![]() ![]() For example, if the child likes dinosaurs, the pictures might be “stegosaurus”, “T-Rex” and “STOMP!”. Using a topic that the child enjoys, find pictures representing words that fit into 4 semiquavers, 2 quavers and a crotchet. Tools: a computer and printer to find and print relevant pictures. picture rhythmsĪim: to recognise, clap and create rhythms using crotchets (quarter notes), quavers (eighth notes) and semi-quavers (sixteenth notes). Now go ahead a play the game - the student will have fun and not even notice they are learning note lengths at the same time! 3. Buy (or make) a blank die, and on its faces draw two minims, a crotchet, a dotted minim, a semibreve and a crotchet rest sign.īefore starting the game, write a “key” with the student to show that you move one place for a crotchet, two for a minim etc, and that you miss a turn if you roll a rest sign. This game can be played using any simple board game involving a die, but I like to use Snakes and Ladders. Tools: a blank die to draw on, and a Snakes and Ladders game (or any simple board game that uses a standard die). Musical Snakes and LaddersĪim: to teach note values of crotchet (quarter note), minim (half note), dotted minim (dotted half note) and semibreve (whole note). Now clap the rhythm that creates! As the student gets more confident, you can go over the 4 beats time and again, changing the number of balls in the bowls each time. Take turns placing 0, 1 or 2 balls in each bowl. Place 4 bowls between you and your student. For added enjoyment you can use percussion instruments too!Īim: to encourage kids to clap basic rhythms in time. A quaver is half the length of a crotchet, and comes from the Middle English quaveren, a form of quaven / cwavien (to tremble), from quave (a shaking, trembling)Ī semiquaver is half the length of a quaver, and a demisemiquaver is half the length of a semiquaver.Rhythm is a great area to work on with little kids, and these are all games I’ve played with my younger students, even those who can’t yet read or write.A crotchet is half the length of a minim, and comes from the Old French crochet (little hook), a diminutive of croc, from the Frankish *krōk (hook) or from Old Norse krókr (hook, bend, bight), from the Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (hook), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (tracery, basket, twist).A minim is half the length of a semibreve, and comes from the French minime (minimal), from the Latin minimus (smallest, shortest, youngest), a superlative of minor (smaller) from the Proto-Indo-European *mey- (few, small).A semibreve is half the length of a breve. The word breve comes from the Old French brieve / breve (brief), from the Latin brevis (short) – in medieval music the brevis was one of the shortest notes. The breve, or double whole note, does exist, but is quite rare. A semibreve is the longest note in common-use.The British English ones are more interesting, so let’s look at where they come from: The American English names are self-explanatory, and a bit boring. Their names are different in British English and American English. The commonly-used types of musical notes are shown in the image. As I’m doing this, I thought I’d look into the names of some musical notes and their origins. So now I’m going write out all the tunes I’ve composed. It’s something I’ve tried before, but couldn’t get the hang of. ![]() Yesterday I finally worked out how to create musical scores on my computer (using musescore). ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |