2.  Patterns of duration and accents of musical sounds, moving through time.

3.  Closed/Open Notehead  Stems – Can go up or down from the notehead  Flags – always go to the right of the stem  Beams – used to join multiple notes with flags together

4. STEM NOTEHEAD BEAM

5.  Used to indicate silence.  Have the same time value as their note counterpart.

6. NoteRestValue Whole Note Half Note Quarter Note Eighth Note Sixteenth Note

7.  Notes mean nothing if you do not have a reference point:  Tempo marking (Quarter = ___ BPM)

8.  Ties = same as a plus sign  Dots = adds half of the value to the note

9.  Meter: a regular, recurring pattern of strong and weak beats (the pulse pattern of the music)  Measure: A rhythmic grouping that contains a fixed number of beats; in notated music, it appears as a vertical line through the staff.  Phillip Phillips Phillip Phillips  Billy Joel Billy Joel  SSB SSB  Dave Brubeck Dave Brubeck  Pink Floyd Pink Floyd

10.  The lower number shows which note gets the basic beat, 4 means quarter note, 8 means 8 th note, and so on  The top number shows how many of those beats are in a measure  3426  4428

11.  Percussion Show (“off” Broadway)  Explores rhythms and timbres using everyday materials  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzbB Kusq0iE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzbB Kusq0iE