On Wednesday second grade classes tried out strategies for combining rhythms with different numbers of beats. Using the names of different dinosaurs, we explored the notion of accented beats and and long and short beats as a prelude to discussing rhythmic notation.
Meanwhile the third grade classes began working with notation as well. Songs like "Ding Dong Diggy Diggy Dong" are great for teaching how quarter note beats can be subdivided into eighth and sixteenth songs. The students began to "compose" different combinations of four and eight beats, an exercise I hope to spend more time on next week.
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