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Rhythm notation Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not a torture, but a joy for the pupil; instill a thirst for finer music in him, a thirst which will last for a lifetime… If the child is not filled at least once by the life-giving stream of music during the most susceptible period-between his sixth and sixteenth years-it will hardly be of any use to him later on. Often a single experience will open the young soul to music for a whole lifetime. This experience cannot be left to chance; it is the duty of the school to provide it. Zoltan Kodaly Visual and Performing Arts Standards for California Public Schools Grade Three Content Standards Component Strand 1.0 Artistic Perception Read and Notate Music 1.1 Read, write, and perform simple rhythmic patterns using eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes, and rests. Activity One Using “Fanfare for Rocky” by Bill Conti --Walk on quarter notes --Use body motions for whole, half and eighth notes --Walk and use “kinesthetic notation” in various combinations --Eighth notes=both hands held shoulder high with palm out (or clapping), quarter note=hands clasped together, half note=circle at side (alternate), whole note=circle with arms that moves upward in front of the body) --Echo clapping games w/4 beat phrases Activity Two (body notation) Demonstrate rhythmic notation in 4/4 time using four students Each student w/hands together=quarter note Each hand=eighth note Two fingers on each hand=sixteenth notes Two students=half note Three students=dotted half note Four students=whole note Rest=hand down or hands behind back --Clap and notate rhythms created by class --Illustrate rhythms w/printed notes and rests --Demonstrate how to draw notes and rests (practice) --Work in groups of four to create and notate rhythms for the class to perform --If time, experiment with tempo, dynamics and articulation Activity Three (written notation) --Introduce written notation, either traditional or invented by class --Practice drawing notes --Practice drawing rests --Transfer body notation to written notation Extension if time: Use construction paper to create quilt square notation and experiment with different combinations. Activity Four (alternative to kinesthetic notation—sitting at desk) 1) Students will clap or tap the quarter note pulse to music with a steady beat. 2) Students will clap or tap eighth notes.. 3) Students will clap or tap half notes. 4) Students will clap or tap whole notes. Experiment with one hand tapping one note value and the other tapping a different note value. Assessment performance tasks In groups of four, students will perform and notate simple rhythms from nursery rhymes/phrases: Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater. Monkey see, monkey do Sally sells sea shells Rain, rain, go away As a class, students will notate a rhythm pattern with quarter and eighth notes and rests presented visually using body notation. In small groups, students will perform a similar notated rhythm by tapping or clapping In pairs, students will notate a rhythm pattern played or sung using traditional notation