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==Resources==
==Resources==


==== '''Readings''' ====
===='''Readings'''====


* T. Rush. [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-rhythm.pdf "Rhythmic Notation."] ''(Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People).''
*T. Rush. [http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/notation-rhythm.pdf "Rhythmic Notation."] ''(Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People).''
* [http://www.musiccrashcourses.com/lessons/rhythm_notation.html "Rhythms in Notation."] (''Music Crash Courses)''.
*[http://www.musiccrashcourses.com/lessons/rhythm_notation.html "Rhythms in Notation."] (''Music Crash Courses)''.
* R. Hutchinson. [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/DurationalSymbols.html "Durational Symbols."] ''(Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom).''
*R. Hutchinson. [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/DurationalSymbols.html "Durational Symbols."] ''(Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom).''
* R. Hutchinson. [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/DotsAndTies.html "Dots and Ties."] ''(Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom).''
*R. Hutchinson. [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/DotsAndTies.html "Dots and Ties."] ''(Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom).''
* R. Hutchinson. [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/Tuplets.html "Tuplets."] ''(Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom).''
*R. Hutchinson. [http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/Tuplets.html "Tuplets."] ''(Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom).''


* MusicTheory.Net lessons on [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/11 note durations], [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/14 rest durations], and [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/14 dots & ties].
*MusicTheory.Net lessons on [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/11 note durations], [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/14 rest durations], and [https://www.musictheory.net/lessons/14 dots & ties].
* ''Contains British terms:'' Teoria.net lessons on [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/03-values.php note values], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/04-dot.php dotted notes/ties], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/05-rests.php rests], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/06-figures.php notes shorter than a beat], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/07-8-16.php eights and sixteenths] and [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/07-8-16.php rests], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/09-triplets.php triplets]
*''Contains British terms:'' Teoria.net lessons on [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/03-values.php note values], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/04-dot.php dotted notes/ties], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/05-rests.php rests], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/06-figures.php notes shorter than a beat], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/07-8-16.php eights and sixteenths] and [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/07-8-16.php rests], [https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/reading/09-triplets.php triplets]


==Class Activities==
==Class Activities==
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*Matching recorded examples to written rhythms
*Matching recorded examples to written rhythms
*Short rhythmic transcription  
*Short rhythmic transcription
*Beaming exercises
*Beaming exercises
*G. Biringer. [https://www2.lawrence.edu/fast/BIRINGEG/media/theory_funds/index.html "Pitch and Rhythmic Notation."] (''Worksheets for Music Theory Fundamentals)''.
*G. Biringer. [https://www2.lawrence.edu/fast/BIRINGEG/media/theory_funds/index.html "Pitch and Rhythmic Notation."] (''Worksheets for Music Theory Fundamentals)''.


==== Drills: ====
====Drills:====


* Teoria.com: [https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/rr.php Rhythmic Reading Drill]
*Teoria.com: [https://www.teoria.com/en/exercises/rr.php Rhythmic Reading Drill]


==Notes==
==Notes==
[[Category:Notation]]
[[Category:Theory 1]]
[[Category:Fundamentals of Sound & Music]]

Revision as of 19:15, 28 July 2020

This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Sound & Music module.

Objectives

  • Students will be able to play a short notated rhythm.
  • Students will be familiar with rhythmic symbols including: note shapes, rests, dots, ties.
  • Students will be proficient with basic rhythmic notation values (including explore to British equivalents).
  • Students will be familiar with tuplets.

Resources

Readings

Class Activities

  • Discussion of the symbology of rhythm in staff notation (including a short history)
  • Construction and performance of written rhythms
  • Rhythmic transcription of short excerpts of music from different genres and time periods
  • Beaming and substitution exercises
  • Rhythmic cell game where students repeat, imitation, embellish given rhythmic cells.

Assignments

  • Matching recorded examples to written rhythms
  • Short rhythmic transcription
  • Beaming exercises
  • G. Biringer. "Pitch and Rhythmic Notation." (Worksheets for Music Theory Fundamentals).

Drills:

Notes