1. An Introduction to Music Grade 3

2. What you will learn
In this power point I’m hoping to teach you the basics of music.
Some of the things we will be talking about are:
Clefs
Rhythm
Note names
Also looking at an orchestra concert and what a French Horn sounds like

3. Rhythm One of the fundamentals of music is rhythm.
Rhythm tell a instrumentalist how long to play a note with the rest of the band.
Some basic note rhythms are:
Whole Note
Half Note
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Sixteenth Note

4. How to count rhythms In 4/4 time…
For a whole note clap on one then hold the clap for the remaining 3 counts
For a whole note clap on one hold on two, clap on three then hold on four
For a quarter note you will clap on each beat.
For an eighth note you will divide the quarter note in half so two eighth equals
One quarter note. To count this you say:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

5. Now you try and clap the rhythm
&
How did you do?

6. Clefs This is called a treble clef. These notes are
higher sounding and are played by instruments like Clarinet, flute, Saxophone, Trumpet and French Horn.
This is called bass clef. These notes are lower sounding and
are played by instruments like the Euphonium, Tuba, Trombone, and any other bass instrument.
This is what the clefs look together on piano music.
most of the time the treble clef is on the top and bass clef
is on the bottom.

7. How to read Notes
Music notes are composed on what is known as a staff.
A staff has five lines and four spaces.
Music Staff
These are the notes names in treble clef that correspond with the appropriate note on the staff. Once you get use to reading notes you can create acronyms to help you remember the order.
These are the note names in bass clef that correspond
With the appropriate note on the staff.

8. Now you try to read these Notes
How did you do?
E C B C F D A
G E C A F B C

9. Instruments
There are many different instruments that help produce music.
These instruments can be broken down into categories:
Brass Instruments
Woodwind Instruments
Strings
Percussion

10. Brass Family
Brass Instruments make a sound by buzzing into the mouthpiece and using their lips and valves to help them find the pitches
Instruments in this family are:
Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba

11. Woodwind Family
Woodwinds use Reeds that vibrates against the mouthpiece when they blow into the instrument.
Woodwind instruments have lots of keys so they usually play fast, quick notes
Instruments in this family are:
Flute
Clarinet
Saxophone
Oboe
Bassoon

12. String Instruments
These instruments use a bow and strings to produce the sound.
The bow goes back and forth over a particular string.

13. Percussion These instruments are played by striking an object.
The object can either produce a particular note or a sound.

14. Now you try…
This is a game to help you learn what different instruments sound like!
Your Teacher Ms. Ambrose plays the French Horn. This is a piece with a horn
piano!
Click the Speaker to play the piece

15. Music Ensembles There are many music ensembles some are: Band
Orchestra
Choir
Here’s an orchestra playing the overture to Rhapsody in Blue(Click on Video
Below to watch
the Orchestra)
Here’s a Marching band
Click on the picture to the right to
Watch the this marching band