Note Names
This type of note gets 1 count and has 1 syllable.
What is a quarter note?
This is what we call it when there is no sound in music.
What is a rest?
Say & Clap: a quarter note, quarter rest, quarter note.
What is "ta", "shh", "ta"?
Draw a rhythm on the board that has two beats.
What is a half note or half rest?
This type of note gets two counts.
What is a half note?
This type of rest looks like a squiggle or a lightning bolt.
What is a quarter rest?
Say & Clap: a quarter note, half note, two eighth notes.
What is "ta", "ta-a", "ta-di"?
Draw a rhythm on the board that has one beat and one syllable.
What is a quarter note?
This type of note gets 3 counts.
What is a dotted half note?
This type of rest looks like a hat.
What is a half rest?
Say & Clap: a half note, 4 sixteenth notes, a quarter note.
What is "ta-a", "ta ka di mi", "ta"?
Draw a rhythm on the board that has four beats.
What is a whole note or whole rest?
This type of note gets 4 counts.
What is a whole note?
This type of rest looks like an upside-down hat.
What is a whole rest?
Say & Clap: two eighth notes, a quarter note, a quarter note, a quarter rest
What is "ta-di", "ta", "ta", "shh"?
Draw a rhythm on the board that has three beats.
What is a dotted half note?
This type of note gets 1/2 count.
What is an eighth note?
This type of rest looks like a fancy number 7.
What is an eighth rest?
Say & Clap: a quarter rest, two eighth notes, and half note.
What is "shh", "ta-di", "ta-a"?
Draw 1 measure of music with a total of 4 counts.
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