Welcome to Music!

By Mrs. Perry

Did you know that making music is a lot like cooking?

When you cook it is important to read the recipe and gather the ingrediants.

Music has a recipe,too!

Recipe for Music

The 5 Elements of Music1. Rhythm2. Melody3. Harmony4. Form5. Tone Color

The BEAT is the foundation of music.

The beat is STEADY like a heartbeat.

The RHYTHM is uneven. It is made of:

Sounds

Silence

Sound is shown by a NOTE ~ Silence is shown by a REST

Each NOTE has a REST of the same valueWhole note 4 beats Whole rest

Half note 2 beats Half rest

Quarter note 1 beat Quarter rest

Eighth note ½ beat Eighth rest

Sixteenth note

¼ beat Sixteenth rest

The MELODY of a song is the collection of PITCHES that make up the TUNE of the song.

The PITCH of a note is the highness or lowness of the note.

PITCHES can move in three ways:

DownwardUpward Repeat

The Staff

Notes of higher pitches are placed higher on the staff.

Notes of lower pitches are laced lower on the staff.

HARMONY occurs when 2 or more sounds are heard at the same time.

HARMONY can be created many different ways.

HARMONY adds texture to music.

We will make HARMONY in many different ways.

Ostinati

Rounds

Partner Songs

Chords

~Playing Autoharps and Ukuleles

Look around and you will see that our world is full of patterns.

Music is no different.

We call the patterns in music FORM.

AB

We label sections of songs with letters.

Sections that sound the same are labeled with the same letter.

Here are some song forms:

ABA ABC ABACADA

Which instrument would you use for a lullaby?

Yes! The FLUTE!!

TONE COLOR simply means that different instruments and voices have their own unique sound.

This year we will be learning about and playing many different instruments.

Each instrument and voice has its own tone color.

Let’s Mix-Up some good music this year!

ToneColor

Form

Harmony

Rhythm

Melody