Creepy Crawlies (Simple and Compound Time Signature no3)

This appealing worksheet with answer sheet is designed to practise:

• 2/4 metre (time signature)
• 3/4 metre (time signature)
• 4/4 metre (time signature)
• 3/8 metre (time signature)
• 6/8 metre (time signature)
• 9/8 metre (time signature)
• 12/8 metre (time signature)

Simple time rhythms featured are:

• ti-tika and tika-ti
• tum-ti and ti-tum
• syncopa
• tum ti

Compound time rhythms featured are:

• tika-tika-tika
• tika-tika-ti
• ti-tika-tika
• ti-tika-ti
• tika-ti-ti
• tim-ka-ti

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

Question 2 - students write the type of beat (lower number in time signature) and the number of beats (upper number in time signature).

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.