Created, illustrated and written by mr. Felipe Schalkoski Dias Created, illustrated and written by mr. Felipe Schalkoski Dias thank you for enjoying our classes! MUSICQUEST collection 1 collection 1 Created, illustrated and written by mr. Felipe Schalkoski Dias Created, illustrated and written by mr. Felipe Schalkoski Dias music teacher, artist, and musician music teacher, artist, and musician all art is the power to bring your dreams to life. learn Use it! all art is the power to bring your dreams to life. learn Use it! special thanks to ms. anne sampaio special thanks to ms. anne sampaio special thanks to our loving students special thanks to our loving students musicquest.my.canva.site/ parents, you can learn more about mr. felipe ́s music class here! students can access it too! parents, you can learn more about mr. felipe ́s music class here! students can access it too! But we also get more powerful the more we learn about music... especialy with the help of the relics of music!! Then we reached our first real challenge: the password gate! But we defeated the password gate... Try making your own rythmic passwords by filling these squares with rhythmic notation with a pencil! piano (really quiet......) (quiet...) D pianissimo R MUSICQUEST - RHYTHM P.1 Hey, heroes! let’s recap what we learned on our journey so far! First, we learned that chaos can be created when noise is made mindlessly... and it becomes stronger when we misbehave... We made it through a dangerous jungle, by learning how to walk and clap in rhythm together! The monsters were no match for the music of our rythm! With this challenge, we started to learn how to read and write rhythmic notation The amount of times we clapped per beat, depending on the symbol, was intuitive to learn, But we had a bit of trouble making it past the rests- where we were supposed to pause! quarter note eigth notes sixteenth notes quarter rest Now try clapping along- remember to maintain the pulse! hint: you can add a quarter rest for extra difficulty! ...and obtained our first relic- the rythm relic! MUSICQUEST - DYNAMICS P.1 aS WE CONTINUED OUR ADVENTURE, WE FOUND OURSELVES LEARNING ABOUT ONE OF THE PROPERTIES OF SOUND... INTENSITY! wHEN we’re talking about the loudness or quietness of sound in music, we say that we’re talking about ^dynamics^ once we reached the top of the mountain, We had to sneak past a giant- and we had to do it by tiring him out! We had to wait for the rain to pass before we continued hiking the mountain-- we listened to how the sound of the rain fluctuated from silence, to quiet, to loud, and then really loud! He liked to be copied, so when he made loud gestures, or quiet gestures, we did the same, until he fell asleep! pp we also learned some words for different dynamics- “piano” meaning quiet, and “forte” meaning loud... and we can also have “pianissimo” or “fortissimo” for ever quieter or louder! p f ff forte fortissimo (loud!) (really loud!!) This was enough for us to earn the relic of dynamics! Not only do we know about rythm now, but now we can add different dynamics to different rythms! Try making some more rhythmic passwords, but adding separate dynamics to different parts! you can use the squares in the first page. try being really silent and listening to the sounds around you. do you recognize sounds with different dynamics? which ones? < < < eventually, We all found each other and realized how easy it is to recognize familiar timbres just from their sound! We knew exactly who was calling out to us from their voice. snake rain horse frog woodpecker bird To get to it, we needed to pass through a dark cavern and we knew we would have to stick together to make it out! we made it past by reacting to the kind of pitch we heard! after that, we learned a melody from a magic bird,... when the small skeletons danced, their bones sounded high-pitched just like xylophones- so we walked along! ...and we gained the relic of melody! ...but... chaos suddenly appeared, knowing we weren’t strong enough, and challenged us to a fight! we sang with all our might, and used a little bit of rythm but it wasn’t enough--! chaos defeated us. “music from the heart nature’s sound as art melodies to hear we’ll sing loud and clear!” Do you remember what animal sounded like which instrument? try connecting them with a line! If you forgot the sounds, try looking them up online! MUSICQUEST - TIMBRE The next part of our adventure had us searching for the relic of timbre! timbre is the property of sound that helps us identify what the source of that sound is- it’s like the “voice” of an instrument! inside the cave, some of us started getting lost, and we had to find our way back with the timbre of our friend’s voices. Afterwards, we found ourselves at a forest, where many animals and sounds sounded just like instruments, and we guided our way to the relic using them! reco-reco caxixi claves coquinhos rainstick flute T we also learned that similar- looking instruments are sometimes in the same family as each other- which means they have similar timbres! with that, we gained the relic of timbre! MUSICQUEST - MELODY & PITCH The next part of our adventure had us searching for the relic of melodies! But something was a bit off... we could feel Chaos was up to something. pitch is the property of sound that allows it to sound high (agudo) or low (grave), according to how frequent the vibration is. Our next relic would be hiding in the scariest place we ventured so far-- somewhere in a graveyard! But the big skeletons sounded just like marimbas, with a lower pitch, so we had to crouch and hide! every different note has a different frequency of vibrations in the same amount of time! and we use those notes to make music. M not only that, but he stole all of the relics we’d collected so far! and his level was multiplied tenfold! we had one week to stop chaos from using this power to destroy the world! our only chance would be to use all that we learned so far! Let’s prepare! to be continued... R D T M timbre helps us identify the materials that are emitting sounds- per example, doesn`t the triangle have a more metallic sound? as long as we banded together and joined all of the things we learned into powerful enough music, maybe we still had a chance! We had to try...! “music from the heart nature’s sound as art melodies to hear we’ll sing loud and clear!” We created a rhythm with our walk and claps just like when we went through the jungle! suddenly, our music was so good that our power grew beyond anything we’d expected, and we were strong enough to deal the final blow! VERSUS CHAOS Now that Chaos had the power of all the relics, all hope seemed lost... how were we supposed to beat him without all our powers? Worst of all, how would we stop him from destroying the world? R D T M that’s when we realized that even without the relics, we still had all the abilities we gained from learning about rythm, dynamics, timbre and pitch. We had to beat many obstacles to finally reach Chaos again, including a password gate that tested rhythm and dynamics! we also had to test our knowledge about timbre and pitch by battling monsters with our boomwhackers! We had one boomwhacker for a high pitch and one for a low pitch. And we listened to and repeated dynamics with excellence-- just like when we faced the giant! we still had the melody we learned from the melody relic, and we used it to fight chaos once more! This time we also had more timbres to use against him! we reached Chaos’s lair at last! Now it was time for the final battle to begin. We made our way towards the darkness and began making music! Just like that, chaos erupted into a bright light, and disappeared. We defeated him and saved the world! THE End... for now! noooo!!! Looking for allies, We made a new friend! it taught us about some rythms. MUSICQUEST - BRAZILIAN RHYTHMS After we defeated chaos, it was peaceful for a while... We even tested how much we learned! But that peace didn’t last long, as a new threat appeared- a monster who called himself Ruckus, and didn’t respect anyone. All he wanted to do was fool around and make noise. Per example, samba uses one eigth note (ba) and two sixteenth notes (ti-ba) and repeats that four times per measure. Each time we say Ba, ti-ba, it lasts one beat. When samba is player slowly, like in “every word”, we can call it bossa-nova We had to find where they were keeping caxixi and help it escape! Until ruckus showed up again and captured it! He started shaking Caxixi in ways it didn’t want to be shaken, disrupting our music. Ruckus didn’t listen and made terrible noise! We did all we could to try to save our new friend, by playing the rythms we learned from it, but just before we could save it, a mysterious figure appeared alongside ruckus, andthey both took it away. who were these new foes working together? could they have had something to do with Chaos? I’m Caxixi! I like to play brazilian rhythms such as samba and baião. You can also call me “Shaker” in english! Hero, help me! We even played some music- like the song ^asa branca^ by luiz gonzaga, together with the rythm of baião! We had a lot of fun learning about the bumbo- or bass drum- and the shaker! Noteheads with an “X” usually indicate higher-pitched instruments that don’t play specific notes! In this case, X is the Caxixi and the round noteheads would be the bass drum. Lucky for us, he left right after introducing himself with a song. tum - tum, pa! determined to save our new friend, we jumped into danger! We found ourselves following the bad guys into a tropical island. we already know about these symbols... but did you know we can combine them in even more different ways? one measure in 4/4 time has a total of 4 beats! quarter note eigth notes sixteenth notes quarter rest + = it takes a little bit of math to understand, but has the same duration as have the same duration as have the same duration as one quarter note two eigth notes four sixteenth notes one quarter rest Repeat that four times, and we have 4 beats- the whole measure! SAMBA: tum, ti-tum And that duration is one beat! Shaking along with our song, Caxixi’s music led us to where it was being kept, allowing us to save it! our villains watched from the shadows... We called on the help of other caxixis from the island to sing and play a samba called “every word” there, we learned about Samba and bossa! We started learning how to do the rhythm more slowly first, and then sped it up. tum - tum, pa! tum, ti-tum tum, ti-tum tum, ti-tum tum, ti-tum tum, ti-tum ? Nordeste (northeast ) we couldn’t let them get away again! there, we learned a bunch about the culture and the music from there, especially forró a musical style and dance from the region! we followed ruckus into a haunted house... inside the house, we found a few doors... another room had undead skeletons! When we heard low pitches, we had to crouch, and when we heard high pitches we danced like them, matching their tempo!! In the next room, we were cursed by our mysterious monster and could no longer use our voice or words and had to solve musical charades! In one room, we found some magic sticks, and we had to read some rhythmic spells to fight ghosts! ruckus tried to capture our new triangle friend, but using the power of forró, we were able to save it! MUSICQUEST - HALLOWEEN we followed our bad guys once again, this time to the northeast of brazil! but ruckus seemed stranger than usual... we made our way to the final door, where ruckus was hiding- and he had no interest in being our friend, so he escaped!! but we were also able to safely find the exit of the haunted house! three instruments that are very common in forró are the triangle, accordion and the zabumba drum. we went to a concert hall and heard an orchestra play beethoven’s 5th symphony... we learned how to play the triangle and dance forró at the streets. Cuscuz baião de dois acarajé and at the snack bar, we heard another arrangement of beethoven’s 5th, but with the instruments and rhythm of forró! we danced and played to an electronic forró remix of “Warriors”, by imagine dragons! MUSICQUEST - FORRÓ with the ability of creating monsters and bringing them back to life, dischordius commanded an army of monsters they could control- including ruckus! and worst of all, when they ́d kidnapped our friends before, they were also preparing to possess them! it was time for the grand reveal, and the hooded monster introduced themselves as dischordius-- a being of darkness with the goal of reviving chaos, who we defeated before. I will avenge my master... and destroy you! we remembered all we learned about brazilian music in an attempt to bring them back to our side-- but it was futile. DISCHORDius UNLEASHED THEIR POWER AND BEGAN FUSING RUCKUS, CAXIXI, AND TRIANGLE INTO A NEW MONSTER... MUSICQUEST - THE REVEAL could our next battle... be our last? dischordius put down their hood, taking control of chimerus and revealing their true form! ...but just as we were about to win, dischordius hit us with their ultimate attack, taking away all our three lives! we fought using our abilities of the baião rhythm, reading rhythmic notation, and singing against chimerus, dischordius, and their undead army, slowly chipping away their health points... the final battle was here, and only we could save Caxixi, triangle and ruckus! not only that, but dischordius also cast a healing spell on chimerus , bringing them back to full HP! it seemed like it was all over... our enemies, with their dramatic music, were just too strong... until... MUSICQUEST - VERSUS CHIMERUS Continue? yes no giving up already? Aren ́t we supposed to be heroes? time to beat these monsters once and for all! THAT WAY, CHIMERUS WOULD BE TRANSFORMED BACK INTO TRIANGLE, CAXIXI AND RUCKUS! MID-BATTLE, MELODY HAD AN IDEA-- MAYBE WE COULD USE ASPECTS OF CHIMERUS ́S MUSIC AND TRANSFORM IT INTO FORRÓ! another hero- an old friend called “Melody” appeared to help us in the fight! Don`t worry. I ́ll take it from here! Continue? yes no mel took charge of the fight, giving us a second chance to save our friends! with the instruments, rhythms, and context of the music changed to match the style we wanted, the arrangement became that of a forró! together, the two heroes thrust themselves into the monster with one final combined attack! dischordius began charging up their ultimate move one more time, convinced that victory was in reach... ...and it was over. EVERYTHING WAS ENGULFED BY A WHITE LIGHT... AND... but this time, our heroes were ready- they timed their jump with the rhythm of the attack and dodged it with ease! we defeated chimerus, and brought ruckus, caxixi and triangle back to normal! even ruckus was thankful! we all joined up and celelbrated our victory! dischordius, defeated, realized there ́d be no way to defeat us all together. they simply walked away, swearing that one day, chaos would return... THe end!