1. Rhythm Review
8th Grade

2. Terms & Concepts
Beat: The basic unit of time in music; It usually remains constant.
Tempo: The speed of the beat
Meter (Time Signature): The pattern of strong and weak beats.

3. Practice Songs What is the tempo? What is the meter? Clap to the beat
Clap the rhythm

4. Rhythm
Rhythm: The timing of the notes actually played.

5. Simple Meter Rhythm Syllables (2/4, 3/4, 4/4)
Whole
Half
Quarter
Eighth
Sixteenth     
Ta-a-a-a
Ta-a Ta
Ti(-ti)
Ti(-ki-ti-ki)

6. Compound Meter Rhythm Syllables (3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8)
Dotted Half
Dotted Quarter
Quarter
Eighth
1&a 2&a
1 & a
1 & (a)
1 (& a)
1&a & a & a &a
1&a 2&a & a 2 & a &a2&a

7. Practice Rhythms
Name the meter & say the rhythm