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Study unit 2: Music concepts

9 Dec 2021, 08:43 Publicly Viewable

what is music?

Music is vocal or instrumental sounds or both combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony and expression of emotions. 

You can express feelings through music

So now can we define the following music concepts 

1. Pulse
2. Rhythm
3. Melody
4. Dynamics
5. Tempo
6. Timbre
7. Form

:Rhythm is the way music is divided into.

Tempo is the speed which the music should be played

Melody  is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.
 Tempo - is how fast or slow a piece of music is performed.
: Harmony-the sound of two  or more different notes played at the same time
 Form :  structure of a musical composition or performance.
 Form...how composition of music is

In foundation phase children learn by doing for example if you teach them a song they will be more interested in the lesson.
It also helps in their cognitive development
 i think by songs it help them to remember and recognise reapeated sounds and sound patterns As well as the names of their body parts...so this song which is categorized under "music" helps children to be able to learn the body parts
It gives learners the desire to learn and improves their Music relieves stress, at times school can be stressful so by doing music or listening to it, It can help a learner to relax and focus
: It helps the children's mind and body to work together as they will be singing and dancing at the same time and also help them to learn the sound and meaning of  Music helps improves children's coordination movements since they respond positively to sounds and they get to explore what their bodies can and cannot do.