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Beat & Rhythm. What is the difference?. The Beat is steady, like your heart. Sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is slow, but it is always steady!. Music is usually divided into bars. Each bar is divided with bar lines. A time signature tells us how many BEATS are in each bar!.
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Beat & Rhythm What is the difference?
The Beat is steady, like your heart.Sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is slow, but it is always steady!
Music is usually divided into bars. Each bar is divided with bar lines. A time signature tells us how many BEATS are in each bar!
Try to clap along with this rhyme, but only clap where you see a bee! There are 2 BEATS in each bar.
Here is another rhyme to clap along to. This time there are 4 BEATS in each bar.
Rhythm fits within the beat and represents the sounds and silences in the music. These can be both long and short We can find rhythm in words – try to clap the following words: • Lamp • Har-ry-pot-ter • Choc-ol-ate • Par-snip • Av-oc-ad-oe
Try to clap the rhythm along with the rhyme. Larger shoes should be held for a slightly longer amount of time.
Why not try clap out the beat and then the rhythm to the following well known tunes?