MS Music Unit 2

MS Music

Unit 2,

Lessons 4, 5 etc.

Mrs. Johnson

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.

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

​What I see:

​1.

​2.

​How to submit discussion posts:

​How to submit an activity or project:

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!

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:

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.

Best Friends

When we play or sing more than one pitch at a time (more than one note at a time)

​Harmony

Single notes that sound pleasing to our ears.

Sometimes called the "tune"

Usually hear this more than the harmony

Melody

Open Ended

What do you know about music notes already?

​The piano

There is so much more we can learn from the piano. The quarter note was our “home base” for learning rhythm, and the piano will be the “home base” for our discussion of melody and harmony.

There are 88 black and white keys on the piano. As we go up or down the piano, the frequencies get higher or lower. But even though there are 88 keys on the piano, there are only 12 different notes! Sound confusing? Let’s clarify.

A note is a shorthand word musicians use to refer to a specific written duration (like quarter notes or half notes), or a specific pitch (in this case, a specific pitch on the piano) that lasts a certain amount of time. We already talked about notes in terms of duration, so now we will talk about notes in terms of a specific pitch on the piano.

The Music Staff!

Remember.. We can see our musical notes on the Music Staff!

The notes go on the lines and spaces!

Multiple Choice

How many lines on a music staff?

• 2

• 5

• 4

• 7

Multiple Choice

How many spaces on a music staff?

• 7

• 4

• 0

• 15

Treble Clef Notes

• Every Good Boy Does Fine

• FACE

Fill in the Blank

Every Good ___ Does Fine

Musical Notes

• We have 7 Different Musical notes

• A, B, C, D, E, F, and G

• After that it just repeats!

Strategy!

To memorize what the notes on the spaces are...

Strategy!

to remember what the notes on the lines are..

Musicians don't always need to memorize their music before playing, they can also read it. Kind of like when you read instructions before following them, musicians will read the notes before playing them.

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​What are Music Notes?

Different notes are different sounds, higher notes will seem high-pitched, and lower notes will seem deeper.

What do different notes mean?

All Done!!!

See you soon!!!

​So what am I supposed to have done before class next week?

The Critical Thinking question from Unit 1

The revised Unit 1 Activity - write this out if you cannot do a power point.

The 1 Unit 1 Quiz - let's look at this in class today!

The Discussion 1 post from Unit 2

Discussion post 1

Discussion Topic

Please post detailed answers to the following question. Please use complete sentences.

You are a music teacher who teaches children ages two to four. Which musical element will you start teaching first: rhythm or pitch? Why?

Do not do the Unit 2 quiz until

after next week's class!

In the chat, tell me one kind of music you like. For example - rock, classical, country, rap......

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