2. OBJECTIVES:
Identify visually each kind of notes
and rest in a musical piece
Determine the count or value of each
note and rest
Give the equivalent number of notes
and rest for each symbol
3. Music exist because it is heard.
It is heard because it is sung.
It is sung because it is written.
It is written because it is expressed.
It is expressed because it is lived.
It is lived because it exhales notes to
produce sounds
And inhales rests for silences to
sustain the heartbeat of life.
4. What is Rhythm?
•Rhythm is defined as the
heartbeat of music that gives the
regular occurrence of sound and
silences. It is the combination of
sound and silences.
5. Notes and Rest in Rhythm
Sound represent note and silence
represent rest.
Sound and silence are part of
rhythm. Without either one of
these, there would never be rhythm.
7. Whole note, with its corresponding rest
symbol, has the greatest value or number of
beats which is four beats or count. It is
followed by Half note or half rest with two
counts. Next is quarter note with shaded
head, which has one count. A note with a
hook or flag attached to the stem is the
eighth note with 1/2 count. The last is the
sixteenth note with two hooks or flag and
has 1/4 count.
8. Direction: Identify the name and value of each note and rest circled in
the piano piece. In the space provided, draw the note or rest in the
column Symbol and then, indicate its Name and Value.
Symbol Name Value
1. ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
2. ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
3. ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
4. ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
5. ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
6. ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
7. ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
8. ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
9. ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
10. __________________ ___________________ ___________________
14. Meter is used to measure the time in each
music bar as signal by the strong and weak
beats. Meters are conductor’s guide in leading
the choir or orchestra for a music performance.
There are three meters that music conductors
follow. These are the duple, triple and
quadruple.
What is Meter in music?
15. Duple came from the Latin word
“duplus” means double or two. The time
signature having a duple meter are 2/2,
2/4, 6/8, and 6/4.
16. Triple came from the Latin word “triples”
means three beats in a measure. The time
signature having triple meter are 3/2, 3/4, 9/8,
and 9/4.
17. Quadruple came from the Latin word
“quintuplus” means four beats. The time
signature having quadruple meter are 4/2,
4/4, 4/8 and 12/8
