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Sound With A Plan

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Zephaniah 3:17• He will take great delight in you.

He will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.

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• God sings over us and loves us. He has a wonderful plan for each of us.

• He created the world according to his plan.

• When people create music they need to have a plan.

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Overview • We will discuss four of the basic

elements or building blocks of music.

• We will see how these elements work together

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Vocabulary

• Notes• Melody• Harmony• Rhythm

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Music has a plan or form

• We recognize the form of a tree.

• It has leaves, branches, a trunk.

• Music has a form including notes, melody, harmony and rhythm.

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Sounds• Sounds are invisible waves moving

through air in waves, just as water moves in waves.

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– Notes are the sounds that we hear.– Notes have a specific pitch and

length. Some are long and some are short.

– Notes on the music are symbols of the sounds they represent.

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• A line of notes put together one after the other is a melody

• The notes are the part of the music that catches you ear as you listen.

Melody

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• The notes of the melody may go up, down or be repeated.

• Interesting melodies have notes that move up or down more than they repeat.

• Good melodies are easy to remember.

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Melodies may be simple

• This is a familiar melody, it is easy to sing and remember.

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Melodies may be complicated

• The “Star Spangled Banner” has a complicated melody. It is more difficult to learn.

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Harmony• Harmony happens when two or

more notes are heard at the same time.

• The harmony supports the melody.• Harmony helps create a feeling or

mood.

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Rhythm• The rhythm is the pattern of the

length of the notes.• Rhythm may have a

fast ,moderate or slow speed.• The rhythm helps the harmony

create the mood of the music.

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Rhythm• Rhythm means musical time.• It comes from a Greek word that

means flow.

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The composer plans how they will use the • notes • melody • harmony• rhythm to create a certain kind of song. They

create something beautiful that they can share with others.

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God’s creation• God created us to follow his plan

and become the beautiful people he planned for us to be.

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•The End