UNIT 1
BUILDING MUSIC VOCABULARY ____________________________________________________________________________________________

LESSON TWO: Notation

In this lesson you are going to learn the musical vocabulary below:

Teachers' guide

 

MUSICAL VOCABULARY
Note duration Whole note Half note Quarter note Eighth note	Rest duration Whole rest Half rest Quarter rest Eighth rest

 

Note duration

Every note has a defined length or duration. See this box:

Note	Duration
	Whole note
	Half note
	Quarter note
	Eighth note

Activity 1

Look at the equivalence of notes duration box below and answer these questions:

Why a whole note is named whole note?______________________________
Why a quarter note is named quarter note?___________________________
Why an eighth note is named eighth note?_____________________________
Why a half note is named half note?_________________________________

If it is difficult to answer in English, use your mother tongue.

EQUIVALENECES

 

Activity 2

Look at this box:

ENGLISH COMPARATIVES

Short – Shorter / Shorter than Long – Longer / Longer than High – Higher / Higher than Low – Lower / Lower than As long as

 

In pairs, ask your partner to answer these statments below, and then make up some new more.

It’s shorter than a whole note. ______________
It’s three notes higher than the G note in the second line. ______________
It’s as long as two eighth note. ______________
Is a whole note longer than an eighth note?

 

Activity 3

Here you have some musical sums: work out the answer to each one and then change all the numbers into letters using the code box. If you get the answers right, you'll find that the letters spell a hidden musical word.

 

+ + = ....................................counts		1 = M 2 = R 3 = S 4 = B 5 = S 6 = E 7 = A 8 = T 9 = T
+ + + =.............................counts
+ + + = .............................counts
+ + + + = .......................counts

What is the hidden word? __________________

 

Beats

Beat is the basic unit of time that measures the speed of the music. It's a regular pulsation

How many beats per measure are there in the below musical example? ___________

 

Activity 4

Place the beats below the following tune and afterward tap the beats you have written meanwhile listening to the tune. Notice that you have already listened to this tune in Lesson One

 

 

Mairi's wedding

 

Activity 5 Teachers' guide

Now, you are going to play drums. Follow the instructions:

1. Count One..... Two...... Three..... Four, and repeat the pattern
2. Cross your hands
3. Tap the same pattern with your right hand on the desk
4. Now, do the same but tap your right foot on the count of One
5. And finally add your left hand tap on the count of three

You can follow this pattern, it might help you. This is the basic drums pattern for the most pop songs

R = RIGHT HAND                                       R    R    R    R

F = RIGHT FOOT                                        F    -     -     -

L = LEFT HAND                                           -    -     L     -                                      

Let's go to play along with the following tune: Auld Lang Syne

 

Rest duration

A rest is a period of time when no notes are played or sung.
For each type of note you learnt there is a corresponding rest.

Rest	Duration
	Whole note rest
	Half note rest
	Quarter note rest
	Eighth note rest

Activity 6
Teachers' guide

Listen to the music and place the right rest in the place that notes have been removed. Try to follow the melody internally.

Loch Lomond

 

What kind of rests have you written and where?

For answering this question use this pattern below:

ENGLISH PATTERN

There is / There are

 

E.g. there is a quarter rest in the third beat in the first bar

 

Activity 7

Draw the notes and rests requested in the box below:

Name or Time value	Note	Rest
2 beat note / rest
Whole note / rest
1 beat note / rest
Half note / rest
Eighth note / rest

 

Activity 8

Try to find some words or small sentances that match up with the rhythm you want. For example:

 

I am Peter    
You are John      
How are you?,   Fine       ,    

 

Activity 9 Teachers' guide  

Now write down all new words you have learnt. Classify them into music words and non music words.

 

Music words	Translation		Non music words	Translation