Composing with Rhythms: Half Note – music composition – rhythm lesson

Composing with Rhythms using Half Note is a guided composition activity. Students will practice performing and reading rhythms via body percussion, the poison pattern game, and iconic and standard notation. Then, students will use the printable manipulative to help them compose their own rhythms using quarter notes, half notes, and barred eighths. They’ll write down their finished piece using the worksheet included.

 

This resource is perfect for:

• elementary music teachers
• middle school music teachers

 

WHAT YOU’LL GET WITH YOUR DOWNLOAD

 

► PowerPoint Presentation

• steady beat warm-up
• rhythm warm-up
• poison pattern game
• rhythm reading practice
• composition instructions
• bonus challenge for early finishers

 

► Printable (black and white) rhythm cards, in standard and stick notation

► Worksheets (half-page) for students to write out their finished pieces

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