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Creating a Rhythm composition. Rhythm: The arrangement of long and short sounds within a beat . Composer: Someone who creates music. Notation: A set of written symbols used to represent music Composition: A piece of music. Rhythm Notation Vocabulary. Whole Note Dotted Half Note
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Creating a Rhythm composition Rhythm: The arrangement of long and short sounds within a beat. Composer: Someone who creates music. Notation: A set of written symbols used to represent music Composition: A piece of music
Rhythm Notation Vocabulary • Whole Note • Dotted Half Note • Half Note • Quarter Note • Eighth Note • Sixteenth Note • Whole Rest • Half Rest • Quarter Rest • Eight Rest
Notation Vocabulary • Time Signature: Shows the beat of the music and how many beats per measure • Bar line: Divides music into measures • Double Bar Line: Shows the end of the composition • Repeat Sign: Shows to repeat the composition or a section of the composition • Measure: The group of music in between bar lines
Find the following in the composition: Whole Note Half Note Quarter Note Eight Note Sixteenth Note Time Signature Bar Line Measure Double Bar Line Repeat Sign
Complete this pyramid so that each line equals four beats. Remember each note has a different number value of beats.
Let’s compose a Rhythm Composition together…. Requirements: 4 measures long in 4/4 time. Use at least four different rhythms/rests. Make a “final- sounding” ending.
Rhythm Packet Practice • With a partner create four measures of rhythm in 4/4 time. • When done, raise your hand for me to check the math. • If correct, practice counting what you created while clapping the rhythm together (Help each other…you should sound like one person!). • Make sure you are starting together, staying together and stopping together.
Rhythm Composition #1 Task: Create, notate and perform a rhythm composition with a partner. Step 1 • Using the rhythm packets, create a rhythm composition with your partner. • As you create, work together towards an interesting composition Composition Requirements: • 4 measures long in 4/4 time. • Use at least four different rhythms/rests. • Make a “final- sounding” ending. • Step 2 • Notate your composition clearly so that anyone else could read and perform it. • Reflect on the “Notating your Composition” Rubric before handing in your composition. • Hand in final copy. • Step 3 • You will get your final copy of your composition back. • Select rhythm instruments to perform your composition for the class. • Practice, reflecting on the “Performing your Composition” Rubric • Perform your composition from your notation with instruments.