Activity TypeThis is a visual and tactile music teaching aid featuring folding note characters with multiple tails on the stems. It helps learners understand the shapes and rhythms of the shortest and fastest notes: thirty-second notes (1/8 beat) and sixty-fourth notes (1/16 beat).
Recommended AgeLower elementary grades
SubjectCharacter storytelling combined with ultra-fast visualization of the concepts of "thirty-second notes" and "sixty-fourth notes."
This material is part of the music concept-linked teaching aid series from the GoDoongDoong Symphony channel. It serves as a papertoy guide to complete the set featuring 'Trahassing' and 'Hiassing,'the fastest and most agile sister characters of the note family.
Each character's design resembles a 32nd note with three tails and a 64th note with four tails, both featuring black note heads and stems.
Classroom Lesson Guide
[Recommended Lesson Flow]
Introduction (5 minutes): Begin by introducing the "ultra-fast note sisters," notes that produce sounds much denser than the quarter note (1 beat) or eighth note (half a beat) previously learned, using a video. Capture students' curiosity by demonstrating that the more tails attached to a note's stem, the shorter and faster the sound becomes.
Development (25 minutes): Follow the video to assemble two note dolls step-by-step.
Assembly order: First, assemble the round heads (note heads) of Trahassing and Highsing. Next, connect the intricate note stem parts with three and four tails, respectively. Then, punch the finger holes, assemble the body and limbs, and finally complete the final combination.
Emphasize the visual characteristics of the symbols by posing questions such as, "How many tails are attached to Trahassing’s head stem?" and "Since Highsing has four tails, does it make a rapid sound like ‘dadadadat!’?"
Conclusion (10 minutes): Place the completed Trahassing and Highsing dolls on the fingers of both hands. To fast drum beats or rhythmic music, play a rhythm learning game where the teacher calls out the name of a note character (or shows a symbol card), and the children quickly wiggle their fingers to mimic the sound with short, sharp rhythms like “dadadadat!” or “tatatatat!”
[Safety Guide: Guidance Notes]
Detailed instructions for tail parts and hole punching: Because of the character's design, precise cutting is needed to create multiple fluttering tail parts on the note stems and finger holes for the dolls. To prevent injury, especially since children might use knives or scissors, it is advisable for teachers or guardians to pre-cut these template sections beforehand to ensure safety.
Included Files
Harassing & Hijacking Deployment Set
A 32nd note stem featuring three tails, along with distinct head and body components.
A 64th note with a stem featuring four tails, along with distinct head and body components.