Giraffie and Giraffie are two giraffe brothers that came to the Animal House in 2011 from the Kansas City Zoo. Giraffie's favorite school subject is music, while his brother Giraffie prefers art and math. When they grow up, they hope to start a band together and write/preform all of their own songs. They are some of the leaders in a newly formed band at Animal Elementary. Giraffie is great at the piano and drums, while Giraffie specializes in trombone/trumpet.
Some of their best friends are Pabu, Sabal, and Boty. This year, they took on the challenge of drawing everyone at school's picture for the yearbook, and it turned out great. They drew everyone in cartoon mode, and Hamlet paid them 50 cents per animal. They made about $50, which they donated to WWF.
Hi everyone! Giraffie here! Today, I (and I guess my brother too), would like to teach you about rhythm. Wait, Wait, Wait!!! Are you starting without me Giraffie?! You said we could write it together! Fine, but I was only going to tell them about the dotted quarter note. Excuse me, first we must tell them about simpler notes. So, everyone, a quarter note is every beat. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4! An eighth note is half of a quarter note, so two every beat. 1, and, 2, and, 3, and, 4, and, 1, and, 2, and, 3, and, 4, and. Finally, a half note is two beats long, a dotted half note is 3 beats long, and a whole note is 4 beats long (a whole measure in 4/4 time). Now can we tell them about the dotted quarter note? Okay. YES!!! This is my favorite note, everybody. A dotted quarter note is 1 1/2 beats long. So, 1, and, 2. Altogether, you can make super cool rhythms using these simple notes!
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