Rhythm Math
This note gets 4 beats in common time
What is a whole note?
This brass instrument has the longest tubing in the orchestra.
What is a tuba?
A piano has this many keys on a standard size
What is 88 keys ?
This Italian word means "fast"
What is allegro?
When a rhythm repeats over and over, it creates this.
What is a pattern?
Two half notes equal this many beats in 4/4 time
What is 4 beats?
If 3 students each play 2 drum beats, there are this many beats total.
What is 6 beats?
This number in a time signature tells how many beats are in a measure
What is the top number?
This tempo marking means "slow"
This musical symbol tells musicians to repeat a section
What is a repeat sign?
A quarter note plus two eighth notes equals this many beats
What is 2 beats?
A triangle has this many sides, just like the musical instrument with the same name.
What is 3?
In 4/4 time, there are this many quarter note beats in each measure
What is 4?
If a metronome is set to 60 bpm, one beat lasts this many seconds
What is 1 second?
A pattern that gets louder little by little is called this.
What is a crescendo?
What is a quarter note?
If a xylophone pattern repeats every 4 notes and plays 5 times, this many notes are played total
What is 20 notes?
A musical scale has this many different letter names
What is 7?
A song at 120 BPM has this many beats in one minute.
What is 120 beats?
If a rhythm pattern is clap-clap-rest and repeats 5 times, it contains this many claps total.
What is 10 claps?
If a measure has 8 eighth notes, it equals this many quarter notes
What is 4 quarter notes?
A band has 12 woodwinds, 10 brass players, and 8 percussionists. This is the total number of musicians.
What is 30 musicians?
If a song has 16 measures and each measure has 4 beats, the song has this many total beath
What is 64 beats?
If a piece has 240 beats and the tempo is 60 BPM, it will take this many minutes to perform.
What is 4 minutes?
A melody that moves up by the same interval repeatedly creates this kind of mathematical idea.
What is a sequence/ pattern?