By the end of the lesson… I will have found out what dots mean for rhythmic note values I will be able to identify and use anacrusis I will be able to identify metronome markings and know what they mean

Subdivisions This is the table that we used last lesson What if wanted a different subdivision? What if we wanted a note that was 3 beats long?

Dots When we add a dot to a note, it immediately increases the value of the note by 50% (ie half as much again). The dot always goes to the right of the note.

Different dotted notes How many beats do these notes last for? 3 beats 1 ½ beats ¾ of a beat

Dotted Rhythm This rhythm is used often in music, as it adds up to one whole beat. It is called a dotted rhythm, and has a skipping quality. Can you clap this rhythm?

Worksheet Exercise 1, page 21 Mark together

Tied notes Ties are curved lines that join two or more notes of the same pitch together into one note of longer length.

When to use tied notes? The note value created does not exist You cannot fit the note into the rest of the bar, so the two notes are tied across a barline Where the note does not cross a barline, and the note value does exist, but to make it would confuse the grouping of the notes in that bar. Look at Page 22 for an example

Worksheet Exercise 2, Page 22

Anacrusis An upbeat. An unaccented note or group of notes that come before the first strong beat of a phrase. At the start of a piece an anacrusis forms an incomplete bar.

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