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Using Imagine Logo for Rhythm
in Music
Carolyn Lewis, from the West
Berkshire Advisory team at West Berkshire, has been exploring
the music facility within Imagine Logo. Using Imagine Logo,
Carolyn has been exploring beat and rhythm with her pupils,
experimenting with timing, rounds and different "voice"
effects. Suddenly, this potentially mundane area has become
hugely dynamic and a great deal of fun!
The
inspiration for this rhythm work came from a brilliant staff
INSET with David Congdon, using the ideas he has produced
in the LCP Music Folder.
Carolyn's
worksheets are now available to teachers wishing to use Imagine
Logo in their Music lessons. Carolyn has structured a group
activity exercise and the necessary resources are included.
Rhythm in Music
Lesson
Rhythm, or 'beat' sticks
are pieces of half-inch dowelling. Each child in the class
has two pieces.
They are used for whole
class pulse/rhythm work, often in a circle, taking turns
following the teacher's lead, with 4 beat 'shout and echo'
development.
Before using Imagine
Logo, the children will have become used to making up different
rhythm patterns, later recording them on square grids.
Simple 4 beat rhythm
Developing rests
Loud and quiet
Transfer the idea to
untuned, and then tuned percussion.
This is the time when
Imagine Logo can be brought in as an exciting tool.
Because the beats are pretty well timed, the least rhythmic
child now has chance for success!!
Read the grid across,
and then move down a layer.
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With Imagine Logo
melody, use the crotchet as a single beat on one line
of the stave.
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Use the rest symbol
to signify a blank box or rest.
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Develop the rhythm
by starting with the different percussion voices.
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Then try other
instrument voices.
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Finally move the
notes up and down the stave, for extra musical effect.
Experiment with the speed as well.
After that, the
sky is the limit, using the Imagine Logo backgrounds and
a story line or two. The only problem seems to be keeping
the speakers turned down, and getting the children off the
computers at the end of the lesson.
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