Process

PART 1:

Get into groups of 4 thought partners. Once you are in your groups, grab a (1) computer, an (2) iPad, a (3) headphone splitter, and (4) enough headphones for your group.

Steady Beat:

1. Log in on the Quaver Website at www.quavermusic.com (Hint: the user name is your school ID and the password is your birthday).
2. Click on the Apps tab on the bottom left column. Click Quaver TV (located inside the music room).
3. Click on the Animations link on the remote. Click on Beat Gym.

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STEADY BEAT TASK:

With your partners, answer the following questions on the Padlet wall below.

• How is the steady beat important?
• Do we have to have a steady beat in music? Why or why not?
• Describe all that you can about the two types of beats based on the video.
• How might we group beats and why do we group them?

PART 2:

Meter: Beats can be strong and weak. Beats are organized into strong and weak beat patterns. These repeating patterns are the meter in music. There can be a meter of 2, 3, or 4. There is only one strong beat in each group.

METER TASK: Watch the Quaver clip below with Frank. Think about how Frank's feet represent a meter of 2. Turn and teach the members of your group about meter by sharing all you know.

PART 3:

Rhythmic Duration:

Rhythm is the long and short sounds and silences in music.

Duration is how long a note or rest lasts.

Review the notes and rests with the video below. After you finish the video, scroll down! You will learn a new note!

RHYTHMIC DURATION TASK:

With your team, divide into 2 groups: an X group and an O group for a little Tic, Qac, Toe!

1. Using the iPad, open the QStudent app. Scan the QR code on the board.
2. Clap AND count the rhythms as you've practiced in class and complete the game. The winner of two out of three games is the group champion.

(Extra challenge: If you feel these rhythms are easy, select Level 2 or Level 3 on the top right purple box!)

PART 4: Final Tasks!

Quiz: Complete the Quaver Quiz to check for vocabulary understanding! Take the printed copy on the front counter and work independently from your partners. Submit your assignment in the appropriate bin. Click here for a digital copy.

Composition: A composition is a piece of music that you, the composer, has created.

TASK: You will need to compose a 6 measure rhythm using Quaver's QBackBeat by following the directions below. Check out the rubric for a checklist of what should be included for mastery here!

1. Create using quarter notes, 8th notes, and 16th notes. You may also use whole rests, half rests, quarter rests, and occasionally 8th rests.
2. You will create 6 measures of music.
3. You will save your work so it can be submitted on the student tab in Quaver's Marvelous World of Music.

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