Rhythm Lesson #3

Summary:

So far, we have learned about pulse and meter--two important steps to learning how to read rhythm. Today, we will learn about measures.

Measures:

Teach this to your child:

When looking at music, you can see that it is divided into vertical lines called bar lines. From bar lines you get measures. It is much easier to read music in measures.

We can study measures from the last lesson we had about meter. Remember duple, triple, and quadruple meter?

When you add bar lines to these examples, you get this:

Double bar lines:

You will see double bar lines when you come to the end of a section or piece. Below is an example of a double bar line.