Creative Corner

1 a Group Work: Draw picture signs to show the sounds for the actions below.

1. It was a bright sunny afternoon. A bird was singing merrily in the trees.

2. The giant and the dwarf were sleeping under a tree.

3. The little ducks were taking a stroll along the lake.

Suddenly, a black cat threw itself onto the ducks.

The ducks quacked loudly in panic, and tried to escape from the cat.

The giant and the dwarf awoke and came to the ducks’ rescue. They had a fierce quarrel with the black cat.

The giant and the dwarf chased the black cat away. The little ducks were thankful. They became great friends with the giant and the dwarf.

b Follow your picture signs to create sound effects for the story.

c What do you think of your group’s performance? Complete the below.

needs improvement fair good

Judging Criteria

Picture signs

Instrument playing

Sound effects

Your Performance

Teamwork is a quarter-note rest.

1. Dynamics have to do with loud and soft sounds.

2. Dynamic markings (such as , ) tell us if the music is loud or soft.

3. Legato means smooth sounds.

4. Lyrics are the words sung in a song.

5. Mood is how the song feels to you. The mood of a song can be happy or sad.

6. Music Rest tells you to keep silent.

7. Percussion Instruments are musical instruments that are played by striking or shaking them.

8. Phrase is like a musical sentence. It is made up of a group of notes (instead of words).

9. Picture signs are a set of pictures which show us different types of sounds.

10. Pulse is the steady beat of music.

11. Rhythm is made up of patterns of long and short beats.

12. Rhythmic syllables are syllables we say to help us feel the rhythm.

13. Slurs are curved lines that help divide music into phrases.

14. Solfege names are music names we give to high and low notes.

15. Sounds can be high or low, long or short, smooth or detached (not smooth).

16. Staccato means short and detached sounds.

17. Steady beats are beats that stay at the same speed.

18. Tone colour is the quality of a singing voice or an instrument.

19. is a treble clef.

20. Piano, , means soft.

21. Forte, , means loud.

22.

23. is a half-note rest.

24. is a half note. Its rhythmic syllables are ta-a.

25. is a quarter note. Its rhythmic syllable is ta.

26. is a pair of eighth notes. Their rhythmic syllables are ti-ti.

27. is in simple duple time. It means 2 quarter-note beats in a bar.

28. is a sign telling you to repeat.