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Animal Rhythm Cards
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Animal Rhythm Cards
🎵 Part 1: Match the Animal to its Rhythm
1. Look at these rhythm patterns. Circle the correct animal for each rhythm:
♩ ♩ ♩ ♩ (Four steady crotchets - like heavy footsteps)
Lion
Swan
Elephant
2. ♫ ♫ ♩ ♫ (Quick-quick-slow-quick - like graceful gliding)
Lion
Swan
Elephant
3. ♩ ♫ ♩ ♫ (Slow-quick-slow-quick - like prowling)
Lion
Swan
Elephant
4. Which rhythm symbols can you spot? Tick all that you see in the patterns above:
Crotchet ♩ (quarter note)
Quaver ♫ (eighth note)
Minim (half note)
🎹 Part 2: Create Your Own Animal Rhythms
5. Draw a 4-beat rhythm pattern for a hopping rabbit using ♩ and ♫ symbols:
6. Write the name of your favourite animal from The Carnival of the Animals:
My favourite animal is: ____________________
7. Describe how your animal moves and what rhythm pattern would suit it:
8. Complete this rhythm pattern by adding the missing symbols:
♩ __ ♫ __ ♩
Choose from: ♩ or ♫
🎶 Part 3: Rhythm Recognition
9. Circle TRUE or FALSE for each statement:
A crotchet (♩) lasts longer than a quaver (♫)
TRUE
FALSE
An elephant would have a fast, light rhythm
TRUE
FALSE
10. If you were playing this on a xylophone, which animal rhythm would you play loudest?
Swan - gentle and graceful
Lion - strong and powerful
All the same volume
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