Long and short sounds
Say ta and ti-ti for long and short sounds on the beat.
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Sounds in music can be long or short. We can say them with rhythm words. We say ta for one longer sound. We say ti-ti for two quick sounds that fit in the same space.
One ta takes the same time as ti-ti together. Ti-ti is just two little sounds squeezed into one beat.
Clap and say ta, ta, ta, ta. Now clap and say ti-ti, ti-ti, ti-ti, ti-ti. The ti-ti claps are quicker.
Say your name in rhythm. Sam is one ta. An-na is ti-ti. Clap it as you say it.
We say ta for one sound and ti-ti for two quick sounds in the same beat.
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