Music 6.. First 2 Weeks Lesson. Hope to upload the rest once I am done with the slides.

1. MUSICAL SYMBOLS AND
CONCEPTS
Rhythm
Musical Symbols and Concepts
Notes
Rests
Meters
Rhythmic Patterns
Time Signatures
Conducting

2. Content Standards
Demonstrates understanding of the concept
of rhythm by applying notes and rests,
rhythmic patterns, and time signatures
Performance Standards
Responds to beats in music heard with
appropriate conducting patterns of 2/4, ¾, 4/4
and 6/8

3. Hello, music learners! In this lesson we will
study and apply the musical concept of
rhythm. Other things like musical symbols and
concepts will also be included.
1. Notes and Rests
2. Meters
3. Rhythmic Patterns
4. Time Signatures
5. Conducting

4. Listen to a recording of “Chua-ay.” Is a famous
chant by the Igorots in Luzon. It is sung by
females of the Igorot tribe in the Mountain
Province as they carry jugs of water on their
heads.

5. Chorus:
O-oweh, oweh, oweh, oweh!
Chua-ay talumalay, taku-ay, o – o weh!

6. Siya’y nakatira sa isang bahay kubo
Kubong nakatago sa likod ng bundok
Akyat panaog, pasan ang banga
Hirap na hirap na siyang magdala

7. Watch this video to have an IDEA on how to tap
or clap RHYTHMIC PATTERNS.
( refer to textbook pp. 4 )
2/4 da da / da-di da / da-di da-di / da-a
3/4 da da da / da-di da da / da-di da da /
4/4 da da da da / da da-di da da / da-a da-a

9. What makes music exciting?
Long ago in the jungle, the tribal
Filipinos, danced to the booming of
drums and the rattling of gourds.
When the Spaniards and
Americans came to our country,
they brought their music with them
and made it part of our Filipino life.
The beat and rhythm of Spanish
songs and American jazz and rock
and roll today may be different
from the booming of the jungle
drums, but much of the feeling it
creates is the same. As we listen to
it, we share some of the
excitement those jungle people felt
long ago.

10. What is Rhythm?
In music, rhythm refers to the flow, the
breathing pattern or simply the pulse in music.
Rhythm makes you tap your feet, clap your
hands, nod your head, and swing your body.
The first musical instruments were hands
clapping together and feet beating time.
Today, we still clap our hands to the beat of a
song. Our feet still beat time to the exciting
rhythm of a march or a dancing tune.

11. What are the kinds of notes and rests and
their values?
( refer to textbook )
Listen to the recording

15. Have student look up on their textbooks
regarding the values for notes and rests.
Sound / Silence
Whole = 4 beats of
Half = 2 beats of
Quarter = 1 beat
Eight = ½ beat
Sixteenth = ¼ beat
Thirty Second = 1/8 beat

16. What is a beat?
Beat is the most basic unit of time in music. It
is used as a measure to regulate the duration
of individual tone. It also serves as a guide in
combining notes of varied durations. Each
tone may be equal to one beat. Some tones
may be equal to several beats or just a
fraction of a beat.

17. What are the symbols used for accented beats
and unaccented beats?
Rhythm is the movement of sound with
accented and unaccented beats in a musical
composition. The strong beat which is
stressed or accented is represented by the
symbol ( > ) and the weak beat is unstressed
or unaccented has no symbol used.

18. What is meter?
Meter consists from the Greek word,
“metron” which means measure.
Meter is the grouping of beats in a measure. It
is a repetitive pattern of stresses or beats that
provides the pulse of music.

19. What are the differences between simple
meter and compound meter?
A. Simple meter is grouped by duple ( two ),
triple ( three ) or by quadruple ( four )
( See sample in RBS pp. 6 )
B. Compound meter is grouped into three’s ( 3/8
), six’s ( 6/8 ), and nine’s ( 9/8 ) beats.
( See sample in RBS pp. 7 )

20. The word Music, is derived from the Greek
work “mousike” meaning “the art of muse”.
Muse is one of the nine sister goddesses of
song and poetry and of the arts and sciences.
She is the spirit who gives to the poet or
composer her ideas and inspiration.

22. RHYTHMIC PATTERNS
What are rhythmic patterns?
Rhythmic patterns are the division of beats
into patterns of sound by clapping of tapping
the beat or a combination of notes and rests
in a measure. The rhythmic pattern is also
indicated by the words and syllables of the
words.

23. How do you clap the rhythmic patterns in a
measure?
( refer to pp. 8 ) RBS Book
The basic method by which you can learn
rhythm is by clapping or tapping a steady beat
or a combination of notes and rests based on
the corresponding beats or values on notes
and rests called rhythm pattern. They are best
understood in the following examples.

24. Another technique or style of rhythmic
pattern is with improvised echo. The class will
be grouped into A and B, or the teacher will
clap first followed by the Students.
( refer to pp. 8 ) RBS for the picture

25. How do you say the rhythmic syllables for each
note?
Rhythmic syllables are also called “French time
names” or, in French, langue des durees.
The French musician and teacher, Emile-
Joseph Cheve ( 1804 – 1864 ) was one of the
first to suggest that rhythm could be taught
using words chosen to mimic verbally
rhythmic patterns commonly found in
European music.

26. Refer to pp. 9 RBS for the picture.

27. Activity 1.1
Try the following rhythmic syllables
( refer to pp. 9 ) RBS