Hello and welcome back, I'm Joseph
Hoffman. Today we're going to be
dictating the rhythm to the song
"Chocolate" and along the way we're going
to discover a new kind of rhythm.
Let's come to the heartbeat mat to get
started. Okay, I'm going to sing "Chocolate"
while touching the steady beat and you
just listen and tell me what you notice
at the end. Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum,
Chocolate, I have some. Did you notice any
words that lasted longer than one beat?
I'll say it one more time and see if you
can point to the beat where there's a
note that lasts longer than a beat. Buh buh
buh buh buh.
Yeah you probably noticed that here we
had one sound on yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, one
sound that actually took the space or
the time of two whole beats. The symbol
we'll need for that is this.
It's called a half note. You'll notice it
has a stem and a note head just like our
friend the quarter note but instead of
being filled in its empty inside. So I
kind of like to imagine that the half
note has an empty stomach which is why
it eats two beats instead of just one. See, he's
kind of hungry. So try to say this with
me, half note. Now in these beats did you
notice what we had? Buh buh buh buh, how many
sounds did you hear inside this beat? Buh
bu, that's right, there were two sounds,
so we'll need eighth notes, a pair of two eighth notes
notes make TI-TI and then what did you hear here?
Buh buh buh buh buh, that's right we need two
more eighth notes, so when we're using rhythm
language I like to say TWO-OO for the half
note since it lasts for two beats, so we
could say TI-TI TI-TI TWO-OO and then what happens
down here?
Buh buh buh buh buh buh. That's right, it's
the same rhythm again.
TI-TI TI-TI TWO-OO. Now point to each beat with me and
let's say the rhythm words.
Ready, go, TI-TI TI-TI TWO-OO, TI-TI TI-TI TWO-OO. Now we've
dictated the rhythm to "Chocolate." If you
download the materials for this lesson
from your website you can practice
drawing these yourself in the open heart
beats and just remember to give the half
note two beats. You'll draw it in the first
beat and then leave the next beat
blank because that half note's got to
keep going.
So let's review all the rhythms we've
learned so far. Our new rhythm today is
the half note. Can you say that with me? Half note,
and it was kind of slow like this,
TWO-OO, TWO-OO, with each half note taking the time
of two beats. We've got our quarter notes.
You can do two quarter notes in the same
amount of time it takes you do one half
note because each one only takes one
beat. TA TA TA TA, and then we have
our eighth notes which go again twice as
fast as our quarter notes
TI-TI TI-TI TI-TI TI-TI, let's try saying all
of these rhythms from top to bottom.
Point and say them with me, go. TWO-OO TWO-OO,
TA TA TA TA, TI-TI TI-TI TI-TI TI-TI, and of course don't
forget about our quarter rest. A quarter
rest takes up the space of one beat, just
like a quarter note, but it means to be
silent for a beat.
rest rest TA TA
Alright let's play game. I've written two
rhythms, we've got Elephant's rhythm and
Turtles rhythm. Now I'm not going to tell
you which one I'm going to do. You have
to figure it out by listening, so I'll
speak the rhythm and then you say
Elephant or Turtle and then I'll tell
you which one's right. Here's the first one.
Bah bah bah bah. Which rhythm did you hear?
If you said Turtle, you're correct. Try to say
it with me in rhythm words, ready, go. TWO-OO TI-TI TA.
Very good. let's try another one.
Ok, here's the next one. Tell me which
rhythm you hear.
buh buh buh buh buh. Which one was it? If you
said Turtle, you're correct. It was turtle
again. Try to say it with me in rhythm
words, go. TI-TI TI-TI rest TA.
Ok, here's your next one. Bah bah bah bah.
Which one did you hear? If you said Elephant,
you're correct.
Let's try to say it together, go, TA TA TI-TI rest.
For this next one you have three rhythms to choose from.
Now we have Elephant, Turtle, and Mouse.
Here's the rhythm, buh buh buh. Which rhythm
was it? If you said Mouse you're correct.
Let's say it together, go, TI-TI rest TWO-OO.
Ok here's your last one. Which rhythm
do you hear? Buh buh buh buh buh. If you said
Elephant, you're correct.
Let's say it together, go. TI-TI rest TA. Thanks for
learning about half notes with me today,
and nice work helping me dictate the
rhythm of "Chocolate." Happy practicing and
see you next time.
There once was a Half Note,
Hello! And because his stomach was empty,
Yes, yes I am empty inside. He always
asked for two of everything no matter
what. When he went to the movies one bag
of popcorn was not enough. Half Note
asked for two. Two bags of popcorn, please.
For lunch
he had two sandwiches. I'm just always so hungry.
And when Half Note went out for ice cream,
Could I actually have two ice cream cones?
At school when the teacher handed
out one page of math homework, Half Note
asked for two pages. Two pages of math problems, please.
At soccer practice when all the
other kids had to run one lap around the
track, he asked for two laps. Can I run two
laps, coach? Thank you.
And one day, Half Note turned in his library
book late and had to pay a fine.
Guess what he said. May I go ahead and
pay two fines instead? At this point his
friend Quarter Note decided it was time
to intervene.
Hey Half Note, maybe you're taking this
two of everything thing a little, well
too far, you know? Maybe. I just can't help
it though. You see me, here, I'm okay with
just one cookie, one lap, oh, and you know
our buddies the Eighth Notes, the two of
them share one bag of popcorn. They share
everything.
Yeah, we share. It's not that i'm greedy
I'm just, you know, hungry.
Uh oh, it's starting to rain. it's coming
down pretty hard.
It's a good thing then that I have two
umbrellas. You know, Half Note, I'm glad
that you like two of everything.
Me too.