2120123, 2552PM____ACFrOgDJ.wF PSBOrSexmsoesWIvRO2DIeVPEzWNgSOFIZUIBIGEODK| JppQEB.ROtppVowzXc-Enl«0MnxLT-4W_Gjo2d dah ial wa ey Cees (PART-1) eres Time values * Time values show how many counts a note lasts. Four common time values are Minim © 4 2counts W ¥ i semibreves, minims, crotchets and quavers. Semibreve o 4counts WW YY Crotchet 4 © Tcount * Pairs of quavers add up to one count. h They are joined together with a beam: Quaver dd becomes J) Yeacount * Exercise 1 Complete this table. Theory in sound Name of note Looks lke How many counts? Try clapping different time values while your teacher ora friend taps a steady pulse. Count the pulse out loud as you clap. Semibreve 4 Crotchet % Exercise 2 Circle the correct answer for each question. El Which of these notes has the shortest duration? d d d E1_ Which of these notes has the longest duration? ° d + [EL Which of these lasts longer than a minim? crotchet quaver semibreve EI How many countsis a worth? 2eounts —teount «counts EX How many countsis da worth? Bcounts counts count 2 | Discovering Music Theory: Grade 1 hrome-xtension:sloemmndcbidboiebinladdacbdmadadmihlip:/doc-00-8g.apps-viewer googleusercontent comviewerlsecureipdligd43yaterm... 1/62120123, 2552PM —_ACFrOgDJ-wF PS6OrGexmsoesW}yRO2DIeVPE2WNgSOFCIZUIBIGEODK| JppQEB.ROtppVowzXe-Enl t0MnxLT-4W_Gjo Exercise 3 Answer each musical ‘sum’ with one note. Smart tip J Use this note tree to + * help you with your ‘musical maths, IC] 4 4 d d 4 fi. wd J d Bars and metre + Rhythm is the arrangement of notes of different time values over a pulse. PISS FOS) OU Smart tip Watch out for the subtraction sums in JJ and a Ooo++e + The pulse is organised into bars containing a certain number of counts, or beats. This organisation is called metre. + We use bar-lines to make it easy to see where each bar starts and ends. + At Grade 1, we will explore bars containing two, three and four beats. Did you know? ———_ Double barlines are used at psd sisi s sd the end of sections of musi. Beats: 1 2 3 4 f1 2 3 4 Chapter 1: Rhythm (Part 1) | 3 hrome-xtensionsloemmndcbidboiebinladdacbdfmadadmihlip:/doc-00-8g.apps-viewer googleusercontent comviewerlsecure/pdligd43yaterm... 2162120123, 2552PM —_ACF1OgDJ-wF PS6OrGexmsoesW}yRO2DIeVPE2WNgSOFIZUIBIGEODK| JppQEB.ROtppVowzXe-Enl tOMnxL-AW_Gjo2a Smart tip The following hythms are made up of bars Containing two, three or four beats. « Exercise 4 mark thebeatsin the following rhythms by adding numbers. oP l Beats: 1 2 Bp sid A od Beats: ue pe wdssuins ° \ Beats: a Jims ina I Beats: Challenge! ‘Can you change the order of the notes in Exercise 4 [BJ to create your own three-bar rhythm? Write it down below, then see if you or your teacher can clap it while you count , 2 3' to the beat. Rhythm: Beats: 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 | Discovering Music Theory: Grade 1 hrome-xtensionsloemmndcbidboiebinladdacbdmadadmihlip:/doc-00-8g.apps-viewer googleusercontent comviewerlsecureipdligd43ysterm... 3162120123, 2552PM —_ACFrOgDJ-wF PS6OrSexmsoesW}yRO2DIeVPE2WNgSOFCIZUIBIGEODK| JppQEB.RO tppVowzXe-Enl t0MnxLT-4W_Gj ®B Time signatures: q a4 A time signature tells us how many beats there are each bar. At Grade 1 we will encounter the time 1 2 signatures used for music containing two, three or four beats ina bar. qe d J I + The top number of the time signature shows youthe 1 2 3 number of beats in each bar. The bottom number shows you what thetime value 4 J of the beat is. At Grade 1, this number is always ‘a’ i ‘which means that the beat is always measured in crotchets (). Exercise 5 Circle TRUE or FALSE for each of these statements about time signatures. EI The top number tells you how many beats there are in each bar. TRUE FALSE The bottom number tells you how many bars there are in each TRUE FALSE EX Ztells you there are three crotchet beats in each bar. TRUE FALSE E_ Thetime signature is written at the end of a piece of music. ‘TRUE FALSE [El The number 4 at the bottom tells you to count in crotchet beats. TRUE FALSE Common time: c Theory in sound is sometimes called common time. ‘Try clapping the rhythms in Exercises 4 and 6 while you When you se Cat testa ofa counter tap te best piece, this means there are four beats in a bar, ust as there are in ES Chapter 1: Rhythm (Part 1) | 5 hrome-xtension:sloemmndcbldboiebinladdacbdfmadadminlips./doc-00-8g.apps-viewer googleusercontent comviewerlsecure/pdligd43yaterm... 4/62120123, 2552PM —_ACFrOgDJ-wF PS6OrSexmsoesW}yRO2DIeVPE2WNgSOFIZUIBIGEODK| JppQEB.ROtppVow2Xe-Enl «0MnxLT-4W_Gjo2a e024 Exercise 6 Complete the time signature for each of these rhythms. a, 4 dus J dl ds 0s Bes Js ie sd id 4 le oO aa 1M AN His si BPI FW ns ssi Exercise 7 Add one note at each place marked y to complete each bar. oi, \d | - ld Beats: 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 oid id id id Beats:1 203 1 23 10203 102003 eid Jie 4 i) Beats:1 2 3 gid 1os354 Beat: 1 2 3 4 1 6 | Discovering Music Theory: Grade 1 hrome-xtension.sloemmndcbidboiebinladdacbsfmadadmihlip:doc-00-8g.apps-viewer googleusercontentcomviewerlsecure/pdligd43yaterm... 5/62120123, 2552PM —_ACFrOgDJ-wF PS6OrSexmsoesW}yRO2DIeVPE2WNgSOFCIZUIBIGEODK| JppQEB-RO tppVowzXe-Enl t0MnxLT-4W_Gjo2 Did you know? Remember! The time signature appears at the start of apiece of Inall these time signatures, music. You will only see another time signature if the =" beat number of beats in each bar changes. J Exercise 8 Add the missing bar-lines to each of these rhythms. The first bar-line in Eis given. pis J jd raid 4d I acl J Jo oJ 2d 1 SOS \ Ce ee ee ee ee ee ee ee | ai) J 32 34/45 I eis FJ 3d 2 JA! I nit J FIs J FOG I x Test your progress 9 mn How many new musical terms (e.g. bar’) can you remember? Write them hein x - ¢ Draw as many new time values and time signatures as you can here: “Yet. a Chapter ¥ Rhythm (Part ty 7 hrome-xtension:sloemmndcbidboiebinladdacbdfmadadmihlip:/doc-00-8g.apps-viewer googleusercontent comviewerlsecure/pdligd43yaterm... 6/6