Music 3

Quarter 4

Lesson 1:
tempo
Introduction:
This module discusses
about the speed of
music and contains
activities that help
pupils to have active
involvement in the
various creative
musical processes.
Objectives:
• Relate move-
ment to changes
These animals are having a race. Which one is more and variations in
likely to win? Why? tempo.
• Use the terms
fast, moderate,
and slow, to iden-
tify tempo
changes and var-
iations.
Direction: Identify the music if it is fast, moderate or slow.
• Applies cor-
1. Maningning na Bituin rect tempo
2. Leron Leron Sinta and tempo
3. Rock-a-bye baby changes by
following
4. Si Lolo Pilimon sa Marathon
basic con-
5. Kahit maputi na ang buhok ducting ges-
tures.
Tempo refers to the speed (fastness or slowness) of the beat in a song. It is also
called the speed in music. Some songs have fast tempo and some have slow.
Tempo makes a song meaningful. Songs that have fast tempo are joyful while
songs that have slow tempo are sad or restful just like the lullabies.
Musical speed can be compared to animal movements.

Tempo Italian Term Movement

Very slow Lento

Fast and quick Allegro

At a walking pace
Andante
(moderately fast)

Very very slow Largo

Very very fast Presto

Conducting in music
Conducting movements are important to convey meaning and shape by the
conductor to his or her performers. The leader of a band or orchestra use both
the hand gestures and a baton to set the tempo of music.
Below are the different kinds of conducting movements which are based on
speed.

Conducting movement
Bring your hand in a chest level position. Count
1 by placing the hand downward and count 2
hand in upward motion.

Conducting movement
Place right hand in front (chest level). Start by
moving ® hand downward count 1, then mov-
ing hand to the right side, count 2, and contin-
ue by moving your hand upward, count 3.

Conducting movement
Repeat the first hand movement shown in Fig-
ures 1 and 2. move your right hand inside left
count 2, move hand outside right, count 3, and
move upward count 4.

Direction: Match the words with their correct meaning.

1. Neither fast nor slow a. moderato
2. Tempo that is slow b. tempo
3. Tempo that is moderate c. allegro
4. Tempo that is fast d. andante
5. Speed of music. e. moderato

Remember:
Tempo- the rate of speed at which a musical composition is played or sung
Andante - to be performed or sung in a slow tempo
Moderato- to be performed or sung in a moderate tempo or neither fast nor slow
tempo
Allegro- to be performed or sung in a fast tempo.
Direction: Spot a picture that moves fast or slow. Put a (/) check on the picture that
shows fast movement and a (x) cross for those that show slow movement.

Assignment: Learn “Rig-a-jig-jig”. Sing it in accordance to the tempo marks writ-

ten above the words.
Rigg-a-jig-jig
Moderato
As I was walking down the street,
Down the street, down the street,
A very good friend I chanced to meet

Adagio
Hi Ho Hi Ho Hi Ho.

Allegro
Rig a jig jig and away we go,
Away we go, away we go;
Rig a jig jig and away we go,
Hi Ho Hi Ho Hi Ho.

(Take a video of yourself and send it to your teacher’s messenger)

Refences:
Lacia, Gerardo C. et.al. 2016, The 21st Century MAPEH in Action by REX Book Store
Pictures from the internet.