Half Note

by Teresa Jennings

What better way to learn about half notes than by singing a bunch of them in a song? Using only half notes throughout (really!), this short and easy tune allows your students to see, hear, and count half notes enough to truly ingrain the meaning. To assist in the ongoing counting of the beat, we have elected to include a real metronome clicking off the quarter note pulse. Very basic, very quick, very effective.

Text is taken from Music K-8 magazine.