Music 6

Quarter 1 - Module 1:
Values of Notes and Rests

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Lesson

1
The Values of Notes at Rests
 At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. identify the values of the notes and rests used in a particular
song.
2. identify the Time Signatures in .
3. conduct the different Time Signatures

What I Know
Give the value of each note and rest
 each symbol. You will have some fun through hand clapping and stomping of feet as
your first musical instrument to present the number of beats in every note or rest.
Identify the following notes and rests. Write the corresponding name of each
symbol and choose your answer from the box.

Music is composed of different elements like rhythm, melody, harmony, texture,

form, tempo, dynamics, and timbre. Among these elements, rhythm is the first What is It
element which you are going to learn in music. In this lesson you will be refreshed
In music, a note denotes musical sound. Notes can represent the pitch and
with what you have learned from the past on the first element of music which is the
duration of a sound in musical notation. On the other hand, rest denotes duration of
rhythm, specifically, the different kinds of symbols of notes and rests and the value of silence.
Each note and rest have its value or what we called number of beats. The
duration of sound or silence depends on each value of beat. The higher the number,
the longer is the duration. Below is the illustration of the different kinds of note and
rest and their corresponding number of beats.

To give emphasis on the value of every note, you will use hand clapping.

 For the whole note ( ) which has 4 beats you will clap once and
prolong until in the 4th count by saying the syllable ta-a-a-a or simply
count (1 2 3 4).
  The quarter note ( ) which has the value of 1 beat, you will stomp
your foot once with the syllable TA or simply count (1).

 The eighth note ( ) which has the value of ½ beat because there are

two eighth notes ( ) in one quarter note ( ), you sway your hips
from left to right and simultaneously say the two syllables TI-TI or
simply count (1 and).

 Half note ( ) which has 2 beats, you will clap once and prolong
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until in the 2 count by saying the syllable TA-A or simply count (1 2).
  Sixteenth note ( ) which has the value of ¼ beat because there

are four sixteenth notes ( ) in one quarter note (

),you strike twice the table using your ballpen or stick as your
percussion instrument and simultaneously saying the four syllables TI-
RI-TI-RI or simply count this counting pattern (1 a and a).

What were used to show silence?

To show the value of every rest, the same counting must be given but instead
of making sound, you have to show silence by simply open your palm

Going back to the last two measures of the song, have you seen a dotted noted?
What is its value?

 Dotted Note – it is a note followed by a dot.

A dot that is placed after the note to indicate a change in the duration of a
note. The dot adds half of the value of the note to itself.
 For example, a dotted quarter note gets 1 ½ beats because the value of
a quarter note is 1, half of 1 is ½, so 1 + ½ = 1 ½. The same value is applied in a
dotted quarter rest ( ).

Dotted Quarter Note

1 + ½ = 1 ½ is the value or the number of beats

A dotted half note gets 3 beats because the value of a half note is 2, half of

2 is 1 so 2 + 1 = 3. The same value is applied in a dotted half rest ( ).

Dotted Half Note

2 + 1 = 3 is the value or the number of beats

What’s More
A. Write the name of notes and rests used in the song “Mahal Kong Bayan”

1. ________ 4. ________
2. ________ 5. ________
3. ________
B. Draw the undotted notes and rests which we can find from the song
“Mahal Kong Bayan”. Write the value of each symbol.
Notes (Value)

Rests (Value)
 Lesso Time Signature
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2 What I Know
PRE – TEST:

Write the value of beat below each note and rest in time signature.

What is It
Beat is the most basic unit of time in music. It is used to measure and
regulate the duration of individual tone. It also serves as a guide in combining notes
of varied duration. Each tone maybe equal to one beat. Some tones maybe equal to
several beats or just a fraction of a beat.

One tone for one beat Several tones for one beat

Rhythm is the movement of sound with accented and unaccented beats in

a musical composition. The strong beat which is stressed or accented is represented
by the symbol (>) and the weak beat which is unstressed or unaccented has no
symbol used.

This illustration is showing you the time signature.

 What is a Time Signature?

 Time Signature refers to a fraction-like number written at the beginning of What do you mean by the number below number (2) which is (4)?
the staff.
Below each note and rest is the value or the number of beats. We will go back to the value of the notes. This illustration shows the number
of beats in each note and rest.

The counting pattern in time signature will be (1 – 2), (1 and – 2) or (1

and – 2 and).

To emphasize the counting pattern in time signature, you can also use
hand clapping.
What note or rest receives 1 beat?

In this table, you will see that quarter note or rest receives 1 beat. That’s the

lower number (4) means in the time signature.

Bear it in your mind that the number below in a time signature tells you what

note or rest receives 1 beat. In time signature, the lower number is 4. It

means quarter note or rest receives 1 beat.
 What does mean?

You have noticed that after the two counts, there is a line dividing every two
beats and that’s what we call a bar line. By putting a bar line, we can form a
measure. In every measure you can see that it consists of two beats. That is the

meaning of the upper number (2) in a time signature.

What I Have Learned
A. Draw the missing note in the blank to complete each measure and give its
value. Apply hand clapping to emphasize the counting pattern.

B. Draw the symbol of rest in the blank to complete every measure and give
its value. Apply hand clapping to emphasize the counting pattern.

C. Listen to the song “Sa Aming Bayan”. Write in your own words;
 What is the good message of the song that you appreciate?
____________________________________________
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 How will you show the importance of the farmers in their hardship
especially during this time of pandemic?
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 Group the notes and rest according to time signature by putting a bar-line
to create a measure and put the number of beat below. Apply the counting pattern
through hand clapping.

Additional Activities
Write the counting pattern below the notes and rests and perform it through
hand clapping.

Lesson Time Signature

3
A. Match the value of the note in column B to each name in column A in a

time signature.
Answer Column A Column B
Eighth Note a. 4
1. _____
2. _____ Half Note b. 1
3. _____ Whole Note c. 2
4. _____
Sixteenth note d. ¼
5. _____ Quarter Note
e. ½

B. Match the value of each rest in column B to the symbols in column

Answer Column A Column B
What I Can Do
 6. _____
f. 4

7. _____
g. 1
8. _____
h. 2
9. _____
i. ¼

10. _____
j. ½

What is It

This illustration is showing you the time signature. Below each note and rest is
the value or the number of beats.

The counting pattern will be (1 – 2 – 3) or (1 and – 2 and 3 – and).

 Use hand tapping to emphasize the counting pattern time signature.

 What does mean?

In every measure you can see that it is consist of three beats. That is the

meaning of the number (3) in a time signature.

Do you remember the meaning of the number below which is 4?
The number below in a time signature tells you what note or rest receives 1

beat. In time signature, the number below is 4. It means quarter note or

rest receives 1 beat. It is exactly the same concept from the previous lesson.

What’s More
 A. Draw the missing note in the blank to complete each measure and
give its value. Apply the hand tapping to emphasize the counting
pattern.

B. Draw the symbol of rest in the blank to complete every measure and
give its value. Apply the hand tapping to emphasize the counting
pattern.

What I Can Do

Create measures by grouping the notes and rest according to time signature
through a bar line. Apply the counting pattern through hand tapping.
 Lesso Time Signature
n
3 What I Know
Write the value of beat below each note and rest to complete each measure
in

time signature.

What is It

This illustration is showing you the time signature. Below each note
and rest is the value or the number of beats. The counting pattern will be (1 –
2 – 3 – 4) or (1 and – 2 and 3 – and 4 – and). You can also use your feet to
emphasize the counting pattern time signature.

What does mean?

In every measure you can see that it is consist of four beats. That is the

meaning of the upper number (4) in a time signature.

 The number below in a time signature tells you what note or rest that receives

1 beat. In time signature, the number below is 4. It means quarter note or rest
receives 1 beat while the upper number 4 tells you how many beats in every
measure and that’s exactly the same concept from the previous lessons.

What I Have Learned

A. Draw the missing note in the blank to complete each measure.

B. Draw the symbol of rest in the blank to complete every measure.

What is It
The song “Leron, Leron Sinta” is a popular Filipino song taught for
elementary learners. Below is a conducting pattern in Study and perform
them.
 Why is conducting important and why do we need it?
Conducting gestures are used to guide and make the performance of a
synchronized music group. Patterns and gestures are based on their Time
Signatures as well as beat and rhythm of a song. In our lesson, the Time
Signature has two beats in every measure. Therefore, the gestures should
always have two strokes. In the Time Signature, it has three beats in
every measure. Therefore, the gesture should always have three strokes. And
lastly, the Time Signature has four beats in every measure. Therefore, the
gesture should have four strokes.
Conducting always has a conductor standing in front of the musicians in order
to facilitate its tempo, dynamics, pitch and all other elements of music. He/ She has
the responsibility of uniting the performers and other musicians.