Ode to Joy (Unit 4)

Hello and welcome back. I'm Joseph Hoffman.
Today is an exciting day because we're
learning our first piece by a truly famous composer.
We're going to be learning the melody "Ode to Joy" by Ludwig von Beethoven.
Let's listen to an excerpt of this very famous melody from his last symphony number nine.
What you see right now is an orchestra.
This orchestra is playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Symphony is a rather long piece of music composed for many musicians to play together.
So, let's learn how to play this famous melody by Beethoven.
This melody uses a new kind of
rhythm, so let's get started today at the heartbeat mat.
For "Ode to Joy", we need to
learn a new way to draw eighth notes.
You are already familiar with this version
of two eighth notes.
TI-TI
Let's try speaking a rhythm together.
Can you point and say it with me? Ready, go:
TA TI-TI TA TA
Well, instead of drawing two eighth
notes like this, we can also draw it like this.
And it means and sounds exactly the same.
We call these two eighth notes with a
note head, a stem, and this time a flag
instead of this beam.
So, just like before
it sounds exactly like this: TA T-TI TA TA
So again, we call these flagged eighth notes. They sound exactly the same as beamed eighth notes,
just another way to draw it.
Let's try another rhythm.
With our new flagged eighth notes.
And again, that will sound the same as if we drew it this way.
Let's point and say this rhythm. Ready, go:
TA TA TI-TI TA
You may also recall that you can beam a group
of more than two eighth notes together
like this group of four, which takes up
2 beats: TI-TI TI-TI TA TA
We could also draw that as flagged eighth notes
like this. This would sound exactly the same as this row.
TI-TI TI-TI TA TA
Uh, Mr. Hoffman?
Yes Scuba?
Well, why do we need another way of drawing eighth notes? Why not just use the regular way?
Beams!
Yeah, with beams.
Great question Scuba.
The reason is that sometimes a composer
may want to use just
one single eighth note, not two,
and to use a beam, you have to have at least two eighth notes.
But with flagged eighth notes, it's possible
to have just one by itself.
But wait!
If you only use one eighth note, that would
leave the other half of the beat empty!
That's right.
Excellent observation,
and that makes room for another new kind of rhythm:
The dotted quarter note!
Ooo!
Quarter notes can have dots too?
Yes Princess.
Does it get 3 beats like the dotted half note?
No, not 3.
You're right that the dotted half note gets 3 beats,
but the dotted quarter note gets 1 1/2 beats.
Adding a dot to a note increases the note's total
value by one half
of whatever the note was worth before.
Oh!
So, regular quarter note
equals 1 beat.
Dotted quarter note is 1 beat plus an extra 1/2 beat.
So now we can put the eighth note
Flagged eighth note,
in that other half of the beat! It's a perfect fit!
That's right.
So this dotted quarter note for 1 1/2
beats together with this eighth note, which is flagged,
together takes up a full 2 beats.
Cool!
What's this new rhythm sound like?
Well, like this.
Here, I'll draw it a couple of times.
This rhythm would sound like this:
TA-A TI TA-A TI
Notice how that dot adds that little extra half a beat of A. TA-A TI
and
then in the other half of the beat we get this single TI.
TA-A TI TA-A TI
Now, you guys try
it with me, and everyone watching at home try it too.
Ready, go.
TA-A TI TA-A TI
Let's try one more.
Here's a slightly trickier one.
TA-A TI TA TA
TA-A TI TWO-OO
Princess and Scuba, why don't you try it with me,
and everyone else at home as well.
Ready, go:
TA-A TI TA TA TA-A TI TWO-OO
Awesome, now
let's take a look at the sheet music for "Ode to Joy"
and see if we can find this
new rhythm the dotted quarter note
with flagged eighth note.
Here's our sheet music for "Ode to Joy".
As always, you can download and print this from our website,
and then you'll have your own copy to work with as well.
First, let's see if we can find our new rhythm: the dotted quarter note with flagged eighth note.
Can you find and point to it on this first line?
If you're pointing right over here, you're correct.
And in your own music at home,
why don't you pause the video and see if you can find and circle
any other times you find the dotted quarter note eighth note.
And then press play and we'll look at them together.
So in your own music, hopefully you've
also found this one as well as this
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