Students from Grades One to Three have all been keeping the beat! Have you ever found yourself tapping your toe while listening to your favourite song? Well, that’s the beat, and it’s the most fundamental element of music.
We show the beat with a heart shape. We use this symbol because our heartbeat is steady throughout our lives, just like the beat is steady through a song. Sometimes it’s a fast beat when we are exercising, and sometimes it’s a slow beat when we are resting, but it is always, always steady.
In our first week, we have been keeping the beat by mirroring the movements of the teacher while listening to a piece called “The Royal March of the Lions” (from the suite “The Carnival of the Animals” by C. Saint-Saens). We have noticed that some of our movements show the steady beat, and some of our movements do not.
Click HERE and ask your child(ren) to share the actions we have learned. Which actions show the steady pulse of the beat, and which actions are much slower than the beat? Then turn on your favourite tune and find your own actions to keep that beat!
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