1. Theory and Composition Unit 4, Part 1

2. Bellwork: Take Notes Tie: The tie combines the durational values of two or more notes of the same pitch using a curved line.  Consonant intervals are pleasing to the ear.  Dissonant intervals are not pleasing to the ear.  Dot: A dot extends the value of a single note by one-half of its original value.  Breve: A note that is twice as long as a whole note: 8 beats.  Here’s what it looks like:

3. Review Skills: Major Key Signatures

4. Announcements

5. Outcomes  Scholars Will:  Logic: Learn how rhythm works within the context of meter and sub-divisions.

6. Piano Power- Read the following simple rhythmic melodies- honors write out a left hand melody

7. Fill in the missing note  Complete the dot equations in your scholar guide:

8. Timing!!

9. Reading a time signature: How many beats What kind of note gets the beat

10. CFU: Whiteboards: Simple  How many and what kind of note gets the beat for the following time signatures:  These are simple meters because each beat can be divided into two parts.  For example 4  4 means that a quarter note gets the beat.  Think of a meter like a fraction. 1/4 equals a quarter.

14. CFU: Whiteboards: Compound  How many and what kind of note gets the beat for the following time signatures:  These are compound meters because each beat can be divided into three parts.  For example 6  8 means that an eighth note gets the beat.  Think of a meter like a fraction. 1/8 equals an eighth note.

16. 9 8

17. 12 8

19. Special Names for groupings of two or three  Compound: when the large beats in a measure are divided into three parts. For example, a dotted quarter note is divided into three 8 th notes.  Simple : when the large beats in a measure are divided into two parts. For example, a quarter note is divided inaato two 8 th notes.

20. Listening of the day  Composer: Rimsky-Korsakov  Genre: Orientalism  Title: Scheherazade  When he was  your age.

21. I lost my dog in the otters

22. Ottman: 57-58

23. Dictation

24. Rhythm

25. Work on compositions

26. Exit Ticket