October Rhythm Play-Along Mashup
This was one of my first rhythm play-along videos that I created a couple of years ago featuring five songs and various rhythm values and meters. If you can use Halloween-themed songs, this is a good one to reinforce performing rhythm patterns for assessment, retrieval practice, and more.
Rhythm Patterns
The rhythm patterns featured in the song are:
4/4 and 3/4 meter
Eighth notes or quavers
Quarter note or crotchet
Half note or minim
Dotted half note
Whole note
Quarter rest
Featured Songs:
The Addams Family by Vic Mizzy
Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr
The Munster’s Theme Song by Jack Marshall
Hedwig’s Theme by John Williams
Manipulatives
There are manipulatives for each rhythm pattern found at https://studio.buymeacoffee.com/extras
Teaching Ideas
This could be used to introduce new rhythm values.
This could be used at a station to assess rhythm reading and performing.
Place the names of the students in Wheel of Names and spin it twice so you can have two students perform the rhythm pattern together before they choose their instrument.
Have students copy each rhythm pattern using paper and pencil. Then have them use a platform like Seesaw to record themselves performing the pattern.
Enjoy this fun play-along video!