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Review: Dotted Values, Pitch Distance, Retrograde, and Objectives

Move from labels to transformations and reasons. Calculate dotted durations, compare semitone positions, reverse an ordered movement motif and connect a fictional character’s goal and obstacle to a playable action.

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Unit review questions
1. In this Western-duration model, one dot adds half the original duration. A note lasts 0.25 quarter-note beat units before its dot. What is its dotted duration?
Need a hint?
  • In the supplied Western notation model, one dot adds half the undotted note’s duration.
  • The calculation depends on the given beat unit and a single dot.
2. In a supplied twelve-equal-step pitch-number model, pitches are 53 and 60; one number step is one semitone. What is the upward distance?
Need a hint?
  • Supplied equal-step pitch numbers rise by one semitone per unit.
  • The numeric model describes pitch distance.
3. An original safe movement motif is turn → point → rest. Its retrograde reverses event order, retaining each event. Which score is the retrograde?
Need a hint?
  • Retrograde reverses the order of the stated events.
  • Reversal differs from mirroring a gesture’s direction or making it faster.
4. Original scene: a character wants to finish a group poster, but the instructions are unclear. Which playable action directly addresses both objective and obstacle?
Need a hint?
  • An objective names what a fictional character wants.
  • An emotion label alone does not specify an action.

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Complete this four-part arts evidence sheet. 1. In this Western-duration model, one dot adds half the original duration. A note lasts 0.125 quarter-note beat units before its dot. What is its dotted duration? Supplied candidates: (A) 0.0625 beats (B) 0.125 beats (C) 0.1875 beats (D) 0.25 beats. Then Show a dotted two-beat note as two beats plus one added beat on a timeline. Criteria: The total is three quarter-note beat units and the added duration equals half the base. 2. In a supplied twelve-equal-step pitch-number model, pitches are 55 and 58; one number step is one semitone. What is the upward distance? Supplied candidates: (A) 2 semitones (B) 3 semitones (C) 4 semitones (D) 5 semitones. Then Choose pitch positions fifty-eight and sixty-three and record their upward semitone distance. Criteria: The difference is five and the explanation does not invent a note-name interval from numbers alone. 3. An original safe movement motif is near → far → hold. Its retrograde reverses event order, retaining each event. Which score is the retrograde? Supplied candidates: (A) far → hold → near (B) hold → far → near (C) near → far → hold (D) near → far → hold → repeat. Then Score three distinct small hand shapes, then place the exact three events in reverse order beneath them. Criteria: Every original event occurs once in each score, and the second score reverses their positions. 4. Original scene: a character wants to tell someone an important message, but the conversation is interrupted. Which playable action directly addresses both objective and obstacle? Supplied candidates: (A) Claim the character has no goal (B) Ignore both the need and obstacle (C) Request a pause and state the message concisely (D) Specify only a costume color with no action. Then Write a two-line scene brief with a want and obstacle, then specify one action the character can take. Criteria: The action is doable, relevant to the want and addresses the named obstacle without inventing a guaranteed result.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Answer each supplied changed-input analysis with its visible evidence, rule or calculation.
  • Include the original artifact required for each lesson; paper/text equivalents are acceptable.
  • Apply the stated criteria and document one concrete revision.
  • Describe planning/analysis accurately; do not claim unobserved musical, acting or dance execution.
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1. 0.1875 beats. The added duration is half of 0.125, or 0.0625. Base plus addition gives 0.125+0.0625=0.1875 quarter-note beat units. The base-only choice omits the dot, doubled duration adds too much, and dot-only duration omits the original note. This checks written duration, not performed timing. An original artifact is acceptable when The total is three quarter-note beat units and the added duration equals half the base. 2. 3 semitones. The interval distance is the pitch-number difference: 58−55=3 semitones. This chromatic distance differs from a generic letter-name interval and says nothing about the performer’s loudness or instrument. An original artifact is acceptable when The difference is five and the explanation does not invent a note-name interval from numbers alone. 3. hold → far → near. Reverse the three positions: last becomes first, middle stays middle, and first becomes last. The resulting motif is hold → far → near. It can be represented with drawings or small comfortable hand gestures; retrograde does not require risky backward travel. An original artifact is acceptable when Every original event occurs once in each score, and the second score reverses their positions. 4. Request a pause and state the message concisely. The proposed action moves toward tell someone an important message while responding to the obstacle that the conversation is interrupted. A playable action can be represented in speech, gesture or a written scene; an emotion label or costume choice alone does not define what the character does. An original artifact is acceptable when The action is doable, relevant to the want and addresses the named obstacle without inventing a guaranteed result.

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