READING MUSIC

Titles are: FINDING THE MELODY. Demonstrates how musical symbols give the melody of a song. Effective visual and aural devices are used to introduce the scale, note relationships, key signatures, and sharps and flats, and to relate these to the piano keyboard. FINDING THE RHYTHM. Explains that rhythm is an important part of what makes music so much fun. By means of visual and aural devices, the film introduces note values, the beat and the measure, accent, the time signature, the dotted note, the tie and slur. LEARNING ABOUT NOTES. Teaches a new song and in so doing introduces the symbols of musical notation. Shows how notes indicate both melody and rhythm, and how these musical symbols are translated into meaningful patterns of sound