Christmas Tree (Simple Time Signature no2)

This appealing worksheet is designed to practise:

• 2/4 metre (time signature)
• 3/4 metre (time signature)
• 4/4 metre (time signature)

Rhythms featured are:

• Tim-ka (dotted quaver, semiquaver / dotted eighth note, sixteenth note).
• Ka-tim (semiquaver, dotted quaver / sixteenth note, dotted eighth note).
• Ti-tika (quaver, semiquavers / eighth note, sixteenth notes)
• Tika-ti (semiquavers, quaver / sixteenth notes, eighth note).

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

Question 2 - students add a '2', '3' or '4' 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.