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Music Notation - Kathy Currey In music lessons we have been learning about music notation. We learnt that a crotchet was worth 1 count in music and that 2 quavers are equal to a crotchet. We practised reading various rhythmic patterns. We learnt to say, “Walk” on the crotchets, (because they go more slowly) and “run-run” on the quavers, as they are quicker. We experimented with our own rhythmic patterns. Our learning intention was to be able to write a 4-beat phrase of music and to be able to read and clap it rhythmically. Matthew D managed to write a 4 entire bars of music (16 beats) and he also experimented with different pitch. Andrew R wrote his piece of music in style of Beethoven’s 5th symphony. This led to an interesting discussion about Beethoven’s admiration for Napoleon and how he dedicated his 5th symphony to Napoleon. Later, he became very disappointed when, after the French Revolution, Napoleon declared himself Emperor of France. This did not fit in with Beethoven’s beliefs, or the French ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity. Our next step in our learning is to perform some of these rhythmic patterns on the tuned instruments. After that we will combine several patterns together and make our own musical compositions. Finally we hope to be able to write down our compositions, using our own invented notation, called graphic notation. |
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