I Gotta Rhyme 2 Rap.
Now say it with METER!
3 Blind Mice
Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice?
Everyone has read the following:
We have talked about clapping rhythm patterns and
learning to read music. Everyone could clap the following
pattern:
Week of 2/4/08
Today we are going to take a look at combining those skills.
Lets look at the syllables of the words in Three Blind Mice and
see how they line up.
Now lets look at the first two lines of the rhyme:
Now that you get the idea how rhythm and meter work with words, take the beats that have
been prepared for your use with Audacity and record Three Blind Mice against a beat and save
your wave file on the shared drive in your file.
Copy the words of Three Blind Mice on your white board so that you have the words when you
do your recording.
Audacity assistance:
To put a beat pattern into an Audacity track click on "Project" and then "Import Audio". This
will open a window. Select from the different beats in our class folders
You can choose to add a base part if you like. Remember that you need to choose parts that
have the same Beats per Min. (BPM) to make your parts match up.
To Record your voice: Click on the Record Button and say the words to Three Blind Mice in
time with the rhythm.
Remember you can adjust your volume of your microphone to avoid noise in the room.
Please keep your volume low so you do not add noise to other's recordings.
You can adjust your voice volume so that it fits with your track volume by moving your track
slider. Slide left for softer and right for louder.
To save your work:
1. Click File
2. Click Export Wave
3. Locate our class file in the window by using the black arrow in the Save in
window
4. Type your names into the file names window
5. Click Save