Fifth and sixth grade Music Classes October 2008 Music Basics Fifth and sixth grade Music Classes October 2008
Music is…… Organized noise
Melody the part of the music you recognize the part you hum….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7aQ8Y9xSss
PITCH The high and low notes of the music Think about a baseball pitcher
Melody - components Staff five horizontal lines and four spaces Clef Treble Bass
Music Alphabet – the first 7 notes of the alphabet ABCDEFG They repeat over and over again
Octave = 8 notes Oct = 8 (think of octopus, octagon) Ave= notes
Melody - continued Lines = egbdf Spaces= face
HARMONY the background to the melody this is the part that makes the song sound good. Animusic-Pipe Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gpJ1hVoJqU Scrubs –Janitor Barbershop Quartet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgnRca8tVu4 Disneyland Barbershop Quartet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQl0fcFP0cA
Rhythm The beat of the music It’s sometimes called “the heartbeat of music” Animusic Drum Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf1JX-X4uRk
Tempo How fast or slow the music is The speed PBS 39 Tempo! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ajqWSCekrc