mjusic 5

1. MELODY
A very important element of music!
Music

2. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. recognize the presence of rhythm around us;
2. feel the rhythm through body movements;
and
3. indicate the regular beat while listening to a
song or an instrumental music.

3. LESSON 1: RHYTHM
WHAT IS A RHYTHM?
 is the flow or movement in a musical
composition.
 is movement you respond to when listening
to music.

4. DEFINITION OF MELODY
A tune
A line of single tones that move
upward, move downward, or repeat

5. The Staff
The musical staff is made up of five
horizontal lines and four spaces.

6. There is a direct relationship between playing consecutive
white keys on the piano, writing notes on the musical staff,
and the letters of the musical alphabet.

7. LINES & SPACES

8. Treble Clef Names
The treble clef is also called the G clef because the clef
symbol curls around the line that represents the G above
middle C.
The names of the treble clef lines can be remembered by the
saying "Every Good Boy Does Fine." The spaces spell
"F A C E."

9. Notes can move upward
If you think of the lines as a ladder, it is easier to
understand them. The higher you climb on the
ladder of lines, the higher the notes will sound. The
spaces count as steps on the ladder too.

10. Notes can move downward

11. Notes can repeat or stay the
same

12. Notes can move by step
This means there will be a note on every
line and space, consecutively

13. Notes can move by skip
This means that notes are placed on the staff,
or sounded by a pattern of skipping every
other note.
*In the example below, the space notes are
skipped, so the notes move up by skip.

14. Notes can move by leap
This means that the distance between the
notes is farther than a skip.
Notes that move by leap will sound far apart
as well.