Now I know that you're asking, "Who is it that is causing the witch doctors to dance with such glee? Could it possibly be...?" No, it is not who you think! Today these guys are dancing for my youngest son's music teacher. I stated back in December that this woman is the sorriest excuse for a music teacher that I have ever seen. Yesterday evening she once more reinforced my opinion of her. Allow me to explain... My son's school was holding a sort of "Knowledge Carnival." The students got to play various games revolving around the subjects that they are taking in school. The prizes for these games were in the form of "Cougar Dollars", a sort of play money that they can trade for prizes at the end of the year. The more you get, the bigger the prize you can claim. These dollars were also awarded for bringing along a friend or family member, hence my presence at this event. The aforementioned music teacher was hosting a game of Music Bingo, in which one needed to be able to identify certain musical symbols to play. Her lack of musical knowledge once more became apparent to me when she decided to expand our knowledge on the following musical symbol.
An eighth note!
"An eighth note gets half a beat," she explained, while I bit my tongue. Most certainly an eighth note does get half a beat if you are in 4/4 time, but not so if the time signature is 6/8 or 3/2 where that particular note would get a full or a quarter of a beat, respectively! The number of beats given to a note is dependent on the time signature. She is a music teacher for crying out loud. She should know that!!!
