Measure Up with Rhythm

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Measure Up with RhythmCompare Inches and MeasuresWhen the arrow appears, mouse click to the next slide.Click after last quarter note is played to transition to next slide.2

1 Behold! One inch will appear.1/2Behold! One inch can be divided in half!The purple section represents the first half of this inch. What color represents the second half?11/43/42/44/4Behold the inch!Four inch sections will appear.1/2

Behold: Inch markings will appear. 1234Behold!One music measure will appear.

You will see two foot taps appear for each half measure/half note. Four foot taps equal one inch/one measure.1234

Behold! Inch markings will appear.

Whole notes will appear.

Four foot taps will appear.

Behold! There are two foot taps for every half note. 14321/21/21/21/2Purple = inch (Half note = 2 beats) Gold = inch (Half note = 2 beats)

Behold!

Red = inch. Yellow = inch. Green = inch. Blue= inch.

14321/21/21/21/2 inch sections will appear.What group of four colors equals one inch? R__ __, Y__ __ __ __ __, G__ __ __ __, and B__ __ __ Behold! inch sections will appear.Quarter notes will appear.Foot taps will appear.

Red = inch/Quarter note = one beat. Yellow = inch/Quarter note = one beat. Green = inch/Quarter note = one beat. Blue= inch/Quarter note = one beat.

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12341234Inch markings will appear.

Measure numbers will appear.

Behold!Behold!Inch markings will appear.

One whole note = 4 beats.1234

Whole notes will appear.

Foot taps will appear if you click the space bar sixteen times.

Behold! Four quarter notes will appear in each measure on the music staff. (One measure = one inch. One quarter inch = one quarter note.)

One foot tap per quarter note will soon appear!Quarter notes = one beatBehold!Lets get down to the nitty-gritty!Watch a series of 1/8 inches appear.1234When you combine the lengths of two eighths, what is the combined length called? of an inch!Behold!Lets get down to the nitty-gritty! Watch eighth notes appear on the music staff.1234

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