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3rd Grade Study Guide
Beat – the pulse of the music
Tempo – the speed of the beat in the music--largo, (very slow) presto (very fast)
Dynamics – the loudness or softness –piano (soft) forte (loud)
Rhythm The long and short sounds and silences in music.
***Sounds are called Notes
**** Silences are called Rests
****Duration – the length of a sound or silence in music
4 beats:
Whole note
Whole rest
2 beats:
Half note
Half rest
1 beat:
Quarter note
Quarter rest
***EIGHTH notes are grouped into 1 beat look like this:
****ONE EIGHTH NOTE
OR
GETS ½ OF A BEAT
Melody/Pitch – the highness or lowness of a sound. Sounds in music may be high or low,
move up or down, or stay the same.
Texture – the number of sounds that happen at one time—its “thickness” or “thinness.”
3.
4. TEXTURE
Thick – many voices or instruments
Thin – few voices or instruments
IN AN ORCHESTRA CONCERT, THE AUDIENCE SHOULD:
1. Applaud when the conductor enters the stage. 2. Listen quietly
5. Wait for the conductor to lower his hands and turn to face you before
applauding the music.
A capella- when you sing with no instruments as backup
Accompaniment- instruments that backup the main song
***Conductor- a person leading a group of musicians
*** Orchestra-a group playing all four instrument families
***Marching band- a group playing brass, woodwind, & percussion-- no strings
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***Folk BandGuitar
a group playing instruments that fit their home culture:
FOLK INSTRUMENTS:
Mandolin
Ukelele
Banjo
Dulcimer
Melody or Pitch
La
A Pentatone
scale is a 5
pitch scale
that doesn’t
use Fa or Ti
So
----Mi
Re
Do
A staff has five lines and four spaces
A Do clef on a staff tells you where Do will be.
(this one tells you Do is on the 2nd line)
In this song, the pitches are:
Mi
Re
Do
So
La
***** Scales list all the notes used in the song in order:
Pentatone
Scale up
Pentatone
scale down
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****Beats are divided up into groups called
Time signature
measures.
is the sign at the beginning of a song to tell you how many beats will be in each
measure and what kind of note gets 1 beat.
2 beats
quarter note
gets 1 beat
Another way to write
*****A Bar
3 beats
4 beats
quarter note
quarter note
gets 1 beat
gets 1 beat
is
(short for “Common Time”)
Line divides up the measures.
*****A Double
Bar Line tells you the song is over.
So a score would look like this:
Harmony
Round- all sing the same song, but different groups start at different times. (like the
“frog round” or“row row row your boat”)
Partner Songs-songs that sound good played alone & good played together. (Remember
when we split up in piñata song?)
Ostinato- a pattern that is repeated over & over to go with a song.
(when you do the “stomp stomp clap…” to “We will Rock you”)
Instrument Families
****Instruments are grouped into families by the way the sound is made***
****SMALL INSTRUMENTS MAKE HIGH SOUNDS LARGE INSTRUMENTS MAKE LOW SOUNDS
Brass
**The sound is made when the musician buzzes his lips into the mouthpiece when he blows
into the instrument.***
Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone
Tuba
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Strings
(a vibrating string makes the sound)
Violin
Viola
Cello
String Bass
You can either draw a bow
Across the strings, or pluck these
instruments.
Percussion
(sound is made by hitting, scraping or shaking the instrument)
triangle
cymbals
snare drum
tympani
bass drum
piano
Woodwind
***The sound is made when you blow into the mouthpiece and the mouthpiece vibrates***
** You blow across the mouthpiece of a flute. Clarinets & Saxophones have single reeds
in the mouthpiece. Oboes & Bassoons have double reeds in the mouthpiece.**
flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Saxophone
Bassoon
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24. A half note lasts for 2 beats. How long does a half rest last? ___
a. 1 beat b. 2 beats c 4 beats
ANSWERS:
1b
2c
3b
4a
5b
6a
7a
8c
9b
10 b
11 c
12 a
14 b
15 b
16 a
17 b
18 c
19 b
20 b
21 a
22 c
23 a
24 b
25 c
13 c
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