2.2 Rhythm

• What constitutes rhythm: pulse, beat and pattern
• Note values and rests with French rhythm names: taa-aa-aa-aa, taa-aa, taa, ta-te
• Time signature 2/4 in simple time
• Factors to consider when creating a rhythmic pattern in simple time
• Repetition of notes in a pattern
• Variation of notes in a pattern
• Body movements: rhythm in sports warm-ups
• Composing a four-bar rhythmic pattern in 2/4 time
• Writing four-bar patterns in 2/4 on monotone from dictation
• Sight-reading rhythmic patterns on monotone and appreciating own and others work

• outline factors to consider in creating a rhythmic pattern in simple time
• compose a four-bar rhythmic pattern in 2/4 time
• write rhythmic patterns in 2/4 on monotone from dictation
• sight read rhythmic patterns on monotone
• appreciate rhythmic patterns created by self and others

“What constitutes rhythm in music?”

“How are rhythmic patterns used in sports?”

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1. What constitutes rhythm
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   Rhythm is organised duration: long and short sounds and silences placed on a steady pulse in a time signature.
2. French rhythm names
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   Recite taa-aa-aa-aa, taa-aa, taa and ta-te for semibreve, minim, crotchet and a pair of quavers, including matching rests.
3. Time signature 2/4
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   2/4 means two crotchet beats in each bar; group taa, ta-te, taa-aa and rests so every bar adds to two.
4. Factors for a pattern in simple time
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Outline time signature, fitting values, repetition, variation, rests, and a clear start and end before composing.
5. Repetition of notes
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Repeat a 2/4 cell across bars so the pattern has unity that a class can clap, skip and remember.
6. Variation of notes
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Keep 2/4 and the pulse, but change values in one bar (or add a rest) so the four-bar phrase has interest.
7. Rhythm in body and sport
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use a 2/4 pattern to run a warm-up (clap-step, skip, bounce) and say how sports rely on shared rhythmic patterns.
8. Compose four bars in 2/4
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Write an original four-bar rhythmic pattern in 2/4 on monotone, using repetition, one variation, and a double bar.
9. Write patterns from dictation
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Listen to two- then four-bar 2/4 patterns, recite French names inwardly, and write them on a monotone line.
10. Sight-read and appreciate patterns
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Sight-read four-bar 2/4 patterns on monotone at first look, then talk about own and others work using repetition, variation and rests.