3 rd grade music book tempo tempo means speed tempo can be either fast or slow
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3rd GradeMusic
Book
Tempo Tempo means Speed
Tempo can be either fast or slow
DynamicsDynamics means volume.
Dynamics can be eitherloud or soft
Pitch Pitch means the register or
the sound of the music.Pitch can be either
high or low.
Duration Duration means length.
Duration can be eitherLong or short.
Rhythm
Rhythm can be created when you combine notes and rests and put them into measures. You must always have a time signature to show how many
beats will go into each measure.
Notes
Notes are the symbols for
sound in music.
Whole Note
4 beats of sound
Half Note
2 beats of sound
Quarter Note
1 beat of sound
Eighth Note
½ beat of Sound
Rests
Rests are the symbols
for silence in music.
Whole Rest
4 beats of silence
Half Rest
2 beats of silence
Quarter Rest
1 beat of silence
Eighth Rest
½ beat of silence
Measures
Measures are boxesthat the
notes and restsgo into.
Time SignatureTime Signature consists of numbers that tell how many
beats will be in each measure of music.
Can you clap this rhythm?
StaffA staff is 5 lines and 4 spaces that the music notes go up and
down on. It looks like this:
G Clef
A G Clef is found at the beginning of each staff. It
looks like this:
A G-clef shows you where the “g” line is on the staff.
Melody
Melody is a line of notes that go up or down on a staff to create
high and low pitches.Do you know the melody on the next page?
The musical alphabet is:ABCDEFG
AndABCDEFG
AndABCDEFG.
It never goes past G!
Every line and space on a staff has a musical alphabet letter that belongs to it.
The lines are:
(Every Good Boy Does Fine)
The spaces are:
(FACE)
When you learn…Notes
Rests
Their Beats 4 2 1 1/2
Measures
Time
Signatures
The Staff
G Clef or Treble Clef
The Musical Alphabet ABCDEFG
THEN…..
You will be able to read and write music. And, best of all, play an
instrument!!!!!