Clapping Rhythms

June 19th, 2009 Brian

In my post of 31 May 2009 I mentioned about clapping rhythms, and that no matter what duration the note has, each clap is short in sound. I did ask my students to sing ‘la’ while clapping each note ensuring that the ‘la’ sounded for the correct duration of the value of the note. This is the first time I have tried this with students and it worked with no trouble at all. I will keep using this strategy for teaching rhythm.

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Reading Music Notation

June 19th, 2009 Brian

In my last post on Professional Development Studies I mentioned about a text book containing information about music literacy. I included in my post about playing three notes E on the first line of the treble staff, B on the third or middle line of the treble staff, and F on the 5th or top line of the treble staff. After the student has heard these notes played by me, I would play them one at a time and get the student to write them down as a crotchet on the treble staff.  This week I will play E (1st line) G (2nd line) B (3rd line), then play them one at a time asking the student to write them down as a crotchet on the treble staff. I will write about the next step next week.

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