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Counting Music
- how music is measured and counted
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The Counting Music activity shows you how to count rhythms, and connects your knowledge of fractions and length to musical notes. Simply enter the notes and it counts the music with you. You can also change the time signature, email rhythms to your friends, and select between four counting methods: 1) Standard numbers, 2) Kodály rhythm syllables, 3) Gordon rhythm solfege, and 4) French time names.
How to play Counting Music: Scroll down until to see the activity below. Using your mouse, click on the
note and rest buttons in the same order they appear on your sheet music, and
don't forget your ties. Notice the ruler — it helps us see the length or
duration of our musical notes. As soon as you fill up an entire measure
(or inch), you may play your rhythm by pressing the bottom left button. To
select a different counting method, press the buttons on the far right.
Lastly, you may want to listen to some of Phil's favorite rhythms by pressing
the Rhythms button. You will hear examples from
Peter and the Wolf,
Morse Code words, popular
songs, rhymes, ancient
Aztec rhythm syllables,
and drum
language phrases from
Ghana and the
Congo. Now you're ready — let's count some music!
Technical Note: You must have Macromedia Flash Player 6 for this activity to work.
If you don't have it, you may obtain this free download from Macromedia at:
http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/alternates/.
Copyright © 2005 Phil Tulga
