1. 3rd Grade
Music
Book

2. Tempo
Tempo means Speed
Tempo can be either
fast or slow

3. Dynamics
Dynamics means volume.
Dynamics can be either
loud or soft

4. Pitch means the register or the sound of the music.
Pitch can be either
high or low.

5. Duration
Duration means length.
Duration can be either
Long or short.

6. Rhythm
Rhythm can be created when you combine notes and rests and put them into measures. You must always have a time signature to show how many beats will go into each measure.

7. are the symbols for sound in music.
Notes
Notes
are the symbols for sound in music.

8. Whole Note
4 beats of sound

9. Half Note
2 beats of sound

10. Quarter Note
1 beat of sound

11. Eighth Note
½ beat of Sound

12. Rests
Rests are the symbols
for silence in music.

13. Whole Rest
4 beats of silence

14. Half Rest
2 beats of silence

15. Quarter Rest
1 beat of silence

16. Eighth Rest
½ beat of silence

17. Measures
Measures are boxes
that the
notes and rests
go into.

18. Time Signature
Time Signature consists of numbers that tell how many beats will be in each measure of music.

19. Can you clap this rhythm?

20. Staff
A staff is 5 lines and 4 spaces that the music notes go up and down on. It looks like this:

21. A G Clef is found at the beginning of each staff. It looks like this:
A G-clef shows you where the “g” line is on the staff.

22. Do you know the melody on the next page?
Melody is a line of notes that go up or down on a staff to create high and low pitches.
Do you know the melody on the next page?

24. The musical alphabet is:
ABCDEFG
And
ABCDEFG.
It never goes past G!

25. Every line and space on a staff has a musical alphabet letter that belongs to it.

26. (Every Good Boy Does Fine)
The lines are:
(Every Good Boy Does Fine)

27. The spaces are:
(FACE)

28. When you learn… Notes Rests Their Beats 4 2 1 1/2 Measures Time
Signatures

29. The Staff
G Clef or Treble Clef
The Musical Alphabet
ABCDEFG
THEN…..

30. You will be able to read and write music
You will be able to read and write music. And, best of all, play an instrument!!!!!
YEA !!!!