Finding the steady beat
Feel and keep the even beat that runs through a song.
What a learner can do afterwards
- Can explain Finding the steady beat
The lesson
Music has a steady beat. It is like a clock that ticks, or your heart tapping inside you. The beat keeps going and stays even the whole song.
Walking makes a steady beat. Left, right, left, right. Each step is one beat.
Put on a song you like and tap your knee with every step you hear. Keep your taps even. Do not rush and do not drag.
Clap along to a marching song and count out loud. One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.
The beat is the steady tap that stays even all through a song.
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