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RHYTHM
BEAT
A beat is a steady, evenly spaced pulse in the music. You feel it when you clap your hands or tap your feet to a tune. The beat is like your heartbeat: you don't always hear it, but it's always there.
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Rhythm
A rhythm is a collection of short and long sounds and silences. When you sing your favorite song, some notes are shorter and some are longer. Often times, the rhythm of the music matches up with the words of the song.
Our Notes and Rests
This is our quarter note!
We read quarter notes as ta.
Quarter notes tell us to sing or play for one beat.
This is our quarter rest! It has an important job. The quarter rest tells us to be silent for one beat.
These are eighth notes.
We read eighth notes as ti ti.
Two eighth notes tell us to sing or play two sounds in one beat.
Can you clap along to the music?
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