Christmas Tree (Compound Time Signature no1)

This appealing worksheet is designed to practise:

• 6/8 metre (time signature)
• 9/8 metre (time signature)
• 12/8 metre (time signature)

Rhythms featured are:

• tum (dotted crotchet / dotted quarter note)
• sum (dotted crotchet rest / dotted quarter note rest)
• ta ti (crotchet, quaver / quarter note, eighth note).
• ti-ti-ti (3 quavers / 3 eighth notes)

Question 1 - students discover which rhythm is 'the odd one out' then write in the time signature.

Question 2 - students add a '6', '9' or '12' to complete the time signature of given rhythms.

Question 3 - in this practical question, students have a range of difficulty levels to choose to complete. They range from clapping /tapping in 1-2 parts, performing ostinati and composing short melodies with given rhythms.