Note Values
A note with a value of 1 beat.
What is a Quarter Note?
This number defines the beats per measure in a Time Signature.
What is the Top Number?
Answer the Equation:
1 Quarter Note + 1 Half Note = _ beats
3 beats.
Answer the Equation:
1 Half note - 1 Quarter Note = _ Beats
1 Beat.
This symbol defines the number of beats in a measure of music, as well as the type of note that will receive that beat.
What is a Time Signature?
A note with a value of 4 beats.
What is a Whole Note?
A time signature that has 4 beats per measure and gives the quarter note the beat.
What is a 4 4 Time Signature?
Answer the Equation:
3 Quarter Notes + 1 Eighth Note = _ beats
3 and 1/2 Beats
Answer the Equation:
3 Quarter Notes - 2 Eighth Notes = _ Beats
2 Beats.
This symbol adds half of the value of a given note to itself.
What is a Dot/Dotted Rhythm?
A note with a value of 1/2 beat.
What is an Eighth Note?
A time signature that has 3 beats per measure and gives the quarter note the beat.
What is a 3 4 Time Signature?
Answer the Equation:
2 Quarter Notes + 1 Eighth Note + Whole Note = _ Beats
6 and 1/2 beats.
Answer the Equation:
1 Whole Note - 2 Eighth Notes - 1 Half Note = _ Beats
1 Beat.
This time signature signifies that there are 4 beats in a measure and that the half note gets the beat.
What is a 4 2 Time Signature?
A note with a Value of 3 beats
What is a Dotted Half Note?
A time signature that has 2 beats per measure and gives the Half note the beat.
What is a 2 2 Time Signature?
1 Dotted half note + 1 Quarter Note = _ Beats
4 Beats.
Answer the Equation:
2 Whole Note - 2 Dotted Quarter Notes = _ Beats
5 Beats.
This symbol means to gradually get louder.
Crescendo
A note with value of 1 and 1/2 beats.
What is a Dotted Quarter Note?
A time signature that has 6 beats per measure and gives the Eighth note the beat.
What is a 6 8 Time Signature?
Answer the Equation:
2 Eighth Notes + 1 Half Note + 1 Dotted Quarter Note = _ Beats
4 and 1/2 Beats.
Answer the Equation:
1 Dotted Whole Note - 1 Dotted Quarter Note - 1 Half Note = _ Beats
2 and 1/2 Beats.
This symbol means to gradually get softer.
Decrescedo