Reading simple rhythms | Music | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

It is important to warm up before music because...

it makes us learn really hard songs.

it is something we are told to do.

it keeps our voices safe from getting hurt. ✓
Pulse is...

the way the music is organised.

the regular, steady heartbeat of the music. ✓

the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.
Why do we sometimes write music down?

To remember it for another day. ✓

Because it is the only way we can learn new songs.
Call and response is like a question and ______ musical structure.

'answer' ✓

True or false? A response is always the same in a call and response song.

True
False ✓
When we chant and clap to a steady pulse, we are speaking a...

chord

melody

beat

rhythm ✓
Which of these images shows the rhythm for 'pear?'

Ta ✓

Ta-di
This is the rhythm for...

big green sweet pear

juicy round green grapes

bright, shiny, red apple ✓

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Many of the songs and games we play have a call and response structure.
When we chant and clap to a steady pulse, we are chanting a rhythm.
We clap on each syllable of the chant to create a rhythm.
For these fruit chants, our one syllable words can be written as Ta and our two syllable words as Ta-di.

Responses are always the same in call and response songs.

The response can be different every time. The call can also be different. Call and response can be any kind of back and forth musical conversation.