pronounced “three-four measure.” We will learn more about this later. Let’s take a look at a song that is grouped in 3/4 measure or time signature. The lullaby “Rock-a-bye Baby” has notes that are grouped in three. Sing or say the song while tapping on your knee. You will naturally be tapping in groups of three. It will sound like what you see below (the underlined words are the start of a new group of three):

Rock a bye ba -by
On the tree- top.
When the wind blows
The cra -dle will rock.

Multiple Choice

What does this 3/4 time signature mean:

• Three beats to a measure, each quarter note gets one count.

• Three measures in the song.

• Three out of four people will be able to read this.

• Four beats to a measure and repeats three times.

I only want you to read through Lesson 3 in Unit 2. There is alot of information here. There are NO new assignments.

I want you to complete the ones that were due in Unit 1. These are due this week!!!

Disregard the suggested due dates you have on your class. I cannot change them - we will catch up to them.

Check your email for the instructions

I sent this morning.

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​STOP!!!

​Exit Ticket

What is your favorite type of music and why - post in the chat.

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See you next week!​ Remember - you can always schedule a Zoom with me! Read your emails from me!