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⭐ 30 XP🎻 Music History HallTempo: The Speed of the Beat (Part 3)
When a whole class claps the beat together, it sounds powerful.
🎯 Your mission
Listen with your eyes closed. Then open them and read about it.
⚡ The twist
Genres don't have rules — only traditions.
Listen for this
🎧 Listen for what was new at the time — not what sounds normal today.
Artist Spotlight
🌟 Beethoven kept writing music even after he went completely deaf.
Mind = Blown
🤯 Hip-hop was invented at one party in the Bronx in 1973.
Learn about tempo: the speed of the beat (part 3): distinguish between strong and weak beats
What You'll Learn
When a whole class claps the beat together, it sounds powerful! Everyone clapping at the same time shows we are all feeling the same beat.
Distinguish between strong and weak beats
Maintain a steady tempo without speeding up or slowing down
Notes on the Staff
Tap a note to hear it
Check Your Understanding
Question 1 of 3
What do we call a group of singers?
Where you hear this in real life
Today's pop hit borrows from 70 years of music history without anyone noticing.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one famous musician you've never heard of. Listen to one song.
For the dinner table
“Tell me about the music you loved when you were my age.”
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Tempo: The Speed of the Beat (Part 3)
Listen with your eyes closed. Then open them and read about it.
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