South Dakota Standards

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MUSIC

Standard Three: K-2 Benchmarks

Reading

What are we going to do?

• We are going to learn to read different notes and symbols on a

piece of “musical paper”

Staff• A staff is a set of 5 lines and 4 spaces.

• This is where the notes for a musical piece are written.

One note you might see on the staff is a…

WHOLE NOTE

• This note look like an “O” or a donut• It is held for 4 counts

Half of a whole note is a…

HALF NOTE

• This looks like a “O” with a stem• It is held for 2 counts

• You may see it with the stem pointing up or the stem pointing down

Next is a…QUARTER NOTE

• A quarter note is solid black circle with a stem• The stem on this note may also appear up or down

• It is held for 1 count

Even quicker than a quarter note is an…

EIGHTH NOTE

• This note looks like the quarter note, except the stem has a tail

• It is only held for half of a count

If two eighth notes are right next to each other, they will look

like this:

• Each one is still only worth half of a count

• ½ + ½ = 1• This means that it will take you 1 count to

play both notes

All NOTES, whether you are playing an instrument or singing, make noise

RESTS on the other hand are silent.

Just remember…Notes = Noise

Rest = Rest yourself (do nothing!)

QUARTER REST

• This is worth 1 count

These two are tricky…• a WHOLE REST is worth 4 counts• It is on the bottom of the line• It is like a “HOLE” in the ground

• a HALF REST is worth 2 counts• It is on the top of the line

• It kind of looks like a hat…so think Half = Hat

Lastly, we are going to look

at DYNAMICS:Most musical pieces also have different

symbols under the staff that tell you how LOUD or how QUIET the notes should be

played/sung.

There are two basic dynamic symbols:

PIANO

• Piano means quiet

There are two basic dynamic symbols:

FORTE

• Forte means loud

Some other dynamic symbols include:

Pianissimo

• This means VERY quiet

Or the opposite:

Fortissimo

• This means VERY loud

An in-between dynamic would be:Mezzo Piano or Mezzo

Forte

• Both of these are louder than Piano but quieter than Forte

Lets Review…

•http://www.musictechteacher.com/quiz_help_rhythm_rest1.htm

Fin! that’s the musical way to

say…THE END!