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Review: Beats, Quiet Times, High and Low Sounds, and Story Actions

Draw steady beats, count quiet beats, trace high and low sounds, and put story actions in order.

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1. For a 9-beat steady-pulse plan, which timing instruction fits?
Need a hint?
  • A steady pulse repeats at equal time intervals.
  • A written pulse plan checks the timing idea.
2. Each box lasts one beat: ['tap', 'tap', 'rest', 'rest']. How many boxes ask for a tap?
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  • A rest is scheduled silence with duration.
  • Count the entire grid, including its silent boxes.
3. In a drawn melody, larger height numbers mean higher pitch: [2, 1, 3]. Describe its two changes.
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  • Pitch concerns how high or low a sound is, rather than how loud it is.
  • The numbers here represent pitch height only.
4. Plan three safe story pictures: first peek, next smile, finally wave. Which order follows that story?
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  • A story score records what happens first, next and finally.
  • The task tests the order of a supplied fictional story.

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Try these four arts tasks. 1. For an 11-beat steady-pulse plan, which timing instruction fits? Choices: (A) Equal spacing between every beat (B) Make each beat louder than the last (C) Pause randomly between beats (D) Speed up after every beat. For a separate task: Draw five equally spaced beat marks and point to them in order; optional quiet taps may follow. Check your work: Spacing is equal and every mark has one numbered beat position. 2. Each box lasts one beat: ['tap', 'rest', 'tap', 'rest']. How many boxes ask for a tap? Choices: (A) 1 tap (B) 2 taps (C) 3 taps (D) 4 taps. For a separate task: Make four equal boxes containing exactly two taps and two rests; number all four boxes. Check your work: The grid has four beat positions, two sound instructions and two silent instructions. 3. In a drawn melody, larger height numbers mean higher pitch: [1, 2, 2]. Describe its two changes. Choices: (A) down → down (B) same → up (C) up → same (D) up → up. For a separate task: Draw three height points making one upward move and then one downward move. Check your work: Two arrows correctly label the neighboring height changes; loudness is not used to justify either arrow. 4. Plan three safe story pictures: first look, next nod, finally rest. Which order follows that story? Choices: (A) look → nod → rest (B) look → rest → nod (C) nod → look → rest (D) rest → nod → look. For a separate task: Create three small panels: notice an object, reach toward it, and show it. Check your work: Panels preserve the stated event order; each action has a visible paper figure or written label.

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1. Equal spacing between every beat. A steady pulse keeps a repeated timing interval. Loudness can change independently of spacing; speeding up or adding random gaps would change the pulse. You may represent the beats with evenly spaced marks instead of performing them. For the separate drawing or writing task, check this: Spacing is equal and every mark has one numbered beat position. 2. 2 taps. Tap only boxes labeled tap: these are positions [1, 3]. Rest boxes keep time silently rather than removing a beat. There are 2 taps across four total beats. For the separate drawing or writing task, check this: The grid has four beat positions, two sound instructions and two silent instructions. 3. up → same. Compare each neighboring pair: 1 to 2 moves up, and 2 to 2 moves same. Pitch height differs from loudness. The arrows show the planned pitch path. You can finish this task with a drawing. For the separate drawing or writing task, check this: Two arrows correctly label the neighboring height changes; loudness is not used to justify either arrow. 4. look → nod → rest. The time words assign the positions directly: first=look, next=nod, finally=rest. A seated hand gesture or paper stick figure can stand for every action; large movements or actual props are unnecessary. For the separate drawing or writing task, check this: Panels preserve the stated event order; each action has a visible paper figure or written label.

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