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AL-FAISAL COLLEGE YEAR 7 MUSIC

PITCH AND DURATION

WORKSHEET 2 The Marching Ants contains 7 notes: E (low), G, A, B, C, D and E (high), as follows:

E G A B C D E Teacher plays the piece at a slow tempo on the keyboard, repeating as many times as necessary. Students listen carefully to The Marching Ants and answer the following questions: 1/ How many times is each note played in the piece? E (low):................................. G:........................................... A: ....................................... B:........................................... C:........................................... D:........................................ E (high):................................. 2/ Each beat has the value of a crotchet. The piece contains 4 phrases. Clap along the performance of the piece and write down the number of beats that you clap in each phrase.

Phrase 1 has...................... beats.

Phrase 2 has...................... beats.

Phrase 3 has...................... beats.

Phrase 4 has...................... beats.

3/ Use the arrows to indicate pitch directions (up , down , even ). Draw a diagram in which the arrows are joined to show how the pitches move to form the melody of each phrase: Phrase 1 Phrase 2 Phrase 3 Phrase 4

4/ Listen and clap along the piece. Identify every minim , crotchet and quaver then count and write down the correct results.

- How many times the are played in the piece? .............................................................. - How many times the are played in the piece? .............................................................. - How many time the are played in the piece? ...............................................................