Note values
I am worth one beat, and I don't make a sound
Rest (Shh)
What finger number is letter C?
1
Ta Ta Ta Ta
Q Q Q Q
We are played by plucking, strumming or bowing a string.
String family
I am round, open in the middle and worth 4 beats.
Whole note
The name of the note in the middle of the piano keyboard.
Middle "C"
Q Q H
We are played by hitting or shaking something
Percussion family
If you split a whole note in half you get this.
Two half notes.
With what hand do we play high notes?
Right hand
W
We are played by blowing air through a reed
Woodwinds Family
It takes four of us to make a whole note.
Quarter notes.
Show all fingers and their numbers
1- thumb , 2- pointer 3- tall man
4- ring 5- pinky
Ti-ti Ti-ti Ti-ti Ta
EE EE EE Q
We are played by buzzing our lips on a mouthpiece while we blow air
Brass family
If you had two of these, they make a quarter note.
Two eighth notes.
Louis Armstrong, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach
Ta-ah Ti-ti Ta
H EE Q
We can be played with keys, but we can also be string or percussion instruments
Keyboards