Music Beat Strips for Rhythmic Notation and Dictation

This is a great instructional manipulative that your students can use for notation and dictation. Using a beat strip in either 4/4 or 3/4 meter, students can compose rhythmic patterns or take dictation from the teacher. The patterns for 4/4 meter can be 4 or 8 beats in length and the patterns in 3.4 meter can be 3 or 6 beats in length.

The rhythms are written in both stick notation and rhythmic notation with note heads. Rhythms included are:

* Quarter note

* Quarter rest

* Eighth note

* Sixteenth notes and combinations with eighth notes (including dotted eighths)

* Half note

* Half rest

* Dotted half note

* Whole note

* Whole rest

* Single eighth/quarter combinations (eighth-quarter-eighth; dotted quarter-eighth; eighth-dotted quarter)

This is a great assessment tool for all grade levels!!

Pictures and instructions on how to use this are included and can be found on my blog post:

http://abbottmusic.blogspot.com/