Staffs, Clefs, and Ledger Lines
Note Duration
Measures and Time Signature
Rest Duration
Miscellaneous
100
The _____ is the foundation upon which notes are drawn.
What is the staff.
100
The length of time that a note is played is called its _____.
What is note duration.
100
The vertical black bars that divide a staff are called _____.
What are bar lines.
100
_____ represent periods of silence in a measure.
What are rests.
100

The last day of school is _____.

What is Friday, May 21.

200
The modern staff comprises _____ lines and _____ spaces.
What is 5 lines and 4 spaces.
200
The _____ note has the longest note duration in modern music.
What is the whole note.
200
The bar lines divide the staff into _____.
What are measures.
200
Each type of rest shares a duration with a certain type of _____.
What is a note.
200
The musical alphabet goes from _____ to _____.
What is A to G.
300
The two main clefs are the _____ and _____ clefs.
What are the Bass and Treble clefs.
300
_____ quarter notes occupy the same amount of time as one whole note.
What is 4 quarter notes.
300
The _____ defines the amount and type of notes that each measure contains.
What is the time signature.
300
A _____ occupies the same amount of time as a whole note.
What is a whole rest.
300
The staff line between the treble and bass clef is known as _____.
What is middle c.
400
The staff line which the treble clef wraps around is known as _____. The staff line in between the two dots of the bass clef is known as _____.
What is G and F.
400
Notes smaller in duration than a quarter note have _____.
What are flags.
400
A _____ time signature contains four quarter notes.
What is a 4/4 time signature.
400
Like notes, rests can have _____ beyond the quarter note.
What are flags.
400
Theoretically, a _____ note would have 4 flags.
What is a sixty-fourth note.
500
The treble and bass clef together make up the _____.
What is the grand staff.
500
A sixteenth note has _____ flags.
What is 2 flags.
500
A 6/8 time signature contains _____ _____ _____.
What is six eighth notes (6/8).
500
A _____ has two flags.
What is a sixteenth rest.
500
_____ are used when a staff runs out of lines for notes (hint: one of the category names).
What are ledger lines.
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