This Music video introduces teachers to the basics of how rhythm and note duration are shown using staff notation. It explains how different notes, such as semibreves, minims, crotchets, quavers, and semiquavers, are classified by their shape and used to show different beat lengths. Teachers are also guided through rests, dotted notes, and how rhythms fit into time signatures, with a focus on 4/4 as the most common structure for introducing notation to pupils.

This video is part of Kapow Primary’s Music scheme – notes. It supports teachers in introducing rhythm notation confidently. By breaking rhythms into simple steps and using practical classroom examples, it ensures that teachers feel prepared to explain both sound and silence in music, and to help pupils practise writing and performing rhythms that always add up to the correct number of beats in each bar.

Music, KS2 Whole-class instrumental lessons, Instrumental lessons, Unit 1: South Africa (Instrumental lessons), Lesson 2: Minims