1.4 Standard Notation Reading
REWIRE THEORY
1.4 Standard Notation Reading
OBJECTIVES
Accurately write, read, and perform the attack, sustain, release, and rest states of a rhythm by reading beat map notation.
Record rhythms in a DAW
Transcribe the attacks of a rhythm from a recording.
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PREPARATION
Learning Event: Notation video: Watch the notation video at the bottom of the learn section together. View the eighth note subdivision matrix at the bottom of the page so students can understand how many subdivisions go into each note value (notation reference guide).
Assignment: Have students complete the beat map to standard notation worksheet individually or in partners in class. When they are finished, have them view the eighth note learn along Noteflight score in the Practice section.
Learning Event: Eighth note learn a long: Go through the different lines of the eighth note learn a long as a class. Have students write in counts and perform the rhythms for #1. Perform together as a class and introduce syncopation and have the class complete #5, 6 and 6.
Assessment
Eighth Note Rhythm Quiz: Assign a silver, gold, or platinum line of the eighth note rhythm quiz to students individually or in partners.
Write in the counts and parenthesis and count and clap a rhythm for assessment.
Assess the performance using the rhythms in standard notation rubric.
Notes: I have found that starting with the base subdivision and building an understanding of note value from shortest to longest helps with feeling the microbeat while performing rhythms. This also makes it easier for students to transcribe rhythms. I call this level of reading understanding a rhythm. It is not the way that I want students read rhythms when sight reading, but it works well for beginners who are gaining a basic understanding of how divisions of a beat are grouped to periods of sound and silence.