Lesson 6 Composing with pitch and duration
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Lesson 6Composing with
pitch and duration
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BeatStop for a minute and feel your pulse. If you are sitting in one place, your heart will probably be beating very regularly.
In music we also have a pulse or beat which occurs regularly.
Listen to the following melody for the woodblock which is keeping the pulse or beat while the flute plays the melody.
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Note ValuesIn that last sound clip you heard some notes that were longer than others.
The length of time a note sounds is called its note value.
In the sound clip some notes lasted for one beat.
• They are called crotchets.
Some notes are called minims.
• They sound for two beats.
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Time signature
Notes are organized into groups of two, three, or four beats. We use a time signature to indicate which grouping of beats is being used.
A bar line separates the groupings of beats.
We count the groupings by saying 1-2-3-4.
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Semi breves last for 4 beats.
These note values are called quavers.
These notes last for half a beat.
Sometimes they have stems with flags.
Sometimes they are joined by beams.
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Getting Ready To Compose
The melody above uses all the note-values we have learned so far and it is four measures long.
A double bar indicates the end of a melody
The distance between two bar lines is called a bar or a measure.
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Creating a melody using Noteworthy Composer
• Double click on the program icon.• Close the “Did you know?” window• Go to File – select “new”• Select “blank score” from the Song Templates
Window. Click “OK”.• Type in a name for your composition• Type in your name as “author-composer”. Click “OK”.• YOU ARE NOW READY TO BEGIN
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My First Composition
You are now ready to write your first composition.
Make it 4 measures long Use a time signature of 4/4 Begin and end on middle “C”. Use quavers, crotchets, minims, and semi-breves. Have the notes in your melody move in step-wise
motion, repeated notes or small skips.