A presentation for a beginners music class to help understand the fundamentals of rhythm. It is to support a teacher’s presentation. Students understand music theory more thoroughly if they understand something of the why. There should also be an explanation of the difference between printed and hand-written music.

Bottle Caps Melodic Dictation provides the process and most resources to help students develop aural melodic dictation skills - a fun part of music theory. By using milk bottle lids and specific line from the music stave, students slide the lids to the position of the notes from short melodies played by the teacher. It is a quicker and more visual way to train this type of aural skill.